yesterday and today

The Docklands Winter Wonderland was a bit of a disappintment - I was expecting articial snow spurting out but instead I saw tiny bits of polyutherene being scattered through a machine hung up high at one corner. The snowman zone was 2 booths combined with ice piled on top of rucksacks and to the kids was snow. so easy to deceive kids isn't it?

However, we did enjoy the walk on the Docklands waterfront. Chilly though as the wind wafts through. This place bears a striking resemblance to Sydney.

Dinner at Red Rooster was cheap. 20 bucks to fill the stomach of 3 adults and 5 kids. but that's junk food still the kids love it. so easy to feed them isn't it?

I think the highlight of yesterday was Lygon St. At 6pm, the streets was still full of life at the restaurants and in the shops (well, I lied, only Country Road was open past 6pm, until 9pm, coz they were having a sale). Initially wanted to head to Brunetti for some nice Italain desserts, however, the pull of the new Borders Bookstore was too strong and we had but to deviate from the original plan. Plus, we had the Gloria Jeans voucher to use. The childrens corner was our nesting place, where the kids read their books while I scored through some design magazines as well as some computer books. Hubba too was catching up on architecture news. The kids thoroughly enjoyed it and we don't have to buy the books. so cheap to entertain them isn't it?

Lygon St, in my opinion, is the only outdoor place, in Melbourne, on a Wednesday night, that is still happening and alive. People were buying books, drink coffees, tucking into their Italian fares, queuing up for movies at Nova, or some, licking their gelato in this freezing weather. The rest of Melbourne is deadpan. Such is life here.

as for today, the only exciting thing that happened today was meeting for dinner with our neighbour, Ivan, Happy & Christian, at Kayu. Yes, I finally used my free meal voucher today before it expires tomorrow. Ivan mentioned something in relation to the blog which got me thinking and thinking real hard about it.