Queen-E's Birthday Long Weekend

It's Queen-E's Birthday this weekend, which means we all get a long weekend!    I'm not getting into the Republican vs Monarchist debate.   All I know is that I'm looking forward to a sleep in and a day of slothing around on Monday.  Yay to Queen-E.  Enjoy your long weekend! 

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Hello Friday, I have missed you

I was invited for dinner at an old friend's house during the week and it reminded me of the value of a home cooked meal and the simple pleasure of sitting in a living room, when you're away from home for a whole week for work.    The delicious dinner was acommpanied with a red wine which is so yum I have to share it with you.  

It was a Rosso Quattro 2009 from South Australia.  Delicious and easy drinking.  I'm glad to see the back of another big week @ work and looking forward to a quiet weekend reconnecting with The Boyfriend.  What are your plans?



Check out my favourite links this week:

# Hilarous Embroidery (yes, there is such a thing - buy it here)

# Human of New York - you have to click this link

"Do you need the cane?" "I need it when I'm wearing these shoes."

# Brilliant Gym Gear

# Creative Concerns (awesome Tumblr site)

# Amazing Point Piper apartment for sale

(I celebrated new years eve 2013-14 here)



# Celine (lambskin) knot headband/necklace/wristband - LOVE

# Rick Kids on Instagram

Friday Files

This week's beverage obsession has been sake.  In particular, I have over indulged in cold Shirakabegura sake - it's dry, smooth, easy drinking and seriously addictive.  I love it!  I am planning on hunting a bottle down over the weekend for our home collection.  Until then, I will definitely be enjoying a glass or two of red wine tonight to celebrate the end of another working week.  Happy Friday!

Top 5 links I loved this week:

# Love a good loafter and these are super cute

# Love this ring

# Blow (don't try this at home)

# The craziest clutch I've seen

# In my eye @ Delfina Delettrez

Friday

I really love Autumn in Sydney.  Little rain, lots of sunshine - perfect weather all around.  It's set to be a beautiful warm Autumn weekend in Sydney.  The final days of enjoying a crisp white wine in the warm afternoon sun.   I am spending the weekend with family, enjoying the weather and doing very little.  Whatever you choose to do, have a great weekend.

Some of my favourite links from the www this week:
# Just love this cat
# Words
# Time Machine
# I don't want to talk about Coney Island
# Everything is Fucked, Everything is OK
# I want these heels
# Love this corkscrew
# Aggressive

Yay It's Friday!

I have spent the last three days interstate for work in back to back meetings.   I'm exhausted!  I did get a couple of hours down time each night and got the chance to catch up with old friends.  I am counting down to stepping out of the cab tonight and into my front door.  I am ready for a few Friday night drinks with The Boyfriend!   These cool jewels ice cubes are making me thirsty!  Not long to go now (just an entire day of meetings).  Have an awesome weekend whatever you choose to do!



Links I managed to find time to enjoy this week:

# Random

# Ridiculous song from the 90s that gets sporadically stuck in my head. 

Click it to hear it!

# Remember these 3?

# Who said colouring in is just for kids?

# Turd Circus. Love the name, love the products. 

Friday

There are some weeks that you just want to run away from as fast as possible.  I don't know about you, but this is where I'm at.  It has been a tough week, at work and at home and I am sprinting through today and into the weekend.   I'm counting the minutes to the end of play today.  Have a wonderful, restful weekend and to quote a friend "be kind to yourself". 

My favourite links this week, check them out:

# I need these shoes

# Please transport me here ASAP

# Annoying

# I don't ride bikes, but I'd give this one a spin

# I know nothing about science

# Idiot

# What a smart dog

# Looks like a great film

# Odd - would you wear any of it?

# What the f*cking?

# Random

Friday

Glass of Happiness - Salty Chihuahua

I'm led to believe that the Margarita is passe (think 90s or even 2012)!  The new "in" drink is the Salty Chihuahua!  Its saving grace is that it contains Tequila, otherwise with a name like "Salty Chihuahua" I don't know that I'd be sipping on that sick little puppy any time soon.  Oh, and it was first created in Mexico (a place called Chihuahua would you believe) in the 1940s.  I'll drink to that!   Happy Friday!

Links you have to check out:

# Hilarious
# My kind of breakfast
# Design your own - LOVE THIS
# Kiss me quick
# Tilda Swinton @ MOMA - modern day Sleeping Beauty?
# One of my favourite markets on this weekend in Melbourne
# Dogue & Dogue
# My kinda blog
# WTF but kinda cool
# Distressing but familiar
# Wow - I need to see this
# Cool App
# Perfect for studio apartment dwellers
# What in the f*ck?
# Pillow fight - if you're into that

Going Japanese

Have you heard of Kintsugi?   It's a Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a lacquer resin sprinkled with powdered gold.  I'm feeling pretty shattered today after another big week at work.  I'm glad it's Friday.  I need to pull myself together for the weekend.  I will do what the Japanese do and fill the shattered pieces with gold.  I'm going Kintsugi.   Pull yourself together, fill your shattered pieces with gold and have an awesome weekend!

To help kick it off, get inspired with these www links:

#  Tech  it up: see the colour in your home before you paint
#  There is a family in my street with two little boys who need this
#  Bath time with ducky
#  A useful little man
#  Cutest doggy door
#  Craftsmanship - a dying breed
#  A fun weekend challenge?
#  Random craziness
#  WTF?
#  Love this

#  Cup of tea? 

Friday Ramblings

Arianna Huffington Greek-American author and owner of news website Huffington Post.  Love her style, her ambition & success and that she is such a big advocate for women!  Great article in The Edit @ Net-A-Porter - must read.  

My favourites this week online, check them out:

#  Want these shoes

#  Would you eat lunch at your desk with these?
#  Chime in
#  A Cretan festival
#  Glow in the dark iPhone
#  Want this Chandelier
#  Annoying
#  Odd but interesting
#  A blog post you have to read
#  Living with less



Casual Attitude

It's Friday - i.e. jeans to work, bright blazers, heels that belong on the dance floor, some questionable fashion items and other fashion faux pas!  Ultimately, it's a fashion prelude to the weekend which screams "I don't want to be here".  A former colleague (and very good friend of mine) once told me he refused to dress down on a Friday at work because "Casual clothes = casual attitude".   He wore a suit every Friday whilst the rest of us swanned (or slothed) around in our jeans.   As it turns out, there are studies done that have found that if you dress down, your manners break down, you get into "couch potato mode" and apparently you're not as productive, ethical or moral.   Do you act less professionally on a Friday if you're in your casual gear?   I'll be keeping a close eye on myself today - to make sure I don't compromise my morality for the sake of the comfort of my jeans!  Read more here and here!

Have an awesome weekend and if you get some time, check out some of my favourite links from the world wide web this week:
# I think I lost my shopping list
# Get your ass off the couch
# Shopping
# Super Cool yet mildly annoying
# WINE - How Classy People Get Shitfaced!
# T-Rex