40
My birthday fell on Good Friday this year, so I had the whole Easter long weekend to celebrate turning 40.
Posts Tagged ‘friends’
A night at the footy
Something a little different: sitting with our friends in navy blue, white and gold West Coast Eagles country, I felt like an impostor sitting among the faithful.
Easter long weekend: Meat Fest Friday
Two Jacs, Bloody Mary oysters, prawns wrapped in bacon, a hickory-smoked chook with eight legs and Juji's BBQ pork ribs. That's Meat Fest Friday! Oh, and homemade Coca-Cola brownies and ice cream!
Visitors and prawns
Garlic prawns and sparkling wineOur friends S and D came over with their two kids to see the new house. They had some exciting news of their own – their offer on a house had been accepted. They brought over a bottle of sparkling wine and we drank a toast to both our new houses. […]
Breakfast at Bar One
Home alone with no one to talk to. Seems appropriate that this is what I’m posting tonight. I met up with my friend Chad for breakfast last month at Bar One, in the QV1 complex in the city. Please excuse the quality of the photos – it was very dark in there (besides steam from […]
Sunday lunch of two roast meats
A few weeks ago, we had my friend Chad and her boyfriend J over for a Sunday roast lunch. Jac loves cooking for guests, and she cooked up a feast featuring two roasts and lots of vegetables. This was the roast leg of pork, complete with salty, crunchy crackling. Jac peeled the crackling off the […]
Afternoon tea with friends
On the same day as the family breakfast at Sizzler, I went to afternoon tea at my friend D’s home. D was one of my best friends from my now ex-workplace. She wanted to celebrate my new job (although she was sad we would no longer get to work together) and my PhD. Our great […]
Barbecue dinner with friends
Towards the end of March, we went to our friends S and D’s home for a barbecue. I love grilled or barbecued haloumi cheese, so I was chuffed to see our starter dish cooking on the barbie. Soon, we could hear the sizzle of haloumi turning golden-brown on the hotplate. It smelled great! I ate […]
Breakfast at Shots with C
If I didn’t blog, I’d have never met my friend C. As well as being a brilliant photographer, she’s my great “makan buddy” (“eating” friend). In my second last week at my old job, we met up for breakfast at Shots Espresso Bar (528 Hay St, Perth) and both ordered from the specials board. C […]