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seal_clubber and others, prepare to live vicariously!I had a good day today, I guess, if you want to call a 4 hour lunch with ocean views and cocktails "good" :)
I went for lunch at Diggies today with my two good friends from my first M.Ed. (Next Tuesday, I've got lunch with my two friends from my other M.Ed. I love being on holidays.)
Can I just say how much it sucks to be 20 years younger than C on the left, and 10 years younger than V on the left, and to have more wrinkles than either of them?!
Anyway. I haven't seen the girls for ages, so it was great to catch up. The food was great, cocktails were fruity, minty and vodka-y, and dessert was lushious. And the view from Diggies is amazing.
If you follow the grass down to the left about 10 meters, you hit the sand. We sat outside today, and felt the cooling sea breeze (it got to 28C/84F, with humidity in the 60s [down from the 90s this morning]) and listened to the ocean.
Tomorrow night, HB, K-san and I are going into Sydney. We decided yesterday that we'd like to try and get in to a restaurant. I looked online, and found this place. Looks good, no? It was relatively inexpensive, pretty close to the Bridge (and thus the fireworks), and, most importantly, they had some vacancies, which many other places seemed to be lacking. So we booked. Yay!
(Except for the part where I was looking for a link to show you guys, and found this: shit reviews. Crap. I'm not going to tell HB - I''m just gonna hope it all turns out for the best. If the food does suck, I guess we can write it off as the last shit that 2005 can throw at me.)
Anyway, if I don't speak to you tomorrow, have a wonderful New Year's Eve. Hopefully you're well, get merrily drunk, eat well, dance a lot, and get to spend 12midnight with someone who makes you smile.
Bring on 2006!
2005-12-30 11:51 am (UTC)
Restaurant looks nice!
I like to look at reviews, but best to take 'em with a pinch of salt sometimes.
You too have a wonderful NY Eve. It's all about the smiles :-)
2005-12-30 12:40 pm (UTC)
Fingers crossed the reviewers were just grumpy!
:D
2005-12-30 12:23 pm (UTC)
I wouldn't worry too much about the reviews: it's so incredibly subjective. Besides which, if it's in view of the fireworks the ambience ought to be fine!
I have NO PLANS for Hogmanay. Which is not good. I don't have tickets for the Street Party, but the boy and I haven't even discussed what we're doing, partly because he's with his parents at the moment. We may end up with the family as per tradition. Maybe Granny can be persuaded not to have the TV on.
2005-12-30 12:38 pm (UTC)
You need tickets for the street party?
If we're at someone's house, we always have the tv on, to see the fireworks!
Does your Granny make a dark haired man walk through the door after midnight? HB's Scots Nan makes him come in if he's at her house.
Sorry to hear that J's not with you right now - he'll be back for Hogmany?
2005-12-30 03:02 pm (UTC)
I don't at all mind having the TV on just before midnight, for the countdown and fireworks, although we can see them just by going out of Granny's front door. But not all evening. The shows tend to be very cheesy, and it's not as though we can't find things to talk about! (We're quite close to our grandparents and see them every Sunday.)
Yes, my dad used to be in great demand for first-footing, as he's over six feet and had black hair. It's grey these days, so my brother (dark brown) does it, although he's only 5'10. Or J could do it - not sure whether Englishmen are eligible, though. I'm not sure whether they always carry the requisite money, lump of coal and black bun, though.
I gave my future in-laws a black bun when I was down at theirs last year. I'm not too sure what they made of it - it's a bit of an acquired taste!
2005-12-31 12:18 am (UTC)
We'll be near Circular Quay tonight - just under the Harbour Bridge. There aren't tickets - it's a matter of finding a space where you can. There are some areas where you can't take food, and other areas where you can't take alcohol, but apart from that, they're pretty flexible.
I've tried black pudding, and black sausage... Is black bun the same sort of thing?
2006-01-04 05:57 pm (UTC)
Black bun is not half as scary as black pudding, as it's a sort of dense dried-fruit mixture sandwiched between two layers of light pastry/biscuitish crust. Which doesn't sound too bad, but if you don't like dark fruitcake, black bun would be worse. (I'm happy to eat it, but strange to say, we didn't have any this year.) J was our first-foot and brought in a bottle of whisky.
Granny only had the sound on the TV for the final countdown. Before that, we played Scrabble - and I came last (sob) - I seemed to get nothing but vowels! Grandpa won - not bad for an 85-year-old.
2005-12-30 04:45 pm (UTC)
Um wrinkles? Yeah...WHATEVER! You DO realize the gal on the left looks freakishly young right? Ok then!
I am not familiar with this dark haired man business. Must research!
Happy New Year since yours comes before mine!
2005-12-31 12:15 am (UTC)
I normally do more research, but it was Dec 29, so I was just looking for things under our budget that still had room! It was too late to be picky.
C on the right is 45 fricken years old! Don't you just hate her? :)
I've been to pubs and clubs with V on the left, and she's been asked for ID, and I haven't. She was 10 years old before I was even born! How does that work? Stupid Nordic skin of mine, with the freckles (though, shouldn't they make me look younger?!) and the eye-crinkles.
The dark-haired man business is a Scottish thing.
Happy New Years!
2005-12-30 07:20 pm (UTC)
Also, have a spectacularly Happy New Year. If I am to live vicariously through you, you bloody well better have a fantastic time.
Cheers!
2005-12-31 12:01 am (UTC)
Regardless, it should be a good night - I'm looking forward to it :)
I intended to make a Happy Birthday post for you yesterday, but it kinds slipped my mind after our traumatic walkies. Hope your day was wonderful.
2005-12-31 04:36 am (UTC)
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