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Wedding Location
I am getting married!
To Jenny!
1.30pm Sunday 3rd October 2010 at the Sherwood Arboretum, Jolimont St, Brisbane
Please arrive at 1.30pm. Allow 15mins to walk through the park to our location in the avenue of trees.
The ceremony will begin promptly at 2pm.
Following the ceremony please join us for a leisurely picnic in the Arboretum. We will have hampers to share. Formal attire is not required; we would love for you to dress comfortably for our picnic celebration.
Googlemap of location: http://goo.gl/maps/z8gi
To Jenny!
1.30pm Sunday 3rd October 2010 at the Sherwood Arboretum, Jolimont St, Brisbane
Please arrive at 1.30pm. Allow 15mins to walk through the park to our location in the avenue of trees.
The ceremony will begin promptly at 2pm.
Following the ceremony please join us for a leisurely picnic in the Arboretum. We will have hampers to share. Formal attire is not required; we would love for you to dress comfortably for our picnic celebration.
Googlemap of location: http://goo.gl/maps/z8gi
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Birthday boy
I am in Waikiki for my Birthday. I hit the beach and watched the canoe races, the sunset and the fireworks.
Then I wondered the streets to find some entertainment. Successfully! I found a strange convergence of tastes in Waikiki... Thanks go the crew of the HMCS Ottawa, the girls at Femme Nu, and that crazy Australian four piece ukulele band providing the music!
Then I wondered the streets to find some entertainment. Successfully! I found a strange convergence of tastes in Waikiki... Thanks go the crew of the HMCS Ottawa, the girls at Femme Nu, and that crazy Australian four piece ukulele band providing the music!
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On top of the World
Yesterday, I went up to the summit of Mauna Kea. At 10000m from base to top, it's the biggest mountain on the planet. 4200meteres from sea level, it's an ideal location for an observatory. What a place for a nerdly tourist to visit...
The sky was clear, the view stunning. My pictures are in the gallery!
At this time of year, because we're so close to the Equator, you can see both the star Polaris and Sirius. Wow!
Sunset was awesome. (You can check it out in the gallery of course), but above, is my favourite picture of my whole trip. That's not another mountain on the horizon... it's the shadow of the mountain I am standing on, cast across the top of the clouds. Those are my legs and so my shadow is cast to the very edge of the world.
The sky was clear, the view stunning. My pictures are in the gallery!
At this time of year, because we're so close to the Equator, you can see both the star Polaris and Sirius. Wow!
Sunset was awesome. (You can check it out in the gallery of course), but above, is my favourite picture of my whole trip. That's not another mountain on the horizon... it's the shadow of the mountain I am standing on, cast across the top of the clouds. Those are my legs and so my shadow is cast to the very edge of the world.
No Break for the Brakes
Getting to Hilo was fun. I flew from San Francisco to Honolulu, and embarked on a regional flight to Big Island. As we we taxiing up for takeoff, the brake warning light came on and we had to swap to a "better" plane.They have a sense of humour here!
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Clean clothes
Years in the planning, months in the organising... I finally ate a meal with my dear friends Tanya and Dan at Thomas Keller's French Laundry.
This place has an intimidating reputation. A very good reputation. Many of their ingredients are grown on site:
Staff can bee seen scurrying from the kitchen, secuteurs in hand to harvest from the surrounding gardens. Slight Faux pas... I didn't bring a jacket. So they lent me one. lol.
Insisted on it. How cute.
This place has an intimidating reputation. A very good reputation. Many of their ingredients are grown on site:
Staff can bee seen scurrying from the kitchen, secuteurs in hand to harvest from the surrounding gardens. Slight Faux pas... I didn't bring a jacket. So they lent me one. lol.
Insisted on it. How cute.OK. After that I wasn't going to make a fool of myself snapping away at every plate served up to our table during the 4 hours it took to have lunch. So I will summarise; we had around about 9 courses along with several rounds of amuse bouches, two bottles of wine and finished up with ports and other sweet stickys.
It was wonderfully good. So good in fact that I lost track of what I ate... But I know I have never eaten better.
To be completely honest, I have eaten almost as good elsewhere, at a much more affordable rate. However, as I was pondering this very weighty matter sometime after the 7th
It was symphonic.
It was wonderfully good. So good in fact that I lost track of what I ate... But I know I have never eaten better.
To be completely honest, I have eaten almost as good elsewhere, at a much more affordable rate. However, as I was pondering this very weighty matter sometime after the 7th
It was symphonic.
Supper Club
After our gastrogasm at the Laundry, we all needed to rest...
Soon enough though, the food fairies were bewitching us and we followed their call to Bouchon for dinner. Unfortunately they were fully booked. Fortunately the hostess invited us to wait and sample some liquor libations from the well stocked bar...
We had Manhattans, Martinis, Juleps, Aviations and more, I'm sure.
Oh yeah, eventually had dinner too. A dozen mussels with vodka and some girly sandwich.
Soon enough though, the food fairies were bewitching us and we followed their call to Bouchon for dinner. Unfortunately they were fully booked. Fortunately the hostess invited us to wait and sample some liquor libations from the well stocked bar...
We had Manhattans, Martinis, Juleps, Aviations and more, I'm sure.
Oh yeah, eventually had dinner too. A dozen mussels with vodka and some girly sandwich.
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