We had a very pleasant few hours with our Friend from Japan. We brunched at the perpetually busy Brunetti's in Flinders Lane, busy for good reasons, then visited the reindeer at the Town Hall. More on them later. We walked past the Myer Christmas window display last week and the queue was at the extreme. That was peak children viewing time. The queue was very short by about 1.30. The anatomic display this year was all about Bluey, apparently influencing US children to use Australian vernacular and slang, if not accents. We've bought a great niece and a great nephew Bluey pyjamas for Christmas.
Then on to Federation Square to the Christmas decorations and Christmas tree. It was warm and very humid. A cold drink was called for so down stairs we headed, because the lift was not working, to Federation Wharf and Riverland. We chose our different refreshing alcoholic drinks. It was so nice to see her and we chatted like we had seen her a month ago and not two or three years ago. She thinks she may like to return to Melbourne in her retirement but it is all quite up in the air.
The effect of the refreshing drink was wearing off and I was feeling hot and bothered in my hated humid warm weather. It was time to head home. Four hours out were enough.
A couple of updates.
Coincidentally Jim of Sydney - City and Suburbs daily photo blog today posted a photo of this sculpture which we have seen. It is by the same artists as the sculpture I featured yesterday. The artists are Gillie and Marc and their website tells their interesting story. As I remember there are two or three of their sculptures at St Kilda Sea Baths which I have shown you back in the mists of time.
Snap, Send, Solve update. I received an email acknowledging that the reports had been sent, and another when the messages were opened and a message that it had been sent to the appropriate department. I checked the rubbish bin yesterday and all was good. I expect the offending telephone wire connection post will take longer but I do know my complaint has been read by someone at Telstra.
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ReplyDeleteAndrew terrible weather in Adelaide the last few days. We were the lucky ones with power, A block over they had none. Alas our internet went down . And with half a tower so did our mobiles! 5 kms from the city! Telstra ! The outside world disappeared ! 12 hours later the world came back
Love that you have some of the Christmas spirit already
You're up early hon. Nothing was reported here about issues in Adelaide. Our electric newspapers and other media are sadly lacking. Optus in Melbourne failed again for shorter time a day or so ago. Close to Christmas now, so I am less bah humbug.
DeleteHow nice to hear that you were able to pick up where you left off with your friend. Hot and humid? Bleuh.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the update on Snap, Send, Solve. It seems to be working well. I may have to investigate further here.
EC, it was very nice to see her and felt like she hadn't lived away for three or so decades.
DeleteWe recently had a friend come to stay for a couple of days and we hadn't seen him for a couple of years. It was like he was gone for only a month. Such a nice visit.
ReplyDeleteI wondered if that sculpture was one of theirs. There is one here isn the Yorkville neighbourhood which I love.
The visit by your friend sounds nice, Pat. I did not know that Gillie and Marc had gone international. I think their works are really good.
DeleteI have yet explored the sculptures in Sydney - it was always a culinary tour for me there.
ReplyDeleteTypical Asian, Roentare. Always thinking of food.
DeleteHot and humid may need more than one cold, refreshing drink, probably.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the telephone connection post will be sorted before Christmas?
JayCee, about five drinks and I may have ceased to suffer from the humidity. No way will the pole be sorted before Christmas. I hope it is early next year.
DeleteBrunch out, my idea of heaven
ReplyDeleteWe do it daily John, but it was a bit more special this day.
DeleteI've always misspelt Chooseday, thanks for the correction. And nightmare heat wave + Xmas crowds = Armageddon for me. But brunch out? Anytime. And I do.
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Good that you brunch out often WWW. Heat wave with temps in the low thirties is a media nonsense. A proper heat wave is a couple of days over 40 degrees.
DeleteHumid weather is disgusting :( Melbourne is not humid very often, but everyone I saw the other day was grumpy and sweaty.
ReplyDeleteI agree Hels. Artistic endeavours don't work well in humidity.
Deletethecontemplativecat here. Right now in CA temps have ranged from80-75 degrees. Dry as burnt toast.
ReplyDeleteCC, that is around twenty seven degrees when in the north east of your country snow has been falling. Why is CA so dry? Nothing to do with climate change, of course.
DeleteAnyone knows you need two refreshing drinks when battling heat and humidity. I am disappointed in you, Andrew. Lovely to catch up with old friends. I see more snap send solving in your future.
ReplyDeleteMerlot, I know what I am like. One drink, fine. Two drinks may lead to more drinks. I am not a daytime drinker. Yes, I may become a snap send solve fiend.
DeleteSomebody should do a "See, Send,Solve" thing in relation to this blogpost as you haven't illustrated it. It would have been nice to see a picture of your friend from Japan - failing that - Bluey!
ReplyDeleteOur Friend in Japan would not approve of her photo being minutely examined by yourself, YP. I am sick to the teeth with Bluey. Phoebe may like her.
DeleteI clicked Gillie and Marc's website. Some whimsical sculptures, most dealing with anthropomorphic animals. My favorite is a whole menagerie riding a bike.
ReplyDeleteYes, I saw that one Kirk. They are very permanent statues, cast in bronze.
DeleteI did a lot of wandering about myself yesterday in humid weather. I was in the city searching for a particular item and eventually just went home without it and I'll order one online. Did you take photos of the reindeer and the Myer windows? I have memories of John Martins window displays from years ago, but no photos as I didn't have a camera then. The store closed in 1997.
ReplyDeleteRiver, photo and video of the reindeer but not of the Christmas windows. John Martins must have had similar windows.
DeleteThey were animated windows, so beautiful to see.
DeleteDamian Rullo took a picture of the same sculpture, but provided no information on it. Thanks for the follow up!
ReplyDeleteDebby, I expect they are well known sculptures. I must revisit the St Kilda ones and post photos.
DeleteNice to catch up with friend/s.
ReplyDeleteI saw where you had hot and humid weather, we had lovely days at 29 and 30 degC was outside all day.
It was nice Margaret and we don't have many friends now. Lucky you without the humidity. I can cope better with dry heat.
DeleteI looked up Bluey - cute! I love the sculptures - there's so much movement in them, though I'm not sure representing paparazzi as dogs is fair to dogs. It's good to catch up with old friends, rejuvenating.
ReplyDeleteJB, I think representing paparazzi as dogs is perfect, although perhaps a disservice to dogs. Yes, it was a lovely catch up. Of course at our ages there was a discussion of our medical issues, but not too much.
DeleteSounds like a busy day out.
ReplyDeleteTP, it was quite relaxed. We are too old to do busy.
DeleteSounds like a fun visit with your friend. I blogged a Gillie & Marc sculpture here in London a couple of years ago!
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I do like their style.
Steve, I can't remember that post. It's a great work of art in the very dry looking Hyde Park.
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