Bre, Michelle, Martin & Chris at the Golden Sheaf, Cherry Jam and some infamous French fairwell party.

 

I think Michelle described it in her email the most accurate way:

 

- First visit to the Golden Sheaf
- The most divine lamb salad I've ever tasted (also the only lamb salad I've ever tasted)
- First visit to cherry jam
- Surf
- Coffee (and sugar)
- Watching Chris flip out looking for parking... and Martin remaining calm - golden.
- Arriving and staying in good company
- Dancing thanks to Bre
- And well great photos thanks to... well the 3 of you.

I'm totally exhausted but writing this with a huge smile. Thank-you to all three of you for an absolutely fantastic weekend.

 

 

Bre and Martin

 

 

Bre, Michelle, Martin

 

 

niiice shot

 

 

some improvement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the official invite from Alex, BondiOpenAir sent via email on July 26th, 2006

 

August 4th, 2006

 

Tahitian Manoa Drollet has conquered what is believed to be the biggest wave ever surfed at the notorious reef break of Teahupoo.

 

click the link below to watch this incredible ride, ;-)

 

august 4th, 2006 friday,

 

left work at 4.20pm, picked up Martin's Z4 from BMW, nearly felt asleep at the BMW Service Shop as day was exhausting after Chad and I had kicked some ass for smartpilots australia. managed to be home by 5.40pm. picked up Bree (the new blond stunning Angel from 24,Eastern Ave). Rushed in the sportscar to BJ, bought two tickets for THE LAKE HOUSE, there was even some time left to have a quick chat and enjoy a Chai Latte and a Cappucino, 6.30 movie time, a pack of caramel popcorn and we sit in the theatre just looking at the screen...

 

Alex: Pick a place. I'll be there, I promise.

Kate: [voice over] Here's a little something for you. There was a freak blizzard in the spring of 2004. So, watch out for that April snow.

Henry Wyler: Do you have a girlfriend?
Alex: Uh, you're going to think I'm crazy.

Alex: She's more real to me than anything I've ever known.

Kate: I sometimes feel as if I'm invisible, as if no one can see me at all. I never felt that way when I lived at the Lake House. It's the one place

Kate: [voice over] Dear new tenant, welcome to your new home. I'm sure you'll love living here as much as I did.
Alex: What do you mean lived here?
Kate: Since no one has lived in this house for years.

Kate: [voice over] Ridiculous. For argument's sake, what day is it there?
Alex: April 14th, 2004.
Kate: No. It's April 14th, 2006.
Alex: It's the same day two years apart.

 

Kate: Can this be happening?

Alex: This house is about connections.

Kate: Even though this is clearly impossible, it's amazing.

Alex: [voice over] How's your sunset?
Kate: It's perfect.
Alex: I only wish you were here to share it with me.

Kate: I miss the Lake House. And its trees.

Kate: It's not meant to be.
Alex: No, don't say that. Something must've happened.

Kate: One man I can never meet. Him, I would like to give my whole heart to.

 

Kate Forster: [to Alex] Call me on July 10, 2006 at... 9:05 PM.
[cell phone rings]
Kate Forster: [hesitantly picks it up] Oh, hi Morgan...

 

Alex: I need to make a reservation. Two years from tomorrow.
Hostess: Two years?
Alex: Yes... two years from tomorrow. Alex Wyler.
Hostess: We'll certainly have a place for you.

 

Alex: I think we have the same dog!

 

[to Alex]
Kate Forster: You waited.

 

[to Morgan]
Kate Forster: What is this, Jr. High?

 

[about meeting Kate in the future]
Alex Burnham: I'll wait!

 

Alex: Don't give up on me.

 

[last lines]
Kate: You waited.

 

Kate: Oh, a comedian. What, did you eat clown for breakfast?

 

Alex: I'm an architect. I like to build.

 

Anna Klyczynski: He must write one hell of a letter.

awesome movie!!!

 

it seems, someone has read the TIME TRAVELLERS WIFE, Audrey Niffenegger

 

 

There are two main characters in this story - librarian Henry DeTamble and Clare, the girl/woman he loves throughout his life. What makes this novel so intriguing, is that Henry suffers from Chrono Displacement Disorder, which means he has the habit of time traveling without warning, to places or people in his past or future. In one such trip, when he is 36 years of age, he meets his wife Clare, who is 6 years old at the time. And given that you can't take anything back with you, Henry is unfortunately rather bare on this auspicious occasion - thank goodness he's married to Clare....

And so the story begins, and the reader is instantly caught up in the magic of this strange relationship which sees Clare constantly being left behind as Henry hurtles from the present to the past and/or future...

Of course, it is hard to get your head around the notion at first, and you could think yourself dizzy trying to imagine how it works - don't bother, just go with the flow, and be caught up in the wonderful experience . Part thumping big love story, part Science Fiction and Fantasy, this is a novel which cannot be pigeonholed, and should not be missed.

If you only read one fabulous book this year, make it this one.

 

IT'S LIKE SOMEONE TOOK THE WORLD AND SHOOK IT UP LIKE ONE OF THOSE SOUVENIR SNOW DOMES.

 

NOTHING IS WHERE IT USED TO BE...

 

Five Indonesioan guys are listening to Eminen as they cruise downtown Kuta in an old Holden Kingswood. An Canadian couple are entering Cafe Oz , on the Rue Sain-Denis in the heart of Paris, and ordering two bottles of Budweiser. An Irish man is drunk - okay, some things never change - and struggling to master the Tango with an Argentinian woman in Barcelona. People are eating sushi in Dubbo, paella in Dallas and Wiener Schnitzel in Dubai. You can learn capoeira on Bondi Beach and buy a pair of vintage cowboy boots in Moscow.

 

People used to try and shorten the distance between Point A and Point B. Now it seems you can never have too many destinations in between...

 

TRANSIT

 

spotted in transit magazine, issue two, w005

 

 

bondi beach at 07.30am

 

 

another sunny august winter day 2006