Archive for November, 2009

A SATURDAY FOR ART AND INSPIRATION

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

First stop WHITE RABBIT. An old knitting factory in Chippendale now holds a collection of Chinese contemporary art. The art has been collected by Judith Neilson, the biggest collector or Chinese art in the world. The first thing that will catch your eye is a set of huge pink underwear made of fibreglass. Next to that an over sized statue of a long lanky boy, painted in red. After this curious introduction the expectations got higher for rest of the exhibitions, and we didn’t leave disappointed. There are animated movies, photography, sculptures, paintings, installations and a library. Enough to keep you entertained for a few hours, and to keep you looking out for more Chinese art.

www.whiterabbitcollection.org

30 Balfour street, chippendale Sydney

Next stop, DANKS STREET DEPOT, Waterloo, Sydney.

A hub of small galleries in a big open space next door to a cafe and cocktail bar. The art varies from aboriginal to contemporary art, photography, sculptures and jewellery. Try the French house for a coffe and a baguette, located on the other side of the road.

www.danksstreetdepot.com.au

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GOLDEN HALF MOMENTS

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

My little Golden Half camera is always close by at the moment. It is so handy to have in the bag. It takes different photos from my digital one – which tend to take crystal clear, perfect pictures every time – it’s great to have a camera that has a mind of it’s own. You are never quite sure how the photos will come out. Since it is a half size format camera you get twice as many photos on one film.

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ANOTHER TREAT FROM NICOLE

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Michelle and Me had the pleasure of staying over at Nicole’s house on Saturday night. Sunday morning we woke up and entered the living room to see a table set with breakfast. We got fruit, muesli,  yogurt and  homemade banana and blueberry muffins. Heaven!

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Muffin recipe

  • 2 1/2 cups self raising flour
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 2 lightly beaten eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 150g unsalted butter, melted, cooled

Mix together all dry ingredients. Then mix milk, eggs, essence and add to the dry mix. Mix in butter and put into prepared tins, bake on 200 Celsius for 20-25 min

For blueberry muffins

  • add 300g frozen blueberries

For banana muffins

  • Add extra 1/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 1 cup mashed banana

Only 1 cup of milk for this one