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Fadhila’s Trivia Night Birthday

My friend Fadz had a trivia night birthday party last week as well, held at the Fringe Bar. It was my first trivia night in a bar, and it was a lot of fun. We started out knowing most of the answers and thinking we were all that, but as the game went on and the questions got harder and we didn’t exactly kick ass like we thought we would. It was so much fun and I would love to do it again.

Happy quarter century Fadhila!

Happy Birthday Mr Cooper

My favourite soulless red friend turned 31 last weekend. We celebrated with a BBQ lunch in the park.

Reds thrive on chocolate.

The kookaburras would swoop down and steal the food off our plates.

Out and About, February

I’ve been a bit behind with blogging since we moved. Thankfully we have internet at home again now, so I’m back in the land of digital communication.

Jamie and Lisa’s Valentine’s Day Massacre party last weekend – it was 1920s themed.

 
  
Visiting Katia and her new little baby Jenson – so tiny and cute!
  
  
  
In the new house with the cat. Xenia loves to wrap her tail around things like our wrists or, in this case, Alec’s neck.
  
  

Mel’s 30th Birthday

My friend Mel’s 30th birthday party capped off an excellent Saturday night.

Happy birthday Mel! Hope you have a fabulous birthday day and week.

 

Farewell for Beverly

I was beyond thrilled that Beverly and Chris flew out from Shanghai for our wedding. To see Bev off in style, we spent her last day in Sydney in our typical fashion – eating, shopping, and eating some more.

Breakfast for lunch in Paddington.
With Chris, about to begin our shopping extravaganza.
 
Post-shopping, dinner at Counter Burgers, with Emma, Bev and Lisa.
 
The whole gang – check out the photo-bombers in the restaurant behind us.
 
So long for now Bev – hope to see you in Shanghai later on this year!

New Year’s Day

After only a few hours of sleep, we were up on New Year’s Day for lunch with friends. Beverly and Chris had flown in from Shanghai for our wedding and this was our first chance to hang out since they arrived in Sydney. It was the first time that we had all gotten to hang out together since Bev & Chris’ wedding in Singapore.

Since it was a public holiday, we spent the day doing what we used to always do together – eat, eat, and then eat some more. Lisa was lovely enough to host and cook, and we pigged out till we were stuffed…

The girls – stuffing our faces as usual.

Fisherman’s Wharf Seafood Restaurant

After my dress fitting last Thursday, I met Lisa and Emma for yum cha at the Fish Markets. Unfortunately I was confused by their website, and they actually only have yum cha during the day – d’oh! We stayed for dinner anyway, and had a vegetarian feast.
Vege sang choy bow – it’s so hard to get this! So tasty.
Standard vege spring rolls. Crisp and tasty.
Bamboo pith with greens. Pith is weird but good!

Vege fried rice.

Nice presentation of fortune cookies.
 
Lovely girls – thank you for going vege with me!
 

Rosalie’s 30th Birthday

My dear friend Rosalie had her 30th birthday party on Halloween this year. It was a dress-up party, themed “blast from the past”. My outfit is meant to be from the ’50s.

With my old friends! We’ve been friends for about 18 years. Julia, Rosalie, Karyn.

Alec – not costumed 🙁

The stunning birthday girl.

Happy birthday Rosalie!

Horses Four Courses Lunch

Had a great lunch yesterday at the Observatory Hotel. They run a series of lunches throughout the year themed to different seasons. This one was themed to the races spring carnival.

I met up with Mel and Keeva for a four-course lunch, excellent wine, a fashion parade and a fabulous goodie bag.

The fashion parade

First taste
Mains

Entree – risotto
Trying on hats with Mel
Cutest couple ever – Mel and Keeva
Dessert!