doing regina from behind

that necessary, cheesy photo pre-show


the opera house on fire

I happened to find out that Regina Spektor was coming to the Sydney Opera House. I've been dying to see her and I've been meaning to see something awesome at the opera house - so it was basically destined. I hop online to purchase, only to find out that the only available seats are BEHIND the stage. What the heck does that mean? There is no picture to judge whether this will be worth it or not, but I went with my gut, entered my cc number and security code, and within a week - there we were. We sat less than 10 meters away from that meek and lovely lady with frizzy curls, red lipstick, and red nail polish. Since her piano faced sideways, we actually had a much better view than those dopes sitting in the "front" rows - suckers!

feaster for two

our first proper holiday meal. with no mums or future mums-in-law to cook for us, we were forced to improvise. plus, cooking is one of my great pastimes of late.

our feaster menu:

whole free range chicken - stuffed

with homemade bread crumbs,

mushrooms, onions (shallot and

otherwise) and heaps of rosemary

asparagus - pan-fried to perfection with a little tasty cheese on top (what else is there?)

deviled eggs - we actually own a cook book entirely dedicated to these beauties (thanks

to Jared's mom); two styles made an appearance at our dinner - one with tabasco,

spicy mustard seeds, mayo and the other with dill and tasty cheese. (in case you were

wondering, "tasty" can be roughly translated as "sharp" in Australia; for instance you can

have regular "tasty" cheese or "extra tasty" cheese - i find this amusing. always.)

baked sweet potatos - with a little brown sugar of course

pumpkin pie - two of these actually, this is quite possibly the reason that warren is marrying me.

sparkling shiraz - a wonderful marriage of bubbly and red. perfect for holidays or any days.

it was satisfying, in that i-ate-too-much-i-want-to-vomit way.