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january instagram

2012-01-29T23:26:00.001+11:00

Townhouses at Workers Club, supporting Prince Sunarawma.

Tried a new lipstick before a night out. It was ok.

Adorable Sarah.

Lots of delicious pizza at Oskar in North Melbourne. Recommended.

A photo of a mixed berry smooth, basil and my brown clogs.

Wishing I had the guts to cut my hair this short.

Ice cream in Port Melbourne.

India memories. I didn't think it was possible but I miss the place more and more each day.

A lovely guy with his new New Balances earlier on in the month.

I'm doing a great job of saving with all the single serves of cous cous I'm eating >.>

Post-yoga walks.

Wagyu beef bento box at Moshi Moshi.

More Japanese food! This time with Matthew in Sydney.

A photo of my wall.

Sitting on a Sydney train.

Visited the MCA in Sydney and saw a great exhibition on what should have been my last day there (until Jetstar cancelled my flight).

seddon deadly sins

2012-01-22T16:44:00.003+11:00

pickwick's

2012-01-19T22:00:00.002+11:00

Pickwick's barista has the most beautiful coffee machine I have ever laid eyes on

the local taphouse

2012-01-16T19:08:00.003+11:00

ms. g's

2012-01-14T23:28:00.001+11:00

red oak beer cafe + cookie + rue bebelons

2012-01-12T02:18:00.001+11:00

In my brief hiatus with this blog, I never uploaded some nice photos from Matthew's 22nd birthday back in 2011 which seems like only yesterday. Tomorrow, (or today) I'll be flying up to Sydney for his big 2-3. Happy birthday, mo!

wood spoon kitchen & birdman eating

2012-01-10T21:42:00.000+11:00

torquay + home

2012-01-06T00:40:00.003+11:00

singapore airport

2012-01-05T19:07:00.001+11:00

favourite kerala photos

2011-12-26T19:52:00.002+11:00

I can't believe it's been five weeks.

ampersandmel

2011-12-22T10:26:00.000+11:00

I think Mel is my spirit animal.....

all images courtesy of ampersandmel

Check out her beautiful post (and entire blog, for that matter) that I cannot stop staring at...how am I supposed to concentrate on my work now, Mel? How!? Please don't go.....

yours and theirs

2011-12-12T00:11:00.002+11:00

A very lovely lady over in Sydney has created a new project called yours and theirs in which she releases a new subject every Monday, encouraging anyone and everyone submit a photograph of this subject to be released on the following Sunday. Visit her Blogspot for more details and all the lovely photographs so far.

This week the subject was 'a recent gift you've been given'. It was the perfect opportunity for me to take a photograph of the beautiful new perfume my best friend gave me as a belated birthday present. Thank you Tania!

food in india: part 2

2011-12-10T19:41:00.002+11:00

food in india: part 1

2011-12-10T17:45:00.004+11:00

I spent eight weeks in India and this is all the food I ate (in no particular order):

photobooth

2011-12-06T22:33:00.003+11:00

On this day I wrote about 2000 words and ate one too many delicious milk chews.

On this day there was only 44 days until I left for India!

On this day I went out to see Kurt Vile.

Outfit post #1

Outfit post #2

On this day I was obviously very excited about Laneway.

On this day I saw Midlake. It was so incredible I had to steal the setlist.

Outfit #3: APC chambray shirt, Cheap Monday jeans, Nu & Nan desert boots.

One this day I took a picture of the first gift my boyfriend gave me.

On this day I hospitalised for the first time (nothing major).

On this day I had my last exam for the year and rewarded myself with clogs!

On this day I was nursing my extremely sore knees after falling on them in a game of futsal.

On this day I cut my hair the shortest it has been in a loooooong time (2010).

On this day (2009) I got another haircut AND got my hair straightened.

On this day Karl and I did not listen to the lecture we were in and instead took a bunch of photos.

On this day I received a postcard from Leon all the way from India!

On this day I received this adorable necklace from Tegan.

And on this day, Matthew was shy.

