Guerrilla crocheting spotted on a side street in Copenhagen, Denmark
In-Flight Entertainment
I was on an aeroplane. I was bored and the plane didn’t seem to be going anywhere. We had been grounded for at least 15 minutes and I began to eavesdrop on the girls behind me. One was explaining the fascinating details of air space control. She pointed out to each plane in the queue and demonstrated the pattern; one …
Thunderkat at Pyrmont Festival
We were fortunate enough to be graced with fine warm weather recently for the Pyrmont Festival. The event was part Food & Wine fair, and part fine art competition. The food and wine was all on display from Mudgee in regional NSW and was absolutely mouth watering. As for the art, the theme this year was ‘small is beautiful’ and …
Eurovision: Moldova joke gone wrong
Cartoon by Thunderkat
The Olsen Twins Pizza
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wusGIl3v044] If you are with me and we order pizza, you will hear this song. The Olsen Twins’ original version is only marginally less frightening.
Political Graffiti in Ljubljana
Graffiti on a wall in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Japan’s Kingdom of Characters
Yesterday I stopped by Chifley Tower to check out the Japan Foundation’s latest exhibition, ‘Kingdom of Characters’. Its a small but kookily colourful display documenting popular Japanese characters from the 50s to present day. Definitely worth a look in if you’re killing time in Sydney’s CBD. They even have talks for uber manga nerds. The last one is next Wednesday …
Eurovision Feast
So like many other people across the world, we made a German inspired meal on Sunday in aid of enjoying the Eurovision song contest 2011. My housemate was in charge of pork sausages, red cabbage and crispy bacon, and shallow fried chicken schnitzel. I took care of potato salad and apple strudel. For a quick make shift recipe it turned …