Month: May 2011
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Oh, nice! Last weekend I noticed some work being done on the Martin Luther King mural in Newtown. People seemed to be scraping away the paint, and I was sad thinking it was being removed. Turns out it’s actually being fixed up after being damaged in a fire. That’s awesome!
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Shared today on Google Reader: Rampaging dollar 'could hit $US1.70' as budget and industries threatened | The Australian – Holy crap. I was thinking we should buy up some US$ now to use on our next trip, but at this rate of increase, we won’t need to! Apostrophe in Mother’s Day You can follow me…
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Mother’s Day Classic 2011 This morning marked my 5th year running the Mother’s Day Classic 8K in Sydney’s Domain. (Previously: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010.) This year I was joined by the Snook and by my friend Kunaal. I actually had 7 miles on the schedule for today, so the Snook and I decided to run…
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Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #14: Piri Piri ChickenThis is our 14th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. We chose Piri Piri Chicken, Dressed Potatoes, Rocket Salad, and Quick Portugese Tarts. We’d been looking forward to this one for a long time, because who doesn’t like Portuguese custard tarts? Nobody. Substitutions: We couldn’t find yellow…
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Shared today on Google Reader: The Frankenhood… It’s Aliiiiiive! You can follow me on Reader here.
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Patchwork U.S. Wall Hanging. Ooh, neat. Mom will like that. Although I do think the shape of Indiana looks pretty dodgy…
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Knitting Camp 2011Last weekend was my third time attending the Wollongong Knitting Camp put on by CR&K Daisy Designs. It’s held at Mount Keira Scout Camp overlooking Wollongong. We had a much smaller group this year, but it was still a lot of fun to relax with friends for a few days in beautiful surroundings.…
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Korean FeastLast week the Snook pointed out that we were accumulating cucumbers from our weekly veggie box faster than we were eating them. That was all I needed to hear. “Pickles! I’ll make Korean pickles!” I’d seen this oijangajji recipe on Maangchi’s site some time ago. It was pretty easy to follow (I halved it…
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Week 17-18I wasn’t able to post last week’s RunningBlog because I was stuck on a mountain in Wollongong with no electricity at Knitting Camp! But on the plus side, I also got in a great run while I was there. So there’s that. Okay, let’s recap the past fortnight. First there was my 23 mile…
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