The end.

matthew, zilly, gin + tonics

2011-05-14T19:42:00.004+10:00

#1 - may 13

Music: Ducktails - Little Window

new york tomato

2011-05-03T12:06:00.002+10:00

I went on a triple-breakfast-date.

terra rossa

2011-05-02T12:31:00.007+10:00

Garlic, roasted fennel salt & danish feta pizza bread

'The Piatella' - Chef's selection of five tapas: fried salt flaked oregano leaf calamari, seared casa iberica chorizo, kalamata & green olives with dried pasilla & poppy seed lavosh, grigliata tikka chicken with chimmichurri, hot plate sharks bay crab and prawn nude dumplings with pickled fennel, cucumber and lime aioli, grilled eggplant involtini filled with yarra valley goats cheese, basil and sicillian red pepper with aged balsamic

Peach panna cotta with baba limoncello and pressed red hill strawberries

four months of iphone photos

2011-04-14T17:32:00.007+10:00

Jan 3rd: Matthew and I had dinner at Hooked for the first time. I, of course, opt for the meal where everything is fried while Matthew gets the grilled fish and salad. I had one calamari and a few chips then almost died from consuming too much oil. Those sweet potato chips were a real nice touch, though.

Jan 8th: My super adorable workmates organised a late Secret Santa. We went to Urbany, had pizza then went next door and had drinks at Prudence. Jo got me lots of brooches and a magnet kit to 'pull moves' on my 'lover'.

Jan 9th: James came to Melbourne for a visit. We, along with Davies, went to Fraus and had breakfast. Pictured here are the Parmesan Eggs and a latte. Yay North Melbourne.

Jan 10th: Tania and I took Leigh to Tandoori Times for his birthday. Matthew and Karl came along and a nice night was had at various bars in Fitzroy. Pictured here are my two biggest loves.

Jan 13th: A few days later it was Matthew's 22nd so we flew to Sydney for some good times. Here's a sneaky picture of him trying on a birthday present.

Jan 14th: Still in Sydney, we were on our way to Tim and Peta's place for pizza and TV. How about those Sydney trains, eh?

Jan 19th: Even though I had to go back to work, lunches like these make it worth it. This is a Delhi-style lamb curry from Salford Lads Club.

Jan 22nd: At my other job, I finally get to wear one of the brooches that Jo got me for Christmas.

Jan 26th: Here is cheeky Nathan being an 'adventurer'. It was Australia day and we ate lots of sausages and played lots of Call of Duty.

Jan 27th: The next morning Matthew and I went to have breakfast at the Lux Foundry, the best place in Brunswick. I'm gonna miss you Emilio.

Feb 5th: Pre-Laneway festival breakfast. The yoghurt and almonds were so good but the honey was not.

Tania and I gorged on these Korean twisty potato things all day, oblivious to the confused stares that we received. Laneway was a bore.

Our view for Deerhunter.

Feb 12th: Matthew and I went to a football game with Tab and Chris. Look at dem clouds.

Feb 14th: Matthew leaving his place. I'm sure he'll look back on this photo one day and miss this house.

I caught Matthew being his super sleepy self. I'm also really pleased with myself, clearly. Don't take photos while you drive, kids.

Feb 15th: We didn't do much on Valentine's Day, but made up for it with breakfast at Las Chicas.

Feb 21st: Another work lunch. We drove all the way out to St. Kilda for good sushi because our boss was out of the country. This edamame was the ultimate disappointment.

Admiring all the Port Melbourne houses. I'll live in you one day, PM.

Feb 23rd: On my way to Ali's birthday breakfast with flowers.

The super nice people at Las Chicas brought her a cupcake and sparkler. Awwwwwwwww.

That night we all went out for dinner at Mexicali Rose. Here is a bad quality photo of giggly Sarah and I.

Feb 27th: In bed with a napping Matthew. He had suddenly turned and as a result I was paralysed in fear of waking him up. I took this photo and my leg fell asleep soon after.

Feb 28th: Moooore work lunches. This was at Salford Lads Club where I tried my first ever goat curry.

March 1st: Can't wait to earn all the money and buy a nice house in Port Melbourne.

March 4th: Back when it was summer, Lux would open Friday nights and serve pizza and small tapas. As usual, we were struggling with what to have for dinner when Lux's status changed to something like, 'Lamb cutlets are back on tonight's menu!'

March 6th: I took the super amazing Sarah out for her birthday at Fraus. Matthew and Nathan came along too and we spent a good few hours talking about nothing. A good day of good weather and good company. Good.

