a long weekend into jazz...

that's what it seemed like. three nights of listening to uber cool music. oh yeah. started off with inga at the mustang bar on friday night. i think i've got a convert to swing. what fun.

saturday i met up with marija and stuart at the quarry ampitheatre in city beach. hadn't been there before - what a fantastic venue. anyway, libby hammer and hip mo' toast were playing. and not just any kind of swing music, but a few australian rock classics converted to swing. pretty fabulous stuff. few of the crew from swingit! were there, doin' their thing on stage. just glorious.





there was even a strip tease from the band members. ultra sexy like into their blue bond singlets. ah, sweet australia day. ha!!




sunday at twilight i went along to a series of free concerts that the city of subiaco put on through the summer - this one was held at uwa. june smith and the new apple band. she is just amazing. her voice. wow!! and just so happens that a friend, graham (a great musician) is playing the keyboard.


this is the view across the road from uwa - pretty nice huh?


i closed my long weekend with a full monday of star trek: next gen viewing. oh the good life. :)

24 working days to go...

and have i shown you where i'll be living yet?? with good friend soph, in north carlton. close to everything.


i've got so much going on between now and then, i have to remember to sleep. :)

i HEART lindy hop

you gotta try it if you haven't already succumbed to the wonder and joy that is lindy. no, really. fellas, you will be guaranteed of a choice of swooning partners if you can dance. i'm needing some sleep at the moment after two nights of jitterbugging my way around the dance floor... would give up the ole zzz's anytime for lindy. :)

2008 and already another countdown

first day back at work after a two week holiday... how does one settle in? most people aren't back yet, so it'll be a quiet week until deadlines are remembered and panic sets in. ha!

so xmas was relaxing and damn hot... perth in the early 40s (and no, i'm not referring to the 1940s but temperature). there was very little movement after the eating. here's a pic of the girls from christmas day. me, niece larissa, sister ainsley and my mom.


boxing day turned out to be another hot one, but luckily enough i was in my car for most of it, driving up to kalgoorlie. a thought while driving was that the next time i was on this road and heading in this direction i would be driving over state lines. how very exciting.

anyway, the few days in kalgoorlie-boulder were relaxing ones, trying to stay cool was the biggest effort. everyone is well, and i told my nan i wouldn't post the pics of her sitting in front of her fridge (not trying to stay cool) with hair dryer in hand, defrosting some ice. dripping water and electricity, sure kids, follow in your elders footsteps. ha!

back in town for new years eve - and thus far i only have one photo which gail took of me prior to the evening starting. it's pretty much me in about 1986 - and yes, griffin crescent had been turned into a 1980s club for the evening, many thanks to melis and al.


oh yeah, i was hot and cool all at once. haha!!! i know, you wish you knew me back in the day.

okay, enough gaffing on. back into the new year - expect BIG things my friends.