Highlights of the weekend
We go to the Theatre
On Friday evening we went to see "A Large Attendance In The Antechamber" at the Sydney Opera House. The play was about Charles Gaulton, the "founder of eugenics" who was quite an interesting chap. Some of his other works include "A Beauty Map of Pretty Girls in Great Britain"* and a piece of on the (in)efficacy of prayer. Unfortunately the play was not so much about Gaulton as a piece of performace art exploring the concept of "the play". I thought it was quite interesting (although I would have preferred to find out more about Gaulton) but Sean fell asleep.
We host a Backgammon Chouette
On Saturday afternoon and evening we had some people over for a chouette at our flat. A nice time was had by all, except possibly for Sean, whose chouette winning streak appears to have come to an end.
We go for lunch
On Sunday lunchtime we investigated Nick's seafood restaurant, which is a kind of anti-Jordan's i.e. it is opposite it on Darling Harbour and serves upmarket seafood at a similar price range.
I had seafood chowder (nice and full of fish but no evidence of any other seafood) followed by blue eye and snapper pie (absolutely choc full of fish). Sean had scallops followed by Moreton Bay Bugs.
Moreton Bay Bugs
Sean eating Moreton Bay Bugs
We shared a cheese platter at the end, or rather Sean ate the cheese and I ate all the fruit that came with it. We both agreed it is better than Jordan's so we may be venturing over to the other side of the bay more often.
Sean fails to complete Guitar Hero
Sean has now unlocked all the extra songs on Guitar Hero and has completed all of them except for the last song (Bark at the Moon by Ozzy). He's got to 99% complete a few times but not quite made it.
Sean... nearly there
I finally make a cake
When we came away, I foolishly relinquished my big blue cookery bible, which I have sorely missed, and brought my Rose Levy Beranbaum Cake Bible, which of course I have not used at all. Until now! I've bought a slice of banana bread a couple of times for lunch so I thought I would make my own loaf. I am now going to try for making at least one cake a fortnight - in the chapter with banana bread are loads more exciting cakes.
In the oven
Slice of cake
* In case you were wondering, the largest concentration of pretty girls was in London, whereas the most ugly girls lived in Aberdeen.
We go to the Theatre
On Friday evening we went to see "A Large Attendance In The Antechamber" at the Sydney Opera House. The play was about Charles Gaulton, the "founder of eugenics" who was quite an interesting chap. Some of his other works include "A Beauty Map of Pretty Girls in Great Britain"* and a piece of on the (in)efficacy of prayer. Unfortunately the play was not so much about Gaulton as a piece of performace art exploring the concept of "the play". I thought it was quite interesting (although I would have preferred to find out more about Gaulton) but Sean fell asleep.
We host a Backgammon Chouette
On Saturday afternoon and evening we had some people over for a chouette at our flat. A nice time was had by all, except possibly for Sean, whose chouette winning streak appears to have come to an end.
We go for lunch
On Sunday lunchtime we investigated Nick's seafood restaurant, which is a kind of anti-Jordan's i.e. it is opposite it on Darling Harbour and serves upmarket seafood at a similar price range.
I had seafood chowder (nice and full of fish but no evidence of any other seafood) followed by blue eye and snapper pie (absolutely choc full of fish). Sean had scallops followed by Moreton Bay Bugs.
Moreton Bay Bugs
Sean eating Moreton Bay Bugs
We shared a cheese platter at the end, or rather Sean ate the cheese and I ate all the fruit that came with it. We both agreed it is better than Jordan's so we may be venturing over to the other side of the bay more often.
Sean fails to complete Guitar Hero
Sean has now unlocked all the extra songs on Guitar Hero and has completed all of them except for the last song (Bark at the Moon by Ozzy). He's got to 99% complete a few times but not quite made it.
Sean... nearly there
I finally make a cake
When we came away, I foolishly relinquished my big blue cookery bible, which I have sorely missed, and brought my Rose Levy Beranbaum Cake Bible, which of course I have not used at all. Until now! I've bought a slice of banana bread a couple of times for lunch so I thought I would make my own loaf. I am now going to try for making at least one cake a fortnight - in the chapter with banana bread are loads more exciting cakes.
In the oven
Slice of cake
* In case you were wondering, the largest concentration of pretty girls was in London, whereas the most ugly girls lived in Aberdeen.
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