The weekend started with a Friday night team drinks and dinner event with my work peeps.
The night started with sparkling at
Double Happiness, which is one of those cool Melbourne laneway bars that you wonder whether you're cool enough to go in. It had a cosy atmosphere; some funky background tunes, the quiet din of other partakers chattering away. The volume increased, but only after I'd had a couple of glasses, which I find always makes it easier to enjoy a slightly noisier environment!
We dined at
Little Malaysia; some of us had the banquet, which was an overkill of food, but pretty tasty and good value. The talk around the table centered around work, but also ventured into stories about children, family, major life events and the modern girl discussion of whether when you marry you should change your name. The wine was flowing and the conversation was firing across and around the table.
Once the eating was complete, we really stretched ourselves and walked across Liverpool Street and upstairs to
New Gold Mountain; another cool little Melbourne hideaway. I
love living in a city that has so many secret spots and only the initiated will find (or you can be like me and make sure that you hang out with the initiated!)
A couple of my other favourite Melbourne hidden (and not so hidden) spots are:
- Campari House - a great spot on a warm day, drinking and chatting on their rooftop bar.
- Emerald Peacock - it's right across from the office, so it's an easy choice, but also quite a cool place. It's great in both summer (rooftop bar) and in winter (cosy and warm indoors).
- Murmur - another hidden away gem. A small, cosy bar, great for a Friday night drink before dinner at Plus 39.
So the weekend got off to a ripper start!
The other exciting news from Friday was that one of my lovely work friends had her baby, a little boy. While this sure is lovely and exciting news, it presents a problem for me; I haven't finished his present yet! I've been working on this project since Christmas (I know, that's forever ago now...) and I'm in the final stages but I needed some motivation to make the time to finish. Well, there's no motivation like it being time to hand it over!
It's such a shame that my most loved hobby involves me sitting on the couch for hours. No really, it is! Knitting is obviously not an active hobby and I need to be careful to balance couch time with excercise and general movement! Luckily, I've really been enjoying my workouts at
Curves so I think that I am striking the balance. I've already been to Curves this morning and had my 30 minute power work out so I can let myself spend some time on the couch this afternoon, hopefully putting a dent into the project. I can't give away what I'm making as I want it to be a suprise for my friend, but I'll post some photos once the gift giving has been completed.
Time to finish this post, have a shower, get over to my friend's place for lunch and then I'll be getting on with the project!
Here's where we were on Friday; if you feel the need to check out one of these places for yourself, here;s where they are:
Double Happiness: 21 Liverpool St, Melbourne.
Little Malaysia: 26 Liverpool St, Melbourne
New Gold Mountain: 21 Liverpool St, Melbourne
