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Tempura, Tofu & Internet Friends: Dinner At Koi Restaurant, Sydney! ♥
in I Want... Fun! , I Want... Blogging!30 Jun 2011 | 11 Comments
Last night five spectacularly lovely ladies (and myself!) braved the wild Sydney weather to mingle at Koi in Darlinghurst (because when Sarah Von of Yes & Yes announces that she’s coming to town and that she’d like to co-host a dinner party with you, there’s really only one answer to deliver: ‘’yes and YES!’’), and goodness gracious gyoza dumplings, what an EVENING it was!
Delicious food was gobbled, many, many topics were combed through (blogging! Travelling! Blogging while travelling!) and tips, tricks and stories galore were shared. F-u-n!
Can I take a moment to gush about how brilliant Sarah was?! Seriously, what. a. GIRL. She was hilarious, intelligent and astoundingly sweet (of course!), and charismatic enough to seamlessly continue conversations even after some truly stupid tongue-tied moments from moi:
Sarah: ''So tell me about your apartment, dude! What's it like?!'' (Yes, she really does speak this awesomely in ''real life''.)
Me: ''Um... yeah! It's... uh... well... it’s apartment-like. Yep. Oh, hang on... are we not supposed to be eating these beans whole?!''
(Ooh, I was not on top of my communication game last night. You know those moments where ''cool!'' and ''good!'' become ''cood!'' and ''gool''?! Uh huh. There were plenty of them. Yikes!) Anyyyhoo. Let’s take a peek at some pictures!
Gorgeous girls! (And some fool with her eyes shut.) From left to right: the adorable Anna, myself, Sarah, Bec (who was sporting a particularly nifty raspberry-hued hat), photographer extraordinaire Cathy and Rachel, who dreams of opening a magnificent candy store. (And what's not fantastic about that?!)
Fruit salad and ice-cream spring rolls. All together now: ''mmmmmmmmmmmm!''
Perched at Kings Cross station (and sporting some extremely questionable yellow nail polish) with Sarah. (And hey, what do you know... MY EYES ARE SHUT AGAIN! D'OH!)
♥
Isn't the internet a weird, wonderful place?! It constantly flabbergasts me that every time we view or create something online, we're actually connecting with other people. Other excellent, extraordinary people. Sharing our LIVES. Becoming invested in theirs. (One of the subjects discussed at the table was how strangely emotional we felt when an awful event, such as a relationship breakdown or an illness, occurred to a person whose blog we'd been reading, but you DO, don't you?! Wacky or not, you DO care! You do share their sadness and immediately wish that you could wave it away with an enormous magic wand!) It's a remarkable thing.
Thank-you so, so much to everyone who came along! (And I hope to meet ALL of you one day! But, um, hopefully with my eyes open.)
xoxo
Comments (11)
The food looks A.MAZ.ING
5 Jul 2011, little t, http://little--t.blogspot.com
Amaze. Wish I could've met you both! <3
3 Jul 2011, Dana
You are so cute! Sarah is frickin amazing. Also those fruit spring rolls look delish!
2 Jul 2011, Halley, www.lifeofsomethingnew.com
It looks like you ladies had a blast. And I think the eyes closed are adorable!!
2 Jul 2011, Alexis of NorthOnHarper, http://NorthOnHarper.com
ooh I'd be such an uncool mess if I was in your and sarah's prescence!
1 Jul 2011, Elle sees, ellesees.blogspot.com
Scribbles - *I* wish you'd been there! *We* wish you'd been there! The whole WORLD wishes that you'd been there! (Okay, I'll stop! It's 2.00AM and I'm in a ridiculous mood. Whee!) But DEFINITELY. Can you imagine if there was one giant party where we somehow ALL got together?! It would be amazing! It must happen!
Miss Peregrin - Awwww! It would've been awesome if you were there, Stacey. I'm such an enormous fan of YOU, too!
Cathy - It was lovely to see you (and your fancy new hair!) again, Cathy! Thank-you so much for coming! :) (And also for e-mailing me that link - HOORAY! Shiny, smooth hair all round!) Good luck with your exciting Melbourne photography project! Eeeeek! (And yaaaaaaaaaay!)
Sarah - Psh, you don't look like a smug so and so at all! You look beautiful! (And hey, at least your EYES ARE OPEN!) Thanks so much for being such great company, and I hope you have a safe (and fun!) trip home!
Melanie - Oh, they were GOOD. Good, good, GOOD!
1 Jul 2011, Corrine/Frock & Roll, www.frockandrollonline.com
ice cream spring roll? Um...want! lol
30 Jun 2011, Melanie, http://www.adorability.org
You are too sweet! (Also, why do I look like a smug so and so in these photos!?)
Thanks so, so much for co-hosting and coming all the way into the city! <3
30 Jun 2011, Sarah, Yes and Yes
Corrine..it was soooo much fun. I really enjoyed seeing you again, AND meeting new peeps!
ps there is an internet deal for the keratin hair treatment..do you want the link??
xx
30 Jun 2011, Cathy, www.cathytopping.com
I really wish I could have been there! I would have loved to meet you & Sarah. I'm such a big fan of both of you!
30 Jun 2011, Miss Peregrin, http://missperegrinssecrets.blogspot.com
Looks like so much fun! Wish I had been there... hopefully will get to hang with you in the not so distant future, lovely lady!
30 Jun 2011, Scribbles, www.scribblesnz.blogspot.com
