Foster Puppy Mission: Sydney

This little lady is Clover and she does not yet have her own people, but she soon will. So for now, KD and I were her temporary humans and transported her up to Sydney for an eye operation that required a vet specialist, who was not available at home. The trek began in the depths of the night, leaving home at 5am and the first hour and a half being virtual darkness. Not so fun, though there was an impressive highway sunrise.

We seized the opportunity to eat some delicious foods at Suzy Spoons vegetarian butcher, who once again did not fail to deliver a spectacular meal. KD had not yet been there before so it was a nice surprise for her.

That scrambled tofu was the best I've ever tried, and was so uniquely flavoured with lemongrass. I would never have picked that myself, but it was a total success. I could have eaten that meal ten times over and still be impressed.

This sign made me laugh so I embarrassed KD by stopping to take a picture 

Extra Long Weekend

Unfortunately the whirlwind Bondi trip has concluded, but it was jam packed with fun activities - in retrospect, mostly food related. Typical. We ate at Bodhi Bar (SYD CBD), Spoons Vegetarian Butcher (Newtown) and Mad Hatter Cupcakery (Broadway) - all of which I've been before but are definitely worthy of revisits. There was an impromptu dragon dance at Bodhi bar given it's the Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend, I've developed a respect and appreciation for the craft - notably the dancer at the back, hunched over at at 90 degree angle for the duration of the performance....

Went to Bondi beach for the first time ever today (I just had been feeling so very UNAUSTRALIAN) - it's impressive and was certainly packed out. We opted for swimming in the sea-pools at Icebergs instead, which I'm told is a bit of an institution too so I felt less of a wuss. Top weekend with my beloved Burn Streeters.

On the road to Dapplewood.

Henifer Aniston

Gentleman Buster

Henry, a rather attractive resident of Lamrock Street. 

The Iceberg at Bondi - where the beach fearing crowd congregate...

I stayed in the house of a stranger. It was nice, though.

I so wish I'd bought more of these so I could hand out bottles of delicious icy Karma Cola at the most hilarious and opportune moments.