Local café, north sydney
Giancarlo coffee. Cnr walker and mount st, north sydney. Recently refurbished, this place is going after the suits: wineglasses on the table, and a lot of specials on the menu.
Coffee - the decaf is ground to order - is hot, and there’s a lot of air [...]
friday night 1
teppanyaki (caringbah)
saturday 1
early morning flight
gold coast growers’ markets
visit friends
stand in an empty swimming pool
regret not photographing it, as it would have helped explain john the baptist for next weeks’ sunday school
mexican food in the gold coast hinterland
flown home
reconnected with an old friend
sunday 1
early wake up
breakfast at grind
sunday school
lunch at bowen island bakery
walked the [...]
College is back on for the year. I’m studying Romans in Greek, and (2nd year) Greek Grammar. So far I’ve read one book (see below), skimmed a couple more, and started wrestling with some translation work - I’ve forgotten quite a bit over the break, but it’s starting to come back to me.
Book: Whose Word is it? The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why
(US Title: Misquoting Jesus: the story behind who changed the bible and why)
I’ve been meaning to read this for a long while, so I was happy that it appeared in a list of books that I can read for college.
Bart D. [...]
[still life with] Ever wonder how magazine food photography shows off such a broad range of cutlery and crockery? Here’s a tour of Martha Stewart’s prop room.
Giotto art caffe, east sydney
Café de colombia. 78 stanley st, east sydney. Art for sale lines the walls; high-backed couches sit below the picture line, providing a worthy backdrop to the well-dressed eat-in clientele.
The silence is broken only by the sound of orders being placed, and the occasional sound [...]
Mountain harvest café, katoomba
Nirvana coffee. Katoomba st, katoomba. Wooden floors, dark-painted wooden furniture; a sleepy vibe, friendly service, but not rushed. Paintings for sale line the walls, soft music is playing. High ceilings, with standard-issue office panels and air-conditioning vents, yet there’s a sense of space. The scent of [...]
When I signed up to do Sunday school teaching, I thought that I would simply be able to project my own high school experience on the high schoolers of today.
To some extent, this is true: the experience of going to high school is much the same, even if the class sizes, timetables, and schools are [...]
Stir café, balmain
Allpress espresso coffee. 354 darling st, balmain. A green colourbond fence surrounds a paved courtyard with its funky wooden chairs, and black-painted wooden tables.
Staf are friendly, they even come to the table and pour your water for you, with a slice of lemon in the glass: above [...]
Book: Escape from Reason
I read this book in a single day, which should give you a feel for its length. Nonetheless, Francis Schaeffer covers some significant ground in just a few pages.
If you’ve ever wondered about the evolution of philosophy over the last 8 centuries or so, this seems a tight summary. This isn’t a [...]
Book: The Innocent Man
John Grisham in his first book of non-fiction: the story of a man, wrongly convicted for murder, and the problems in the US justice system. I prefer Grisham when he’s writing fiction - having read the blurb, I knew too much of where the book was going.
Quikfix coffee, sydney domestic terminal 2
Allpress coffee. Fast moving order process here: grind to order, helpful staff. Overlooks the tarmac. Sells food, coffee beans, and snacks.
Coffee is quite good. Hot, but not too hot, just the right texture. A good find as you race to your flight.
Diva coffee and tea house, mirage / gold coast
Merlo coffee. Quite a formal looking place inside, with some undercover outdoor seating that’s a bit more relaxed. Freshly made juice here that’s excellent, an amazing range of chocolates, cakes and pastries.
The decaf espresso was a bit of a disaster: flat, [...]
Artemis coffee, marina mirage growers’ markets, gold coast
Artemis coffee. Just a stall at the markets, but they’re selling beans that were roasted in brisbane the day before, and they’re serious enough to have a separate grinder for decaf.
Coffee - a decaf latte and a decaf short black - good, [...]
Trio’s harbourside café, kirribilli
Belaroma coffee. Shop 4, 12 fitzroy st, kirribilli. On the east side of the harbour bridge, and indeed with water views from some tables, this indoor : outdoor café is fairly quiet on this friday afternoon. A solid range of menu offerings: breakfast, lunch, even some [...]
There’s now a 16GB iPhone (still not on sale in Australia), and a 32GB iPod touch ($AUD629 vs $AUD399 for the 8GB and $AUD499 for the 16GB).
Movie: 3:10 to Yuma
It’s a western, and it’s a remake of an older film (though I haven’t seen the older film). Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are well matched on screen; a compelling, though violent, story is told: one of redemption and honour. At the end, though, has anyone really learned anything? Is being the [...]
Book: Show Them No Mercy
The Old Testament talks about a lot of killing - and the New Testament talks about a lot of love and forgiveness. How is it possible to reconcile the two views? This book has four different authors - C.S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard, and Tremper Longman III - [...]