While the week ground to a bit of a halt due to a nasty bout of the flu, everything seems to be "go go go!!".
I got a message from SM from Perth on Friday to say that he was in town, so lunch in a pub for a couple of hours it was!
That night saw us in the Docklands at Nicko's new restaurant, Bellisimo, for his wife, Riss', birthday dinner. Before this, Brown, Chels, B n I caught up for some "pre-dinner" drinks after work, so as you can imagine we were ticking along quite nicely by the time we got to dinner.
Hat's off to Nicko's team in the kitchen for a very nice dinner and a nice taste of Italy!
Discovery of the night occurred while I was chatting with the lovely Charity, who mentioned that she was moving to London in september. "You don't say? Well..." Chalk up another friend that I will know when I get there at the end of September (if my visa is granted). Handy that she knows how to request some great tracks from the DJ's too!
For the rest of the night, we kicked on to Retro bar to drink and dance til close. We did visit the Croft Institute first, but the less said about that bar, the better! First time I've seen a DJ actively clear a dancefloor by playing some absolutely crap music!
Getting home at 5am meant the following day was fairly cruisey watching the previous night's stage of Le Tour.
Saturday night's "Hornee Hospital" party went well, thanks to the staff at the Burnside Hospital for loaning me a set of their scrubs! I may not have been the only person in scrubs, but I was the only one posting theirs back to Adelaide on monday!!
Top night! Got to catch up with plenty of folks, which is always a good thing considering that it will be some time til I get to see many of them again. This included 'Cuz' (my cousin Vanessa), and Alex who will no doubt remember the night thanks to one brave/foolish fellow - you can ask her about it yourself, but just don't mention anything about rulers...
3am hometime made for another cruisey morning on the couch watching le Tour, and contemplating being one of those nutters on the side of the road as the riders come past.
Funny how nights like both of the above seem to have a little more to them now. Add to that when friends discuss upcoming events and you know that you're not going to be with them for those events... You just make the most of the time remaining, even if that sounds like I have some sort of terminal disease and not long left!
Whilst I may not have finished with Melbourne, I have much to look forward to, with many people to see again soon!
I got a message from SM from Perth on Friday to say that he was in town, so lunch in a pub for a couple of hours it was!
That night saw us in the Docklands at Nicko's new restaurant, Bellisimo, for his wife, Riss', birthday dinner. Before this, Brown, Chels, B n I caught up for some "pre-dinner" drinks after work, so as you can imagine we were ticking along quite nicely by the time we got to dinner.
Hat's off to Nicko's team in the kitchen for a very nice dinner and a nice taste of Italy!
Discovery of the night occurred while I was chatting with the lovely Charity, who mentioned that she was moving to London in september. "You don't say? Well..." Chalk up another friend that I will know when I get there at the end of September (if my visa is granted). Handy that she knows how to request some great tracks from the DJ's too!
For the rest of the night, we kicked on to Retro bar to drink and dance til close. We did visit the Croft Institute first, but the less said about that bar, the better! First time I've seen a DJ actively clear a dancefloor by playing some absolutely crap music!
Getting home at 5am meant the following day was fairly cruisey watching the previous night's stage of Le Tour.
Saturday night's "Hornee Hospital" party went well, thanks to the staff at the Burnside Hospital for loaning me a set of their scrubs! I may not have been the only person in scrubs, but I was the only one posting theirs back to Adelaide on monday!!
Top night! Got to catch up with plenty of folks, which is always a good thing considering that it will be some time til I get to see many of them again. This included 'Cuz' (my cousin Vanessa), and Alex who will no doubt remember the night thanks to one brave/foolish fellow - you can ask her about it yourself, but just don't mention anything about rulers...
3am hometime made for another cruisey morning on the couch watching le Tour, and contemplating being one of those nutters on the side of the road as the riders come past.
Funny how nights like both of the above seem to have a little more to them now. Add to that when friends discuss upcoming events and you know that you're not going to be with them for those events... You just make the most of the time remaining, even if that sounds like I have some sort of terminal disease and not long left!
Whilst I may not have finished with Melbourne, I have much to look forward to, with many people to see again soon!
1 comment:
HI Simon,
say hi to Nick & Ris for me. What's the name of the restaurant in case I'm in Melbourne in the near future?
Hey, I'm schmoozing the bigwig scientist in the UK to get me some training there...It'd be funny to have a few ales there rather than here! Haha.
Rina the Red xxx
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