Day 78: Autumn sun

The sun was very low on my way home now that daylight savings is over. Hopefully that will make it easier to get up in the mornings!

Day 77: Branson

We went to Bronte beach today. The Autumn sun seems even better than the 'summer' we had! I bought Richard Branson's 'Losing My Virginity' the other day for something to read over Easter while we're away so I brought it to the beach with me to make a start on it. I'm up to page 20 and so far so good.

Day 76: Smoothie goodness

Carl and I went to a great workout on Saturday morning. Everything aches today! Carl made Enliven Fitness' coconut smoothie from their recipe - 2 raw eggs, 1 banana, 2 teaspoons of cacao powder and the juice and flesh of 1 coconut. It tastes like a non guilty version of a chocolate milkshake but much healthier and tastier! I just had 1 egg in mine.

Went for a coffee and some lunch at Clipper Cafe in Glebe in the afternoon. I went around Glebe market and found myself a nice leather bag with silver studs and a black dress.

Watched 'Drag Me To Hell' in the evening. It started ok and had the usual jumpy bits but it all went a bit weird towards the end. It's been a while since I've watched a decent horror film. They seem pretty few and far between lately. 

Day 75: R.I.P. Dasher

I found out on Friday that Dasher, the 15 year old dingo/kelpie cross that featured on day 7 of my photo a day postings sadly got hit by a car. He used to sit outside his house on Crown Street in Surry Hills and was well known and loved by locals. Carl and I saw him just last Sunday so we were shocked to hear of his passing. Friday's post is dedicated to Dasher. Here are a couple of photos I have taken of him over the last year.

Dasher sunning himself a few months ago

Day 74: Autumn

Walking to work bright and early with a fuzzy head from the multiple champagnes the night before, I noticed for the first time this year that the leaves on the trees on my walk to work are turning yellow. Autumn is well and truly here.

Thursday was a crazy hectic day that had me very ready for the weekend! I got home and passed out on the couch exhausted.

Carl picked up our first organic food order (fresh from a local farm) from Enliven Fitness where we do our morning classes and we had a lovely dinner of beef sausages, a jacket potato and a really fresh salad. Sounds dull but the organic veg and meat had so much flavour.

Day 73: MCA Opening Night

I had another surreal day on Wednesday, I got a last minute invite to the VIP opening night for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). With 45 minutes to spare until it started I raced home to spruce up, grabbed a cab and met one of our Board Members at work Victoria Reichelt there. It was like the moment in Devil Wears Prada where the main character Andy finds out at the last minute that she's going to the ball with her boss Miranda Priestly!

MCA front entrance

It was a good night of flowing champagne, cocktails, yummy canapes and some great art. I probably did things the wrong way round by having several drinks before going upstairs to see the art (you couldn't walk around the gallery with drinks) so I will definitely be going back to appreciate the art fully sober! The highlight was The Clock, such a great idea. It's lots of film clips that show watches/clocks that show the precise time that it is when you watch it, e.g if you walk in at 12.15pm you will see an actual film clip from a well-known film that shows the clock reading that precise time. The film goes through an entire 24 hours to show every minute in a day. It's great to watch because you don't know what clip will be coming up next.

This photo could be filled with celebs for all I know, my knowledge of Australian celebrities is pretty limited! I saw Glen McGrath and a few people I recognised from TV but that was about it

I thought the photos of Victoria and I trying to take photos of the view were more interesting than the better pictures we got of the actual view on the 4th floor of the MCA building

Day 72: Mannequin

I went to the staff room at work for lunch as usual on Tuesday and the random mannequin that usually sits in pieces on the floor in the corner was now standing up in one piece leaning against the wall - creepy!

I had a surreal day at work couriering Duran Duran invites to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) VIP opening night to their hotels under their pseudo names. One of the more random requests I have had!