so bad it's good film night: part 4

after a tasty meal of trivia-won lamb rustled up by lea, it was on to the main feature, turkey shoot. this one was jamie's pick, an australian film from 1982. i hadn't seen it before and it was pretty bad in that good way.

k@os, beats and mystery

ashley davies presents: the muscle drum music show in northcote.... this was a pretty fabulous fringe show, ash on drums accompanying a few favourite visual clips, including jazz dance scenes, 60s car race to death valley and a rocket launch. just loved the way it felt as though the dancers were dancing to his beats.

then into the city and k@osmos in alexandra gardens. this troupe was part of the arts festival opening. yes, fringe finishes and the arts festival begins (gotta love this city). worth standing out in the cold to see this.










jill, mark, jamie and myself then went onto fortyfivedownstairs for the carnival of mysteries. OH MY GOODNESS! what an amazing trip. walking down the steps was like walking back in time to the 1920s and the crazy, freaky carnivals. we paid our money and was given play money to use to enter the side shows.


i wish i could've taken photos but it wouldn't have captured the colour, activity and insanity that was carnivale. we didn't want to leave. jugglers, slow waltzes with a gigolo, librarians reciting mad words. singing and dancing on the bar. slow, low stories of hardship and woe. fairy floss on the stick. a tent of miracle, the man they couldn't hang and the grand finale....wowee. and we didn't get to see or do it all. if there are still tickets available, get thee there quick.

fun & friends on friday

oc/dc was not good. sorry, but it wasn't... redeeming part? the caramello as alex and i exited the venue. but you expect an occasional miss as part of the fringe festival experience.

then it was over to lygon street to meet nick for pizza at the first pizza restaurant in australia before heading across the road to trades hall. have i told you how much i LOVE this building? it is spectacularly awesome. anyway, the event was andrew mclelland's finishing school, an indy music dance thing. all technical terms those. ;) i was pretty much dancing as soon as i walked through the open doors and maybe sat once. maybe! i will return.

all set to go

have tickets, insurance, passport, cash... now should i just pack a change of underwear and a toothbrush?

spicy love

mamasita's on collins. a fabulous mexican restaurant for those extra special occasions. though what could be more special than me?? don't answer that subconscious. anyway, this was a super time shared with the two jcs', one cs and a t. and i got caught in the rain on the way home... even that was spectacular.

sunshiney sunday

another beautiful morning to be had even though we lost an hour to day light saving. a late and long breakfast with jen and iain before being joined by a raucous group of old friends. and then i hit the road...


my little brother is in town for a few days of the school holidays and went to the grand final yesterday. i caught up with him and his folks for dinner. it was still twilight when i left them a couple of hours later... i'm liking this hint of summer already.

the outta-towner

the drive up to barham was just glorious. such a day for a drive in the country. dropped by starbucks to sustain the trip and then hit the open road, luckily enough there wasn't too much traffic around. but what did i care, there was all this blue sky, sunshine and loud music to sing along too.

i stopped in bendigo for a couple of hours for a wander around and lunch at gillies, a pie store that tasted exactly the same as a nimmo's pie. bit of background about a nimmo's pie. nimmo's was a bakery in kalgoorlie that used to supply egshs (my old highschool) in the 80s. they were square pies and just delicious. what was "coincedental" about this gillies pie experience was that this evening in kalg there was a 25 year school reunion of the year 10s that i couldn't get too taking place. ooohhhh...

anyway, lovely bendigo...



















got into koondrook just before the second grand final kick off. everyone at the hotel was preparing to sit down, have a few snags and watch a good game. not sure that actually happened... the good game that is. i went for a nap half way through.

people had come from near and far to celebrate my friend jenjoy's belated 40th birthday. jen and iain live in ghana at the moment so missed her birthday in june, so why not celebrate in october. the black tie cocktail party was a lot of fun and i didn't get my camera out. oops... it was great to catch up with jen and bianca, sharna, and a few others, have a couple of dances by the jukebox and huddle outside by the pot belly fire before falling into a comfy bed.