March 11th: Alex and I had impromptu hangs at Brunetti's. We spoke about feelings and girls (really).

March 13th: We had dinner at Palookaville with Tabitha, Davies and Gibba after Bimbo's was a bust. Followed by pool, of course.

March 20th: On a fine Sunday morning when Ali and I both had the day off, we all met up for breakfast at 1000 Pound Bend. I still can't decide if their breakfast burrito was good or not.

I saw this on the way back to Matthew's.

March 25th: Gibb invited me out to have dinner at Ramen Ya (it was my first time and a love affair was born) with da boyz. My bento box was nice and I didn't get a parking ticket. Davies also got an amazing job this day. We semi-celebrated with teriyaki chicken.

March 28th: I had the urge to buy some herbs one day after work and came home with sweet basil, coriander, and triple curl parsley. My dad eventually planted them for me and they've been blooming ever since.

Gibb gets what he deserves after terrorising me on chat as usual.

March 29th: Matthew was in Sydney for a few days. I think that's why I bought the plants. We went to Lux before he jetted off to work again. There's nothing better than warm banana bread.

March 30th: The next day we went into Deakin. We ditched his last class and went to Ramen Ya instead. On this day I found out I'm not entitled to a concession card and I wanted to die because of it.

April 5th: After a busy morning I bought a soccer ball. I don't know who I am, either.

About to roast some chickpeas with many a Moroccan spice.

On this day we also went to trivia. Here is Matthew drinking a very nice wine. It's beer.

April 7th: I stumbled across an Earl Grey cupcake recipe and made them IMMEDIATELY as it was a nothing day. They did not disappoint. Don't be shy on the tea leaves though. I wish I put another teaspoon in.

April 8th: Breakfast at home: Bacon, poached eggs with mustard mayo, fresh roma tomatoes and basil (from my herb garden!)

That night Matthew and I just can't help ourselves and go to Ramen Ya again. Those bento boxes!!

Attractive ceiling.

April 9th: The next day I drove to work from Matthew's and took this photo while stuck in traffic. I'm not sure either.

Workin' hard.

That night we went to see James/Wintercoats play. That guy, what a babe.

April 10th: Soooo, here are my legs post-indoor. My mind was ready but my body wasn't and I fell over. Mind you, that bruise is 10x worse now and I'm going to get the most awful scarring from that graze. Physical exertion, eh?

April 11th: We both had work the next day. Here is sleepy Matthew not getting up and being a cuddly caterpillar in my bed.

Driving.

April 12th: I went to work for no reason as the rain tore through the roof made working at my desk impossible. So I went home and enjoyed the weather instead.

(Somebody take me to the Hopetoun Tea Rooms please)

That night was Damo's last ever trivia. We played a lot of pool in the room that smells like socks.

April 13th: His and hers

Today: Matthew and I took a study break and kicked the footyball around. Here is my ridiculous attire.

oh so quiet

2010-06-02T03:43:00.003+10:00

Sincerest apologies for the lack of posts. It's been a strange and lovely month.

I'll be back in the swing of things soon. It is exam season in a week or two soon, surely I'll find or make time to upload the plethora of photographs I have collected since last April.

In the meantime, visit my shop and buy a thing or two.

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testify

2010-04-09T18:03:00.003+10:00

A night at the John Curtin Bandroom:Lilly, Alex and I
Leigh/The Townhouses doing his thing
Parking Lot Experiments

Karl, Hamish and Lilly
Sweet jacket
Megastick Fanfare

Happy weekend!

odessa

2010-04-07T12:57:00.003+10:00

Last week (ish) I went with some pals to see Great Earthquake, Woollen Kits, Milk Teddy and the Parking Lot Experiments at the Builders Arms in Fitzroy. Also we had a lovely dinner at Tandoori Times. Recommended.

Nick and Sam
A+

Dorky housemates

Leigh and Iv
Woollen Kits
Leon!
Parking Lot Experiments : )
Great Earthquake

my melbourne loves

2010-04-01T18:27:00.007+11:00

These are the things I like to do in Melbourne. Things I believe everyone should do at least once. I guess this is my very own Melbourne Guide of some sort.

