A gift from a friend ....

who I have never met ...

Sue from 123 very kindly sent me this haul of

Halloween fabric, ribbon,& buttons for me and pencils

for the kids ...

Love it all ... and especially love the

purple/orange/black colourings together ..

Banana Pudding

decided to try out the Banana Pudding from the

Magnolia Bakery Cookbook...

and its was mmmmm...

kids lined up for seconds ..actually stood behind one another ...

I also found this bowl ...Peanuts, in the cupboard forgot I had it

and was telling the kids about the comic strip and books..

they never heard of it apart from Snoopy ..

I know I have them somewhere, just have to find them..

most likely at my mums ...and no idea where the bowl

came from :-)

my E Reader....

Went and got myself a Kobo - E reader.

have wanted one for a while now, so went and treated myself ..

its charging as I type this ...

compared to a pencil..

very small and light weight.

Oh and also brought the kids a pencil each ...
the Red one ...

A day out with the girls ....

Morning tea ...

Laurent, Lt Collins St

then the usual girlie stuff ....

Morris & sons - for wool & for 2 people who dont knit :-)

Myers - makeup for me

David Jones - a little makeover & makeup for all of us...all the same product

then onto trying on hats - all shapes, sizes & colours...some good, some bad, and some very bad.

Tiffany Jewellery Store - only to look, we will be back when one of us wins lotto ...

The Huon Tea Room - lunch ..only healthy sandwhiches ....

Into a Witchcraft ?? shop and had our palms read in a fashion ...

I am big hearted ...so she says ...

then afternoon tea ....

at Koko Black ....

and home ....

A finish & a WIP ...

Country Cottage Needleworks

Boys and Bugs

finished 22nd Sept 2010

For Sebastian ...my "bug boy "

and back to my

Tall Sundae..

as of 23rd Sept 2010

hoping to finish it this year ..

Soccer presentation

Sebastian was awarded a team trophy, and then received the

Coachs Award for the team

He was so excited, grinning from ear to ear, its currently on the

coffee table, where I think it will be for a while.

Hellenic Republic dinner

Tuesday 14th September.

After meeting up with Helen we dragged

our suitcases up Collins st. to

The Cupcake Bakery

for morning tea....

this was the start of our culinary feast ....

Cupcakes with custard filled profiteroles & stickey date

cupcake.

Then after doing a bit of shopping in Collins St,

we caught the tram to our Motel for the night in Lygon St.

Unpacked and a quick bathroom visit of we go down Lygon St.

Lunch was at

KOKO Black...

all things chocolate ...

Belgium Hot Choc

& Choc blackforest torte, sour cherry macaron & cherry sorbet

for me

Helen had the passionfruit creme brulee, shortbread fingers
& chocolate & lime espuma


Back to the room after our walk down Lygon St
and then out to

Hellenic Republic
Brunswick

for the Melbourne Zoo fundraiser
George Colombaris was hosting
with 6 well reknown chefs cooking




The Menu ....

Helen with her 1st of many glasses of wine ..

me too ....


Shaun Presland - Sake, Sydney

Hiramasa kingfish sashimi slices with yuzu soy, jalapeno slice & fresh coriander

Junior tuna sashimi taco with chilled tomato salsa

&

Seared tuna dressed wtih yuzu juice, white soy nestled on salad wraps

with a hint of truffle oil

the tacos where bite size and so cute ...

ok onto the red ...



Joe Grbac - The Press Club, Melbourne

Travis McAuley - Hellenic Republic ,Melbourne

DIY Quail souvlaki ...

and boy was this delicious ..

BBQ quail, parsley, onions, dujon mustard

and the best chips ..

Matt Wilkinson - Pope Joan, Melbourne

Slow cooked octopus, shaved fennel. potatoes & chorizo ..

my 1st time for octopus..and my last...it still had his little

"suckers" on ...

Roasted scllops, cauliflower, almond & goats curd salad



Shane Delia - Maha, Melbourne

Maha 12 hour lamb, pilaf & iceberg, radish & shanklish salad.

This was the most amazing lamb..could have eaten

a truck load myself ..

will definetly being going to Maha soon...

lamb lovers would adore this ...

Adraino Zumbo - Patisserie, Sydney

Chocolate cremeaux with lemon & olive oil gel, black olive puree

& burnt toast ice-cream.

Adriano is the reason I wanted to go to this dinner and this dessert

was very interesting and different.

Each individual component was good and bad, but when you put them all together

it was something else.

He also put "pop rocks" ..those little rocks that "pop"

in your mouth in a chocolate disk in the middle.

So while getting a taste sensation with all the different flavours, you also

got a physical sensation with the popping.

The burnt toast ice-cream really did taste like burnt toast ...

There was a 2nd dessert but forgot to take a photo -

Mango, corn & almond salad with coconut foam ..

also very different and not to keen on this one ..

I like my corn on the cob with butter LOL

Adriano, me, George, Shaun & Shane

Helen with Adriano & George

we also purchased Georges book..

couldn't leave without one

and of course he signed it for me ..

back to motel for the night ...

full buffet breakfast this morning and

then we caught the train back into the city

and of course we had to go to our regular haunt

Laurent Patisserie

for Macarons

and coffee ....

back to reality now ...
Think I am going to have toast for tea tonight.