Mat and Aya came over for delicious LCC pizza and a movie – Dodgeball. I don’t usually like comedies like this one, but I love it!
LCC are my favourite pizza place, and do free delivery too. Wooo!
Pizza-tastic.
Alec’s Greek pizza.
Half dragon’s breath, half neptune.
My plain cheesey goodness.
The extra pizza pieces they threw in. Herbs and garlic. Yuuummm!
After a day of shopping, eating , hot chocolate and zombie movie, we all head over to Lisa and Matt’s place for Thai delivery and kitty cuddles.
One of my best discoveries while I’ve been sick is Menulog which is where I found Wi Marn Thai. They are located in Help St, Chatswood, have fresh, delicious food, and free delivery to Chatswood – or Wollstonecraft if you’re as persuasive as Beverly.
Alec poses because the girls asked him to. Bless you girls, look what he’ll put up with if you ask him nicely. Or offer a food reward.
Bev poses with kitty. Who’s cuter? It’s a toss-up!
Alec loves Thai. He especially loves it when I take pictures of him eating it.
Food lovers hoe in.
Who’s a crazier blogger?
Mmmm my fave dish, vegetarian fried rice.
After eating and then eating some more and shopping, Bev, Lisa and I went to Chatswood to meet up with Matt, Alec and Alec’s friend from work, Sean to see I Am Legend.
Beverly suggested the movie because she has a thing for Will Smith. I should probably have spoken up and said I don’t like zombie movies, but I didn’t realise how much of a zombie movie it actually was!
The general premise is that in the year 2009 a radical cure for cancer is discovered, but instead of being the miracle it is thought to be, it spawns a retro-virus that wipes out 90% of mankind. How this happens is skipped over however. There are quite a few plot holes and the exposition is told through random flashbacks that don’t quite fill in the gaps in the story.
There was a lot I liked, such as Will Smith looking buff and the cute dog, but also a lot that I didn’t, such as believing Will Smith masquerading as a scientist. The story could have done with more clarity around a lot of areas, such as the actual zombies and their intelligence. There seemed to be one who was smarter than the rest, but who he was and why he was smarter wasn’t explored.
After the movie we went to San Churro so Bev would try the magical churros.
Alec reluctantly posing for Lisa.
Must …. photograph … the … churros!!
To catch up with Bev, who had been in Singapore for three weeks, Lisa, Bev and I spent quite a jam-packed day together. We picked Bev up from the doctor (she had woken up with a swollen eye) and stopped in Paddington for lunch and to pick up a handbag from Belinda’s.
Bev loves Bite Me on Oxford Street, so it is now my turn to blog about it.
I loved the interior, hence the millions of pics about to follow. It has a kind of a retro diner feel to it, but 100 times funkier.
Jumbo menu when we walked in.
Can the world be a burger place? The eternal question.
The menu. I don’t know why I liked it enough to photo it, but I did.
Super-cute little wash towel thingy.
Crazy pictures on the walls.
Awesome attention to detail. I love the tomato sauce bottle.
Side-tracked. Cute magnetic bookmarks Bev brought me back from Singapore.
Poor Bev has a woe moment about her bad eye.
Who invited these crazy bloggers?
Bev defends herself from the dripping ceiling while slathering the chips in sauce. That’s dedication to the food.
My lentil burger with haloumi cheese, tomato and rocket. I would have preferred more of a stronger cheese, but it was still really tasty. It was also my first vege burger since going vego. Burgers were one of my favourite foods in my meat days, and I have missed them like mad. Was the vege burger just as good? No. Was it really tasty anyway? Yes, yes it was 🙂
Bev is serious about tomato sauce distribution.
Lisa tries some spicy horseradish.
My new sunnies. Bev was so happy I got them she needed to take my picture. Several times actually, so I could see how great they looked. Thanks Bev!
Trying to take a pic of the three of us in the mirror.
I went way out west to wash my fur-babies. I also cut enough hair off them to make several new dogs. How do they get so hairy?!
Kahlua looks at me with mournful eyes. “Why did you cut off all my beautiful hair, Mum?”
Lil’ Buff seems happy with her new ‘do. “I am so springy now! I can leap really small steps!”
My dear Shelley abandoned me for a month to take a holiday in the USA. She came home this week and I went over to pay her a visit.
Here is Shell’s cat, Xenia, with some of the yummy American chocolates Shell brought home in the background.
Glad you’re home Shells!
First pic for 2008.
With both Alec and I sick, we decided to spend NYE at home. It was a nice night actually. I tried cooking some different food and we watched new Heroes episodes.
Our little tree in its pot.
My gingerbread man tree decoration I bought this year.
Haloumi and tomato entree.
Trying to present it properly.
The main course – pasta salad wrap. It has all kinds of healthy things in it – asparagus, zucchini, peas, broccolini, semi-dried tomatoes and ricotta. It was really easy to make too!
It’s been a full-on year. Lots of travel. Lots going on. Lots of changes. All in all, a good year.
Some highlights:
What I would like to achieve next year:
I’ve been sick for the entire of December. I’ve had sinus, throat and chest infections and three lots of antibiotics, and I am still sick. To make myself feel better, I had a pedicure today. I get it done every month or so, and even though I know it is such an indulgence, it makes me feel so good that I can’t stop going!
I usually get my nails done in a deep red, but I chose pink today. It looked a lot darker in the bottle, but came out really candy – which is perfect for a cheery start to what I hope to be an amazing 2008.
