The adventures of an average girl

Just when things in my life get relatively interesting and blog-worthy my blog goes down. I didn’t think I’d mind it being down, but after a couple of days I started to get withdrawals. After blogging for so many years now not having that outlet there for me use just felt wrong. I’m such a blog geek.

1. New toys

I am now the proud owner of a brand spanking new, uber sexy Cannon Ixus 500. I’m still not used to the interface and settings of a Cannon since I had a Sony, but Pixel’s (yes, I have named my new camera Pixel. I name all of my things- my star pillow is called Twink, the cow on my quilt cover is called Moo, my TV is called…erm, I’ll just leave it at that) features are awesome, especially the 640x480 video!

Also, my spiffy new laptop with a lovely flat, 15.4 inch screen should be arriving soon. I need to think of a name for it so it feels welcome.

2. Concerts

Maroon 5
I was lucky enough to get tickets the Maroon 5’s only Sydney concert at The Gaelic Club on Thursday 15th. The venue was great, very intimate with a capacity of only 800. Even though we were pretty close to the back of the line getting into the venue, we just happened to be standing near stairs to the gallery and scored a prime position upstairs overlooking the stage. I could have spat right on the band, and the rest of the poor buggers cramped onto the ground floor, if I felt like it.

I was expecting a lot from this concert and the band sure delivered. Their set was awesome, their hits ‘This Love’ and ‘Harder to Breathe’ sent the predominantly female crowd nuts, with a pair of lacey, red panties being thrown on the stage in the hysteria. Their mellow songs like, ‘She Will Be Loved’ and ‘Sweetest Goodbye’ really showed off Ryan’s sexy voice. Rawrrrr.

One great thing about this band was the depth of their talent. The lead singer could sing, play the guitar and play the drums, the keyboardist could also play the guitar and the drummer (who is all kinds of hot) could also play the guitar and sing. The last song was the drummer taking the lead and singing ACDC’s hit ‘Highway to Hell’. Damn those people who are musically multi-talented, I can’t even play one fricking instrument!

John Mayer
I don’t care what other people think of him, he still rocks my world! And we had SECOND row tickets! Sure he may write cheesy love songs, and sound as if he’s mumbling rather than singing at times, but no one can say that he is a crappy guitar player. The man never fails to amaze me with his guitar skills. Genius. His 10 minute solo in ‘Come Back to Bed’ had the crowd in awe; during one part of it he placed his guitar completely behind his back and played it perfectly. We were so close to the front of the stage, I even have snippets of video I took with Pixel where he’s looking straight at me. Priceless! He may look a bit weird with his facials in the videos but still, it was great to be so close to him and all the action.

3. Food

Harbour Kitchen & Bar
The food here is delicious, a bit pricey but still delicious. It’s location at The Rocks, right one the water and within one of the classiest hotels in Sydney makes it a very swanky dinning experience.

I didn’t get to try any of the divine looking desserts because we were too full from out entrée’s and mains but at least it gives us an excuse to go back, heh.

Aqua Luna
Another lovely restaurant with great Harbour views, they have the yummiest bread! Unlike the hard rolls you get at some places as starters this stuff is pretty decent. The food was great, pasta there is divine, but I still say that the Chocolate Nemesis dessert is the major draw card. Absolutely orgasmic. *drools*

Bills
Despite being a bitch to get to, and having to wait around 30mins for a table since they don’t take reservations, this place deserves all the hype around it. Talk about orgasmic, the Ricotta Hotcakes with honeycomb butter, oh my… so, so, sooooooo good. It was hard to choose what to have since it all looked too yum, I need to go back and try the corn fritters.

Cool links

• Gmail is pretty cool, I like the interface and the ad free pages. Plus you can't go wrong with 1000mb of storage. missriss@gmail.com, is what I had to settle for since riss was too short a username (what's up with that?! Hmph)
• Some people have way too much time on their hands.
• This site has a fab flash module to watch the Seinfield and Superman AMEX ads, as well as some cute behind the scenes snippets. Great work from our New York office, I wish we could do cool stuff like that here.

Ear Candy: "Fake Plastic Trees" -- Radiohead