Go to Public Bar. Monday. $4.50 jugs. You will have an interesting night, guaranteed:

Visit Rooftop Bar on a sunny afternoon (or anytime of the day, really). They have the best (largest) lemon lime bitters out, if that is even possible:

Have a picnic at Treasury / Fitzroy Gardens, preferably in Summer:

Autumn walks with the leaves are also good:
If you go at night, watch out for squirrels

Get a bunch of friends and have an all-you-can-eat dinner for $12 at Shanghai Dumpling House (Warning: dumpling regret will occur so don't do this often, only when you are extremely broke):

Have an intimate dinner anywhere on Degraves...:

or breakfast if you're that way inclined:

Enjoy the Little Cupcakes experience:

Have 3AM pizza at Lucky Coq or Bimbos:

Go wandering around the city streets:

Hang out at Horse Bazaar:

Or Sister Bella:

The Toff will always be one of my favourite venues:

And if you ever have plans at the Toff, eat at Cookie beforehand:

My two favourite places to eat breakfast:

Las Chicas

La Camera

There are a bunch of other places I would recommend, but I guess I wanted photographs to accompany my suggestions. This will be constantly updated, so keep an eye out.

a still life

2010-03-31T21:35:00.005+11:00

Two posts in a day!

More breakfast with Iv. We wanted something simple and went to one of the open cafes down Centre Place. I had toasted muesli with yoghurt and Iv had porridge with banana. Our love affair with breakfast is never ending. Next week we are heading to Roule Galette which is exciting.
Also, that red fish on Iv's hand is a 'fortune fish' (that we played with later on during a coffee at Brunetti's). Basically, you let it sit on your hand and a couple of seconds later it moves in a certain direction, reading your fortune. It told me I was fickle and indifferent. And it's probably right..

A small night out on Brunswick St with Leigh, Tania, Al, Jess, Karl, Josh and SJ. Our original plan was Bimbo's, but that place is the worst on a Saturday night. So we tried Retro Cafe, but they were closing. They directed us to Palookaville, which was a good choice in the end. They had a nice atmosphere going. It wasn't uncomfortably crowded and all meals were $12. Most definitely recommended.

Chicken Parma-ish
Asian Salt & Pepper Squid
I can't recall what this was as it was a special, but it's duck.

Almost updated!

glory gongs

2010-03-31T17:02:00.004+11:00

A month or so ago, Tania and I being the amazing friends we are, ventured out to Ruby's in Belgrave to see Leigh play with his new band She's An Ocean. It was an interesting night that went something like this...

Waiting for Tania to get some fuel for the roadtrip we were about to go on.

Here's an interesting story: Tania, Leigh and I went to get some fresh air. A rowdy car drove by and tried to egg us. We are egg-vincible and it hit the guys next to us instead.
Josh Venn
The cutest
Free hugs allll night.Belgrave brings out the seriousness in Leigh and Al
..as well as Karl and Josh?
Alex says hiThen somebody decided pizza was on the cards so we went searching. Unfortunately nothing was really open at 12am on a Saturday night. Good work, Belgrave.
Bienie making a mess

I don't really know why, but Pancake Parlour was mentioned. Before I knew it, we were driving along the swervy roads to Fountain Gate. It took 20 minutes to get there. The East is a strange, strange place.
We had delicious pancakes, so you could say it was worth it.
I ate a little bit of that pineapple. Pineapple remains to be the worst food ever hands down without a doubt etc,
This is what I had
End result
After that everyone decided it was home time. Tania and I missed our exit and drove in the wrong direction. We ended up in Pakenham. Good night.

P.S Super late post. I didn't have a steady hand that night either so these photos are pretty bad. Apologies.

all you wanted

2010-03-04T15:22:00.002+11:00

I guess I'll keep showing you photos of my new shoes until I am ready to post other photos from February. I just realised I have a matching blouse I bought from kennedyholmes. Love.

suburban beverage

2010-03-01T09:40:00.005+11:00

Breakfast is the best thing in the world to me. And so I treated myself to a breakfast binge throughout February.

I took Alex to Las Chicas (Carlisle Street, Balaclava) for his birthday that was six months ago. I had the strawberry and banana pancakes with pistachio ricotta and maple syrup and Alex had pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. Consistently good. A.

Iv and I went to our regular breakfast spot at La Camera (South Yarra). They have these really good half price breakfast specials from Monday - Thursday, 7am - 11am (I think). That week I had avocado, bacon and mozzarella on ciabatta toast and Iv had bircher muesli. B.

