A Weekend of Birthdays

Last weekend was definitely a weekend for birthdays, despite the rain and the little bit of renovating we got done. I celebrated my 20 something birthday and a friend celebrated her 30th birthday on the Saturday and then my mum celebrated her 60th birthday with family on Sunday night. I was indeed spoilt by family and friends between receiving maternity clothes, Tupperware, money and cabin bags for travel. I also managed to purchase the mattress I had been wanting for my Boori cot.

 The cot is finally set up

I went out with my immediate family Saturday night to celebrate and really should have booked somewhere but we were happy to stumble upon the Craft Restaurant and Bar, who thankfully weren't booked out. The Craft Restaurant and Bar is located on the corner of Park Rd. and Railway Tce., Milton and whilst it may appear as if it's just your ordinary pub from the street, it is much more on the inside. The food was also amazing. I had this delicious pasta and pork belly meal for dinner and a Rhubarb Tarte Tatin for dessert. This place was a real find! 

mmm pasta with Pork Belly

Sunday night was a planned surprise event for my mum that was to include all the family but unfortunately some of the family members had to cancel that afternoon, due to the birth of my cousin's little girl that day. So it was happy tidings but unfortunate timing. Nonetheless, we still had 10 people in attendance to the Mud Dessert Bar in Bulimba, on Oxford Street. Their desserts were to die for and hats off to the chef. My dessert was definitely in my top 10 list. Here's just a couple of their desserts that were on our table...

 Death Row
(amazingly everyone got through their dessert)

 Rocky Road Sundae

   Ferrero
(complete with hazelnut floss)

A surprise party wouldn't be complete without a few balloons, so I'd like to thank Spartys (at Spotlight) for putting these together for me. 

Sparrow and Finch for Breakfast

I met up with a friend this morning for breakfast, who writes for Style from the Suburban Intellect. The cafe of choice was Sparrow and Finch, which you'll find on the corner of Adelaide and Creek Streets in the Brisbane CBD. Now I'm not accustomed to getting up at 5:45am but I thought I'd make an effort today. It just so happens that my brother-in-law was on the bus into the city, so my day was off to a good start.

Unfortunately the cafe doesn't have a website but I can direct you to Urbanspoon's review of the cafe here - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/337/1534735/restaurant/Brisbane-CBD/Sparrow-Finch-Brisbane
I tend to agree with most of the reviewers. It is a laid back, easy-going cafe that is reasonably priced, for the city. The coffee wasn't bad and although I was expecting a bit more fruit toast on the plate, the fruit toast that did come out was quite tasty and included figs! The company was also great :).

Here's some dad joke humour for your Friday too: http://www.addictedtohumor.com/lol/best-short-jokes-ever-part-5-41-50/

Django Unchained Movie Review

Hubby and I don't always spend our weekends renovating, sometimes we just want a break to relax and unwind a little. Saturday was such a day. After getting through the mountain of dishes in the kitchen, we decided to head to the movies and see Django Unchained at the Palace Barracks. 

For those of you who haven't heard of the movie, Django Unchained is about a slave who is purchased by a German bounty hunter, to help the bounty hunter in his quest to find three wanted men. The story then evolves into the bounty hunter partnering with Django and promising him to help him search for his lost wife, Broomhilda. Like all good Quentin Tarantino films, you should expect a lot of bloodshed (which clearly I had forgotten about going in) and perhaps more graphical content than you need to see at times. It is definitely an action movie, even bub was trying to get in on it from time to time and giving me a good kick.

The movie is set two years before the civil war, so you can expect to find a lot of racism and racist slurs in this movie. It will perhaps open your eyes to a different time.

It is a longer movie than expected with a run time of 2 1/2 hours but still well worth the watch in my mind. The only negative I found was Quentin Tarantino's cameo appearance, where he tries to take off an Australian accent and it goes terrribly wrong and turns into a South African accent.