The first half of the year is always a whirlwind with people visiting for the holidays, birthdays, Fringe Festival, and all the summer concerts, so it's no wonder it completely dissapears!
Jan was spent with friends and family visiting Perth. We spent as much time as possible with Andrew's family from Canberra, and our friends Benny and Greg visiting from Singapore and Melbourne.
Mina turned 102 in January, she is a bloody miracle! We celebrated with the family at Bailey Brewing Co in the Swan Valley which is a pretty venue, but Mina did not rate the beer.
Dining in the Dark at Stables was a fun experience with friends who were happy with the risk of spilling things all over themselves. We actually did really well! Amy and I took the challenge very seriously and kept the blindfolds on the whole time, where as Andrew and Dermot took some liberties which actually was a good thing otherwise I'm sure we would have left half the food on the plate. You would think they would maybe choose some more finger-friendly options, but it's like they did the exact opposite (one of the dishes was something like pearl barley or cous cous, imagine eating that blindfolded, it goes exactly how you'd think). Highlight of the night was realising that there was a couple who only put the blindfolds on for the photo opportunity, then ate the rest of the meal fully un-blindfolded.
We celebrated Andrew's birthday at James Parker Sushi, dinner with family, and Fringe galore. This year we saw Luke McGregor, Barbaroi, A Simple Space, Club D'Amour (with the incredible Melina), and Greg Larsen. All great shows, even though Fringe did feel a little more subded than previous years.
Fontaines DC at Red Hill Auditorium, and Fatboy Slim at Langley Park were both incredible concerts, for very different reasons.
Some more Glamrdip!
Our pottery turned out so cute! Even if my pot did loose half it's balls.