Sarah took me out to Small Block (Lygon Street, Brunswick). The service and coffee was a little sketchy (although they were all very nice) but the food completely made up for it. I ended up getting the banana french toast with organic yoghurt and maple syrup (so, so good) and Sarah had the ricotta pancakes. The portions were so insane I only managed to eat less than half (which was apparently a good effort, so claimed the waiter). A+.

James came down from Queensland for a day or two and so I got a group of us together to have breakfast at Hektor Woodleys (suggested by Ali). I had something like three coffees and a bagel with roma tomatoes, avocado, cracked pepper and perhaps something else I can't recall and didn't photograph, but it was nice. I kinda fell in love with the charming little place too, it was that good. A.

Good breakfast binge was good.

high

2010-03-01T09:27:00.003+11:00

A few photos from cawfee with Alex and a solo Townhouses gig back in January. Celebrating March with an influx of posts!

the writer

2010-02-25T19:09:00.003+11:00

Big post with lots of breakfast photos coming soon. For now, new booties via the wonderful Matthew Callaway!

P.S. Dear Hamish (if you are reading this), I demand a photo of you in your wine blazer real soon. Thank you.

parachute dogteeth

2010-02-11T12:00:00.001+11:00

New hair. I miss my mum.

simple life

2010-02-09T10:47:00.003+11:00

Fresh, unironed sheets and an elephant on my knee. Haven't been taking as many photos as I usually do, feeling kind of flat lately.

howard

2010-01-17T16:36:00.003+11:00

On Friday I met up with Tegan, Tim and Nathan and we all had dinner on Lygon St then saw Fantastic Mr. Fox which was really very good. Last night Tania and I had dinner at Mexicali Rose on Swan St (highly recommended, I mean look at those nachos) and hung out a bit at Tiny Tones for Dent May. Now it's almost 5PM on Sunday and I'm sitting in bed blogging. Good weekend.

such a face

2010-01-14T17:43:00.002+11:00

New jumper from the lovely people over at Heart City :)

castaways

2010-01-13T16:19:00.003+11:00

Last Sunday: Fed Square + Sandcastles at St. Kilda beach

the new year

2010-01-12T23:30:00.002+11:00

A couple of happy snaps from New Years Eve courtesy of a $5 disposable camera.

ready, able

2010-01-10T15:28:00.002+11:00

Grizzly Bear at Corner hotel. This gig has been a long time coming.

marry me

2010-01-08T15:06:00.005+11:00

Resolutions:
1. Find someone great to spend a few weeks in NY with early next year.

That's all.

bebey

2010-01-07T18:28:00.002+11:00

Here are some e-treasures I received in the mail today. The last one is all velvet and I am therefore in love.

awake

2010-01-03T18:46:00.003+11:00

I picked up Dumbo here from the Diva boxing day sales. He and I both hope everyone had a memorable Christmas, New Years, and every other holiday in between.

come dance with me

2009-12-20T23:49:00.002+11:00

Indian and beer at Treasury Gardens. I've never had a proper 'lazy Sunday' this year due to working, so today was really nice.

howl

2009-12-18T19:19:00.003+11:00

I found a really cute pair of white and pink checkered high waisted shorts and a white bolero with gold buttons at Savers the other week.

In other news,
DEAR FACE, PLEASE BE LESS TAN SO I CAN LEAVE THE HOUSE. THANKS.

pleasant experience

2009-12-18T14:36:00.003+11:00

Nathan visited our camp and played some frisbee
Twins
Spying on Grace
and Peta

Tim
Notice how it's overcast AND sunny? Yeah. Hate u sun.
The one and only Morris Coffey
Kevin and his superior frisbee skills
Andre
The best:

Saturday at Meredith (clearly hanging at camp is not all we did). There's so, so much I could say but I won't. It really was the best, though.

shelter

2009-12-17T10:56:00.004+11:00

Some photos from the first day at Meredith. I regrettably didn't take my camera around as much as I should have. Watching bands plus holding beer plus dancing plus trying to take decent photos is a lot harder than I thought, so I gave up.

