Monday, 25 November 2013

I'm feeling like a quiet dinner at the Wild Fig on Thursday evening.

I'm feeling like a quiet dinner at the Wild Fig on Thursday evening.
Would you and Maureen be able to make it Stephen Gunnell ?
How does 6:30 sound? Just Poss, my mum, you & Maureen, and that Rob chap. :-)

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

An Evening on the Green. Hoodoo Gurus was the big name but there was a whole bunch of others.

An Evening on the Green. Hoodoo Gurus was the big name but there was a whole bunch of others.

This was on at Kings Park on Saturday 16th November.

Present were Rainy Day Women, Dave Grainy, The Whitlams, You Am I, and the Hoodoo Gurus. And about 6000 people enjoying themselves.

Ticketmaster sent me an invitation to review, but I'm not really understanding their T&C, so I'll do it here where I'm not signing away anything.

I know the Hoodoo Gurus were the big attraction, but the Whitlams really stood out for me. Everything else something of a bonus, it was well worth going.  We were seated on the bank, everyone was having a super time and there wasn't any unpleasantness that I noticed. Security was highly visible and not abrasive. We had our picnic, drank our coffee and enjoyed the show very much.

Two gripes - this was a really male dominated show. One super woman drummer and one woman singing one song (very nice too) seems wildly out of balance!

It would have been nice to be able to find out what take away food options were available at the venue beforehand - JD's never got back to me when I asked. While we had a very nice gluten free picnic hot food would have been a nice option. But when I rang to find out what gluten free options there might be, no one called me back. When we got there they had Mexican and Hot Spuds, which I believe would have been alright.

But as for the performances - super show and well worth it.

As for the seating, wasn't an allocated seat, it's just a patch of grass. Why I give it 5 stars is because really, you get just as good a view as anyone in a real seat, the sound was fine, and it's a LOT less expensive and has potential shade if you're arriving early, which of course you should do, to get the shade.  You get more room and you can bring your esky.

8 out of 10 and ice cream with sprinkles on top in a shady patch after the bbq on the Sid and Nancy scale


Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Karen's Facebook entry today "Karen Babcock enjoyed 5 days of playing board and card games at...

Karen's Facebook entry today "Karen Babcock enjoyed 5 days of playing board and card games at http://kintru.com/content/about-sasquatch, which involved being upright for 12 - 15 hours a day and generally being up until 2am or so. Not bad, considering that I haven't used the bi-pap machine at all for 10 days. So much for the prediction that I would have to use the machine every night for the rest of my life. ;-)"
http://kintru.com/content/about-sasquatch