duchess of spotswood, spotswood, vic

adrian and i try to get to a different brunch spot around melbourne each weekend.  the duchess of spotswood is located in (drumroll) spotswood.  its one of a few decent weekend brunch places in the western suburbs of melbourne.  like all brunch places, there is a sizeable wait on weekends (around 15 to 30 minutes depending on the number of people).  our food was pretty good and the coffee was great.

the duchess has been written up in the following places:

Urbanspoon
The Age
Broadsheet

australia day, melbourne

our fourth annual australian day bbq went off without a hitch.  hopefully others had as much fun as i did.

jewish wedding reception, melbourne

my second ever jewish wedding receiption.  i love non-christian weddings.  they have their own little cultural quirks such as hoisting the bride and groom on two chairs, throwing the groom around and lots of circular dancing.  the groom also brings about 3 changes of his shirt so he stays pristine during all the sweaty dancing. 

ajay

ajay is a silver abyssinian who we got about 1.5 years ago from a breeder in queensland.  meow.

carnival, midsumma festival, melbourne

midsumma is a GBLTQI festival held each year in melbourne just prior to its larger cousin, the mardi gras in sydney.  carnival is a picnic event where everyone comes to share some food, drinks and music and wander around the various stalls set up around birrarung marr.  luckily, 2012's carnival was held when melbourne was at its sunny best.

barwon heads, vic

barwon heads is a sleepy beach town that is slowly turning into its larger neighbour, ocean grove.  it's a shame and hopefully it won't happen too quickly.  at the end of the pier is a great restaurant called "at the heads" where you can enjoy some good food whilst looking out to a magnificent vista.