Right now, I am moments away from revealing just how lazy and boring I am by sharing with you the Top 5 things I'm looking forward to doing when I go back to Sydney in March.
1. Take my mum to a late birthday lunch at the best bloody sushi train in the southern hemisphere.
We're going to BYO a bottle of wine. I've never had wine with my mum at Makoto in Chatswood because I usually indulge in the Japanese soda called Lamune. But for her birthday lunch, we're going to drink the wine. And we're going to order the special sashimi set. And get the uni nigiri. And the oyster omelette hand rolls. And we're going to get the green tea creme caramel dessert. Dammit, we're getting the green tea creme caramels! I'm going to pay for it with pride because Mum turned 56 years old on Valentine's Day and I will be home just three weeks late to celebrate with her.
2. Take Janice to an early birthday meal.
Janice is turning 27 on March 19 and this deserves a meal. Wherever she likes. Whatever she wants to eat. I'll eat it too.
3. Eat an entire chestnut cream sponge cake from Savoy Bakery. By myself, if necessary.
After Mum and I finish her late birthday lunch at Makoto, we'll walk to Savoy to get a chestnut cream sponge cake. It's not far at all. I've had chestnut cream sponge cakes from Savoy Bakery for my birthday every year that I've spent it in Sydney. They are delicious and they taste like home. They make getting older feel okay. I'm going to diligently finish a chestnut cream sponge cake to make up for lost time. Don't worry, I'll probably go with the 6-inch.
4. Drive to the wails of Bono.
One of the most trivial things I miss about not living in Sydney for two years is driving by myself with the music on. I could be going to the supermarket to pick up milk, it really doesn't matter. If I'm by myself, driving and I haven't had a prang (that's where prangster comes from, folks) then it's a good time. And I'd like to share something big right here, right now: I like to drive to the voice of middle-aged men. My CDs of choice for drive-time are U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind and Elton John's Songs from the West Coast. If I was cool in any way, I would listen to something else. But I'm not. I'm a creature of habit, and those CDs take me back. What can I say? I like to go back.
5. Sit on the sofa and watch pay TV.
I'm going to do this every night before I go to bed. I'm going to watch British lifestyle programs and cooking shows. In the daytime, I'm going to leave the TV on in the background while I do other things. Like check my e-mail. Like read the Sunday papers. Like eat cake. Like take naps.
Only 11 days to go...
1. Take my mum to a late birthday lunch at the best bloody sushi train in the southern hemisphere.
We're going to BYO a bottle of wine. I've never had wine with my mum at Makoto in Chatswood because I usually indulge in the Japanese soda called Lamune. But for her birthday lunch, we're going to drink the wine. And we're going to order the special sashimi set. And get the uni nigiri. And the oyster omelette hand rolls. And we're going to get the green tea creme caramel dessert. Dammit, we're getting the green tea creme caramels! I'm going to pay for it with pride because Mum turned 56 years old on Valentine's Day and I will be home just three weeks late to celebrate with her.
2. Take Janice to an early birthday meal.
Janice is turning 27 on March 19 and this deserves a meal. Wherever she likes. Whatever she wants to eat. I'll eat it too.
3. Eat an entire chestnut cream sponge cake from Savoy Bakery. By myself, if necessary.
After Mum and I finish her late birthday lunch at Makoto, we'll walk to Savoy to get a chestnut cream sponge cake. It's not far at all. I've had chestnut cream sponge cakes from Savoy Bakery for my birthday every year that I've spent it in Sydney. They are delicious and they taste like home. They make getting older feel okay. I'm going to diligently finish a chestnut cream sponge cake to make up for lost time. Don't worry, I'll probably go with the 6-inch.
4. Drive to the wails of Bono.
One of the most trivial things I miss about not living in Sydney for two years is driving by myself with the music on. I could be going to the supermarket to pick up milk, it really doesn't matter. If I'm by myself, driving and I haven't had a prang (that's where prangster comes from, folks) then it's a good time. And I'd like to share something big right here, right now: I like to drive to the voice of middle-aged men. My CDs of choice for drive-time are U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind and Elton John's Songs from the West Coast. If I was cool in any way, I would listen to something else. But I'm not. I'm a creature of habit, and those CDs take me back. What can I say? I like to go back.
5. Sit on the sofa and watch pay TV.
I'm going to do this every night before I go to bed. I'm going to watch British lifestyle programs and cooking shows. In the daytime, I'm going to leave the TV on in the background while I do other things. Like check my e-mail. Like read the Sunday papers. Like eat cake. Like take naps.
Only 11 days to go...
I'm so jealous.....
Posted by: Jess | Feb 25, 2009 at 10:52
I didn't make the top 5?? Ouch...
Posted by: Simone | Mar 03, 2009 at 09:44
I couldn't find an email address on your site, so I'm going to leave this here- hope that's cool!
Hello!
My name is Emily Schleier and I'm the Assistant Editor for a new media start-up publication titled The Printed Blog. You can download our latest issues at www.theprintedblog.com.
The Printed Blog is exactly that – a printed news publication with 100% of its content pulled from blogs and other user generated content. We are a new model of print publication based out of Chicago that has taken on the challenge of reviving the newspaper industry and turning in to a more community-based, interactive and user-generated medium.
There are many advantages to our approach at forming a new type of newspaper. First and foremost, all of our content is taken from the internet and then put through an editorial process so that we're sure our readers are only getting the best of the best when it comes to blogs, photos, music, events, etc.
With this being said, we think that your blog falls under the "best of the best" category and would feel extremely privileged if we were able to take articles from it to include in our publication. High profile blogs such as, Mashable, Daily Kos, The Bloggess, American Express and Bastard Life are all on The Printed Blog team!
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We are currently working on our tenth issue that is set to be distributed in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago on Thursday, April 9th.
We'd love to add you to our list of blogs to pull content from in hopes to print one of your posts in an upcoming issue. Do we have your permission? We would also like to have the option of printing the images that accompany your blog posts- do you have the rights to these images? I look forward to hearing back from you and please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. You can follow our progress on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter!
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Posted by: Emily Schleier | Apr 01, 2009 at 08:55