Le weekend

A busy weekend meant that updating the blog before now, whilst far from impossible, would have caused me a slight inconvenience... and nobody wants that on the weekend.

A brief summation of the weekends activities as per twitter update on the right of screen:

• SAFL Grand Final - my team get a jolly-good pasting. Boo! I don't really care. Yay!
• The sea was fantastically refreshing after running around in a most unexpected chaleur
• Beers were icy-cold and thoroughly deserved despite aforementioned defeat
• Snoozing was brief but pleasant. Hjalmar decided that a quick stint on the piano would no doubt aid my slumber but was a little too enthusiastic and energetic in his ivory-tinkling and the opposite effect was achieved.
• African Dress Party at Debaser was a winner. A farewell party for some dear friends who depart for Ghana on Wednesday that saw some serious effort from some, none from others in the dress-up stakes, decent food, delicious cocktails and 'gay' (not my description) beers and a bartender who looked like the Nickelback fella only with a thousand yard stare any Vietnam veteran would be proud of. Arrived home at a thoroughly reasonable 2am to be met by an extremely cheery and awake Hjalmar, pleasant but really not ideal. Little punk!

Brunch at Café Ceder on Sunday. A key topic broached was 1980's Africa-inspired tropical juice drinks in the UK. Namely Um Bongo (they drink it in the Congo, obviously) and Kia-Ora which is too orangey for crows but ok for dogs apparently. I'm no expert on crows, or dogs for that matter, so am unable to vouch for the validity of this statement.