The Night of the Loud Shirts

We celebrated Marc's 50th Birthday with a really fun crowd of friends last night. If you take a look at the photos you'll understand the title of this post. The party must have been good, we ran out of beer and had to send out a scout for more (Thanks Cooper!). If the comments of the guests are any indication, the venue was a great choice and the catering went down a treat. If any of you are reading this, please oh please leave a comment, would dearly love to hear your thoughts, asides and anecdotes....

Looking for a Unique Gift?

Sydney artist and author, Ivana McAlpine, has produced a sumptuously illustrated book chronicling the tragic 19th century true story of Mary Watson, a pioneer settler on Lizard Island.

MB met Ivana quite serendipitously when Ivana responded to MB's advertisement in the Manly Daily in 2004. MB was looking for some holiday accommodation located near Aunty's in Balgowlah. Ivana lives very close by in a wonderful home near Fourty Baskets beach, an idyllic location, and was able to rent the ground floor of her lovely home to us.

Ivana's art is superb and the premium quality of this publication make this book a must have, Ivana has self-published a limited number of these books which are for sale for AUD$15.50 each. You can contact myself or Ivana to purchase.

Wasting Time Looking at other Blogs

Everything Pizza

Diverse and adaptable. You enjoy the full buffet of life. It's hard for you play favorites with friends... or flavors. There's very little that you dislike!

What's Your Pizza Personality?

Do you see a food obsession happening on this blog?

Apple Pie Anyone?

Fresh apple pie with butter shortcrust

The Absence of Customer Service in Cairns

Can you imagine how frustrating it is when you place a special bread order for catering and the Bakery calls you up the day you're collecting it and tells you they've sold it to someone else!

The bloody baker then offers to supply the same order the following day but that's useless as it's needed before then, so then the baker offers to sell you something you don't want, you'd think if they valued your business they'd offer you a discount or even offer to supply a replacement without charge.

This sort of event is becoming more and more commonplace, makes one's blood boil.... (Do I sound like Victor Meldrew?)