Friday's highlights:

watching Akron/Family open with River. I simultaneously had this burst of happiness wash over me. Dancing to one of my favourite songs of this year with my favourite people makes everything seem mediocre in comparison.
having Andreas pass out and trying to wake him up with hilarious results.
meeting Tim and Peta and Morris.
having Grace and Matthew and Tim and Peta camp with us.
munching on bread in our tent at 4am.
waking up for YACHT yet only managing to stand upright for one song.

I haven't left the house since I've been back, however. I'll never get sunburnt again.

hamish

2009-12-10T07:56:00.003+11:00

Look at this cool cat. He pulls off this floral shirt with such ease, it's impressive.

laughing with a mouth full of blood

2009-12-08T16:18:00.002+11:00

A small selection of more public bar photos. Coming here every Monday is the only routine I have going right now :/

shelia

2009-12-07T00:07:00.003+11:00

A few photos from here and there. Obviously I haven't been up to much besides storing money away for Meredith.

coasting

2009-11-26T16:46:00.003+11:00

Yum cha for lunch. And new shoes :)

imprint after

2009-11-22T20:19:00.004+11:00

Guys, this hasn't happened for a while, but I think I'm kinda smitten (with this dress and a boy). Give me all your seducing (but not) tips.

all we have left

2009-11-21T20:51:00.004+11:00

Red Pepper dinner in Treasury Gardens. Also, happy 70th post. To myself :")

under the sheets

2009-11-21T19:23:00.000+11:00

Last Monday: Public Bar. Feels like yesterday.

another likely story

2009-11-21T19:06:00.001+11:00

Royalchord at the Toff last Sunday. The loveliest.

feeling of love

2009-11-20T21:53:00.002+11:00

Last Friday night: Dinner at Bebida and The Townhouses at the Birmingham, round two.

zebra

2009-11-19T17:29:00.002+11:00

Last Thursday: Sister Bella hangs with some real cool kids
Last Friday morning: a Degraves breakfast and cupcakes with Iv

lover of mine

2009-11-18T11:32:00.003+11:00

I have so many updates to post. Unfortunately my body and I can't really do anything right now but eat this cereal and listen to Beach House.

deadbeat summer

2009-11-10T16:39:00.002+11:00

How great is the weather, right? This romper/playsuit/onesie came right on time. From the lovely people at Chateau Vintag e.

pa pa power

2009-11-05T16:54:00.001+11:00

Why didn't I buy you when you were on sale for half price!?!?????!!!!!!!!

psychic chasms

2009-11-04T17:19:00.001+11:00

Me and the things on my desk today: blueberries, mix CD from Leon, candy, novels, cardboard box of special things, a pocket garden that just won't germinate, green tea, Frankie, things that should be on my dresser.

the bully

2009-11-02T16:51:00.003+11:00

I ripped these within ten minutes of getting them in the mail.

all your caribbean

2009-10-30T01:09:00.002+11:00

The Toff + Shanghai Dumplings + Sister Bella + good kids = :)

matador

2009-10-28T17:28:00.002+11:00

Breakfast with Iv :)

nightmares by the sea

2009-10-27T13:52:00.000+11:00

This is a super special post just for Hamish who tells me he is...let's say an avid (if you will) reader of this blog which makes me happy. He wears impressive and authentic suede boots and whenever I hear him sing I can’t help but liken his voice to that of Jeff Buckley (which, just for clarification, is not a bad thing). Thanks Hamish! Also I'm terribly sorry for making you 'GEEEEEEET INNNNN' my car for no real reason..

flakes

2009-10-26T18:08:00.003+11:00

Part 2 of The Townhouses EP launch. Post-gig activities.

the fourth drive

2009-10-25T22:05:00.006+11:00

Caution: this post probably isn't suitable for those suffering from slow internet. Many photos.
Saturday was all work then seeing The Townhouses at their EP launch at Loop Bar. This is part one (dinner and show).

Watching Wintercoats do his soundcheck.

Dinner at Red Pepper! Jason and Leigh.

Karl, Jess and I (yes my hair needs to be brushed and cut. what of it)

Jason

Leigh, Alex, James.

Iv and Jason. Aw!

Fooooood.

Sarah and Jess

Wintercoats! James did a really great cover of one of my favourite Beirut songs :)

Yeo did a solo set...soo good.

I've been told I'm the ultimate Townhouses groupie.

