This weekend we did a lot of birthday celebrating for Chris's big 2-5.
Friday night we headed to a bar in Surry Hills (a neighborhood only about 15 min. from our place) called the Beresford Hotel with several of Chris's coworkers - where for the first time since our visit, we got properly smashed.
On Saturday we had one of the best weather days yet - so we took the ferry to a near by suburb, Balmain to check it out - we heard that we could do our grocery shopping cheaper away from the city so we gave it a go....after walking inland for nearly 15 minutes to the Woolworth's (Wooly's) in Balmain we decided that our 10 min walk, with out the fee of the ferry would be the way to do the grocery's from here on out -- but the trip to Balmain wasn't a complete wash...we discovered a little sport called Lawn Bowling, it looked a bit like boccee ball, but with more people playing, and more pitchers of beer involved - I am hoping to join a rec team soon.
Sunday was by far one of the most unpleasant days here...cold, and it was raining side ways for pete's sake - but we braved the weather and hopped on the bus on Sunday morning and headed out to Bondi Beach. www.gobondi.com
Where we had plans to meet a few of his coworkers for a Sunday birthday lunch at North Bondi Italian. The public transportation got us there so quickly we were there before the joint even opened. So we went up a few more doors to a little breakfast stop (the name escapes me right now - I was so frozen I didn't care what the place was called, I just wanted shelter). Where I downed a cup of hot chocolate, and once I was properly thawed out, I was ready to head to lunch -- this place was like no where I have been before, with an amazing view of one of the most popular beaches in Australia - it was so busy you would've thought it was a Friday or Saturday night at most restaurants - the place was buzzing. There were about 10 of us there, and I learned rather quickly when Aussie's go out for a Sunday lunch they aren't messing around - we started with beers and bottles of wine, followed by calamari and rizzoto rice/spinach balls, the main course, wine, beers, bread, more wine, cheers for Chris's birthday, and desserts...it was quite the afternoon...and had the weather been more enjoyable I am sure lunch would have stretched into dinner.
After work on Monday Chris and I visited our new favorite spot -- the Customs House where we enjoyed birthday pints of Stella, and had the "go to" chips - (to our knowledge) that seem to be the best in town.
I also wanted to share with you this link for Tim Tam's, which we have nearly overdosed on several occasions...but they are just so delicious you can't say no.
Word of the day...I am pretty sure the word "tosser" is the equivalent to our "jerk," but please use sparingly - it's not very polite to go name calling.
Hopefully I will have pictures for you all tomorrow!
2 comments:
You should blog for a living ... extremely informative and entertaining. Perhaps Sampedia? xo
Ooooh, Tim Tams! Soooo delicious. Have you tried a Tim Tam slam yet? If not, someone must teach you!
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