The afternoon at Manly brought the first ocean dip of the season as well as a delicious $5 ice cream cone -- makes me think of the $5 milkshake in Pulp Fiction. We trekked across the Harbour Bridge to Luna Park and its amusements. Laura, Andy, and I took in the Convict Museum and Laura and I tried out the hammocks the cons used to sleep in. (And we looked up our own last names in the convict data base).
There was a most spectular, elaborate cornucopia of Thanksgiving on Thursday at the beautiful Beach House. Three kitchens, 2 sweet potato dishes, and a table for 13 made for a glorious night in Bondi. All present: Mom, Dad, Tara, Haydn, Ann, Lucy, Gregg, Uz, Kathie, Sophie, Joeley, Andy, Laura. We didn't have football action, but we had Kath & Kim DVDs for post-turkey.
Oh, I'm so wistful now about it all, I can't believe my family and friends were here on my street, in my corner of the world, enjoying the breakfast spots of Bondi (Sun Cafe, Skinny Dip, Bondi Cafe, Baristas...). Most memorable times...
it looks like they're discussing world peace, but the topic was actually how to glue on fake eyelashes.
Ella and Ainsley
Tara and Laura striking a Young Hollywood Starlet pose
Either my dad can look pretty cool watching my mom's purse, or it was the shot of Dragon's Bite that we just sampled
Backdrop: Harbour Bridge
Backdrop: Opera House
Tara & Andy (nice shirt!)
Kathie & Gregg
Pa & the husband
The gang's all here
Ann in the warm glow of candlelight
Laura & I love to tour anything spooky and sordid: convict residence, check!
Much love!
tara
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It was all absolutely perfect, every last moment of it, from the first beer in Bondi to the last sip of cider in Surry Hills (plus the wedding and Thanksgiving and bushwalking w/Jumpy's and Opera House touring and zoo visiting and Kath & Kim watching and flat white consuming by the bucket and everything else in between). Miss you heaps already! Love you, Johnstons! --greggums (having trouble logging in)
I was wondering what those backdrops were...
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