Leigh was kind enough to use two of my photographs as a temporary background throughout the set which I was really really chuffed about.

My absolute favourite.

Stay up to date with the happenings of The Townhouses here.

master of none

2009-10-23T13:28:00.002+11:00

The Townhouses at Horse Bazaar. Fun times.

sunny

2009-10-20T21:14:00.003+11:00

Public Bar

my body's a zombie for you

2009-10-17T01:13:00.005+11:00

Post-exam weekend: celebratory dinner at Gopals and Brunettis dessert with Iv and birthday dinner with Anne at Shiraaz <3

talamak

2009-10-13T15:44:00.003+11:00

Pancake Tuesday.

you are the summer

2009-10-10T21:07:00.003+11:00

I wish I had an endless supply of vanilla potpourri and berries.

you swan, go on

2009-10-08T18:44:00.004+11:00

I have about a week until holidays and thus I'm feeling as restless as ever and not doing much study :'(

where the people do drugs

2009-10-07T12:30:00.003+11:00

Exam-stress-shopping: Rubi shoes (think they'll last me the whole summer?), birdy whistle necklace and pink blouse from Etsy, Ivory tights from Fat, black hooded dress from ASOS and two tickets to WHY?

easy

2009-10-06T08:27:00.008+11:00

This is what I did after I had my three hour exam on Business Communication.
Grill'd with Nick.
We shared chips and admired the new Grill'd on Degraves.
Then I went to see Jens Lekman and El Perro Del Mar at Polyester.
Look at that guy.
Here they are singing a song together in Swedish.
El Perro Del Mar.

What? I'm not spying on Jens or nothin'. He was wearing a lavender in his pocket that matched his purple socks. It was adorableeeee. Go to my Flickr for a better view.
Shaun!
Then I took the old train home. I decided these trains are better because their seats have ten times the cushiony goodness.
I met up with Anne and had a hot mint chocolate. We shared a banana chocolate pizza : )
<3

I also loitered around Jens and managed to get a photo with him (and El Perro Del Mar) but they are for my eyes only. However he did take out the lavender in his pocket and held it against his chest so it *almost* looks like he's giving it to me :')

home

2009-10-05T11:34:00.004+11:00

I found a recipe (on taste.com) for banana and raspberry bread. So, naturally, instead of studying, I baked (turning them into muffins as I don't have a loaf pan).

dead energy

2009-10-02T06:29:00.003+10:00

Here are my good friends The Townhouses/Press Colour at the Arthouse last night.

ambivalence avenue

2009-10-01T14:49:00.003+10:00

A few weeks ago Threadless had a $9 t-shirt sale to celebrate the date (09/09/09). I kind of fell in love with this shirt, even though there was only a men's XL left. I bought it anyway (hoping it'd fit my brother) and it is turning out to be a pretty good t-shirt dress (for me).

landrunner

2009-10-01T13:03:00.003+10:00

I got to see Ducktails last night at Horse Bazaar for $10!

spring tones

2009-09-28T12:09:00.004+10:00

The Woollen Kits!

Ducktails!

Aleks and The Ramps:

Bachelorette:

Saturday: worked 9-5, went home, got dressed, picked up by Tania, drove into the city, went to Roxanne's, saw The Woollen Kits, had a beer, walked around, saw Rat Vs Possum who were so so great, cursed a little for not getting any good pictures of them, walked some more, watched Super Wild Horses for a teeny bit, met Leon, excitedly kept my eyes on Ducktails who unfortunately played for 20 minutes tops, waited around for Aleks and The Ramps, had fun, met Jenna, more beer, got Aleks' setlist ♥, pretty Bachelorette, hung out with Tania and Nathan and Nick and Shaun and Grant and Leigh and Andreas and Tegan and Sarah and James, tried to watch The UV Race over the impossibly tall people in front of me, met Ben again, saw about 2 minutes of St. Helens but then decided it was home time. My body still hurts today.

roses

2009-09-25T16:09:00.004+10:00

I must have gone on some kind of mad online-shopping rampage because these came in the mail today. I also am expecting this, this and this.

infinity

2009-09-23T17:01:00.003+10:00

The other day I got some new Etsy goodies in the mail (I got the skirt awhile ago, but finally got to wear it today)!

