Canberra Christmas shopping - commenced

Had fun on Saturday afternoon with a friend checking out the Handmade Markets and the new hipster hot spot, Lonsdale Street traders in Braddon. Between these two locales we tried some wonderful wild berry sorbet and pecan and coconut gelati at Gelati Joe's. A fun afternoon but we didn't quite make it to the new fancy Lifeline - Hipsley - because like so many things in Canberra it closed way too early. At least the Designer Op Shop across the road had a more sensible closing time for a Saturday afternoon so close to Christmas.

 

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Welcome to Christmas

Work Christmas do number 1 today - the department party. Kinda like a distant cousin's wedding. The food was surprisingly good, however. But more fun coming home and enjoying the sunset.

 

 

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Gift idea of the week

Want to guarantee a trip to emergency on Christmas Day? Or to find out which of your relatives has seen too many Monty Python films? You never realised what you've needed all along is a trebuchet.

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Chendol for a hot night.

Tonight we met a friend for dinner at Roti House. The food was great, especially the desserts. I had been keen to return to try the chendol, which is wonderful when the weather is hot. M had the banana roti which was also tasty. 
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