Month: February 2010

  • Saturday night. Date night at Sydney Shop Girl Manor.

      The Scene: Saturday night after Restorative Yoga that was mentally but not physically restorative, SSG and R are in the lounge room settling in for the night.  R has thoughtfully phoned for the takeaway (pizza – Duos in Woolwich, you do great pizza with generous amounts of topping and perfect seasoning). Sport of some…

  • The last cake of summer 09/10. A lazy Saturday in.

      If you’re in Sydney at the moment, I  hope you’re loving this weather.  The mornings are not too hot and though it is getting a little darker for those of us who wake up at the insane hour of 6am on a weekend just for the hell of it, us early birds are rewarded…

  • Nonna By Nature Part 2. Tried and tested white powdery stuff. Powered by 1.81 standard drinks.

    Friday evening is my favourite night of the week to blog.  Having survived the working week, the weekend stretches out before me.  Potential adventures seem limitless. I am still observing Frugal February.  Only two more days to go.  So I’m celebrating at home, with R (who is transfixed by the cricket – tonight’s game does…

  • Our Latest Premier has my trinity ring. Sydney Shop Girl, Sydney Magazine and Adriano Zumbo – a trinity of another sort.

    Well, the excitement about today’s Sydney magazine was justified.  Once I got past Our Latest Premier on the cover, and the 20 questions put to Our Latest Premier, Christina Keneally and The Leader Of The Opposition, Barry O’Farrell – henceforth known as BOF (because BO would have been so very wrong).  It was very atmsopheric…

  • Yoga and yolks.

    I like Wednesday evenings.  It means I’ve survived hump day and it’s the down hill slide to the weekend.  It’s been a hectic week and I’ve managed to get by without a major dummy spit or panic attack. Caffeine helps. Conveniently, it was a restorative class at yoga tonight.  Slower poses, held longer but I…

  • Terry Durack endorses Sydney pub grub. Sydney Shop Girl endorses both Terry Durack and Kerry O’Brien.

    Continuing my theory of hormones being the answer to the unexplained in human behaviour and emotion, I present Sydney Shop Girl on testosterone.  I have officially moved on from greige and discovered the blues. I was greeted by this blue Holden ute in our driveway when I got home from work.  R was giving it…

  • Velcro is not the hallmark of a polished shoe.

    In the words of Faux Fuchsia – this would be called a bow arrangement at the neck. Very useful tip for dragging a T shirt from Target up to the ranks of polished work wear.  Though the effect was ruined later by my biro drawing itself all over the front of my top. There were…

  • Destination Unknown. Emotional greige.

    Because it’s nearly Mardi Gras and even navel-gazing blog posts need dance anthem inspired titles.  I love you big time, Alex Gaudino and Crystal Waters. Every so often, you hit turbulence in life.  There are all the expected (or at least anticipated) shocks and bumps.  Somehow, being prepared makes them a little easier to accept, even…

  • Photography, philosophy and the art of patience.

    Well, Frugal February is 3/4 of the way done and I have survived!!  This weekend was ideal.  As I had my photography class all weekend, there was no time to go to the shops or browse the net.  I was also so busy that I didn’t waste the whole day logged on to facebook and…

  • Congratulations, Torah!!!!!

      Image courtesy of www.examiner.com This was such a lovely story.  I’m sure everyone in Australia knows by now that Torah Bright won gold for the women’s half pike.  Her family surprised her by secretly going to watch her compete, she wasn’t expecting to see them until her wedding in June, in Salt Lake City.…