heart full of wine

2009-09-20T21:37:00.001+10:00

Mmmmmmmm.

action/adventure

2009-09-18T14:22:00.002+10:00

Friday morning breakfasts are always the best.

blood

2009-09-16T17:33:00.007+10:00

Fitzroy Gardens hangs on possibly the best Spring day ever. See the rest of the photos here.

worn weary

2009-09-15T15:07:00.003+10:00

Going to see Funny People tonight (in Chronicles of Never jeans and a thrifted shirt). I neeeeed laughs.

caring is creepy

2009-09-15T12:28:00.001+10:00

These are some photographs I made of Alex back in February. He had just moved down to Melbourne and I had just bought my new camera.

two doves

2009-09-14T18:19:00.001+10:00

I really liked the picture with the sparrow until I noticed the ad in the background there. I also found my Wonder Woman shirt.

intuition

2009-09-11T13:21:00.004+10:00

I poached my first egg this morning and as a result I was in breakfast heaven (food blog alert - are posts about food boring?). I think I'm getting better at this consistent blogging thing. That or I've had way too much time on my hands.

heart skipped a beat

2009-09-10T21:14:00.004+10:00

My new houndstooth blouse (including the cutest thank-you note and bow via Rough Gems) greeted me when I came home from uni today.

the fall of mr fifths

2009-09-09T14:06:00.004+10:00

This is what I wore (Feist tee, Shag hoodie, Etsy cardigan, camera necklace and Chronicles of Never jeans) and ate so far today. Hopefully after tonight I'll have finished all my assignments for this semester and the thought of it makes me anxiously happy. I can't wait for Saturday.

arms

2009-09-08T12:07:00.003+10:00

It's obvious when I have a lot of homework to do because I post unnecessary pictures of food (tomato, feta and tasty cheese on an English muffin and coffee for breakfast) as a form of procrastination. Good morning.

the vowels pt 2

2009-09-07T11:15:00.007+10:00

Last night's dinner: pancetta pasta salad. I stole the recipe from here.

Today: avocado and tomato on toast w/ s+p for dinner and vanilla ice cream with blueberries and strawberries for dessert.

islands

2009-09-04T14:53:00.005+10:00

The Townhouses had their debut show at the Birmingham hotel last night.

Jaguar Spring.

Leigh and Tania

Spying on Tab and Chris

Winking giraffe

Tyson and James!

Iv, Jason and Tania

Andreas and I (I do the creep thing well).

teenagers

2009-09-02T10:34:00.005+10:00

My sister gave me this sweater for my birthday. I don't know how I feel about it (which is why I wear it on my lazy days at home).

P.S I can't believe it's September. This is where it all goes downhill, in a good way.

no intention

2009-08-31T13:14:00.003+10:00

So while The Townhouses were doing their thing, I got to making some bokeh shapes.

romance at the video game library

2009-08-31T11:41:00.004+10:00

I got to watch and photograph some pals from The Townhouses rehearsing last night. I recommend you listen whilst looking at the pictures, it's almost therapeutic in a calming way (and you can imagine the night from my eyes, sort of).

hammer hill

2009-08-27T14:37:00.005+10:00

My favourite teacups.

I bought this overseas for $4. It's the tiniest set I've ever encountered and the tray is shaped like a leaf. When I was 15, I had this great idea of pretending the cups were shot glasses and so we drank vodka like it was tea. Only one shot of vodka fills that pot. It seemed like a pretty great idea at the time.

20th birthday present. Better than sliced bread.
There were a stack of these in one of those discount stores on Swanston St that sell pretty terrible books and backpacks and other things that always seem to be on sale. It was $4.

Miniature and floral might be my two favourite things. I found this in Savers for $1.

mirror ball

2009-08-23T20:00:00.004+10:00

Summer Cats

Rooftop, Cookie, a hidden bar on Liverpool St and Crayon Fields at the Toff. Funnnnnnnn.

maybe be alright

2009-08-19T15:04:00.003+10:00

Spring.

at a loss

2009-08-17T12:08:00.004+10:00

I am meant to be at uni, sitting in my finance lecture but instead I'm at home baking my heart out (here are some cupcakes and bits of my bedroom).

windows blues

2009-08-08T16:08:00.006+10:00

Ivana is the type of friend who makes you feel like a better person.