We've had some fairly rotten weather here in Sydney over the last week, including hail storms that collapsed industrial buildings after a half a metre of hail accumulated on the roofs, flash flooding that washed away houses and severe winds that swept Bondi and Coogee beach dunes well up into parks and streets. Pickle and I were fortunate to be living outside the worst of it. We were grateful though, after the prolonged dark, loud, rainy days, to see the sunshine return last Thursday and decided to take advantage of it before it was pushed away again. We headed in to the CBD and caught a free lunch break concert by one of the jazz ensembles at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It was a beautiful facility and a great performance by their second of three big bands.
The conservatory is located just outside the grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens, so we enjoyed a sunny stroll before seeking out a lunchtime destination, Pickle playing the role of inquisitive amateur botanist and I the role of crazy bird lady.
We found another Din Tai Fung location (this time the takeaway in Westfield Sydney) and headed straight for the steamed pork dumplings. After that, we hit up the bar. Max Brenner's Chocolate Bar serves a wicked pavlova sundae with vanilla ice cream, passionfruit, fresh strawberries & meringue, served with bananas and a little pot of melted milk chocolate on the side.
It was a nice weekend/weekday swap.
We stayed home and worked on Sunday when the rain rolled back in again :( But we also spent Sunday bashing Snickers bars that Pickle's parents sent from the states (definitely the highlight of the day!) ...ok, to be honest we bashed those babies for several days - they sent two packages of full-size Snickers bars, and we have zero self control...but a LOT of gratitude ;) |
If you're thinking that we may have a problem, scarfing candy bars by the fists full and hitting up the chocolate bar in the middle of the day, CALM DOWN...................we totally balanced it out with bananas.
Sorry if I'm a bit defensive - all this chocotalk has made me hungry!
I'm not me when I'm hungry...time to grab a Snickers.
I'm not me when I'm hungry...time to grab a Snickers.