Unfurling into the Weekend, starting at Miss Jackson Cafe

I had a lovely start to Saturday when I woke up to flowers and a bottle of wine on my doorstep. My housemate's Mum sent them to me as a thank you. Here they are sitting in the morning light in our kitchen.



My best friend Jess is in Melbourne at the moment. Our first stop was at my all time favourite cafe which I knew Jess, in her culinary wisdom, would appreciate. Here she is at Miss Jackson in St Kilda.



My mouth is watering just looking at this picture. We ordered corn fritters for brunch and got goat's cheese as well because we were feeling extravagant. It was so, so delicious. Why am I torturing myself by writing about this? I'm so hungry.



Jess and I playing the "have you figured out how to raise one eyebrow yet?" game over dinner dumplings in the city. We have been trying to figure it out since we were kids and we still haven't been able to perfect it or even, for that matter, make a good go of it. How do people do it? How? HOW?


I've kinda raised one eyebrow in this picture haven't I? Or at least forced the one on the left into submission temporarily. Whenever I attempt it I have to say in my head: 'what are you talking about?' to get it happening, which makes me look all quizzical and befuddled. The look Jess and I are going for with the one eyebrow thing is supposed to be nonchalance.


We met up with Pamie and her boyfriend Dan later at Cookie. Here we are trying to look mischievous. Jess is in the middle doing her "porn face".



Whenever I go to Section 8 I often look up at the lights in the window of the building opposite and wonder what's up there. Does someone live there? I like to pretend that it's a massive artists' studio. If I put a modicum of effort in I could probably find out for sure in 10 minutes, but for now I am happy with my baseless theory.

Umbrellas in the trees

Tumble of lanterns

It was so lovely to see Jess and do what we always do: talk for hours about anything and everything. Jess and I first met when we were five and we have been having adventures and laughing at each other ever since. It's so strange and wonderful to be able to reflect on who we said we wanted to be when we were younger and realise that we're getting there; which is something I only grasped on Saturday when Jess pointed it out to me.

Mood: Moondance, Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' and Caramello Koalas