Daily Archives: May 21, 2011

BBQ at Sandra and Jules’

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It was an absolutely glorious day for a barbecue at Sandra and Jules’ – yay! I was happy for Sandra and Julian as they had gone to incredible trouble for Steve and I.

There was a lot of food to get through … I probably shouldn’t have brought the chips and dips that we all gorged on whilst waiting for the barbecue to get hot. Heh heh.

Chicken went first on the barbie. I think Sandra got a bit too excited as the barbie was too hot so the chicken got quickly charred on the outside but less cooked on the inside. It smelled incredible though!

Next on the barbie were the kebabs …

But the food wans’t finished there! We also had ribs and corn and salad …

Everything was delicious. Sandra and Julian had marinated everything and it all worked very well together. However, we were quite full so before dessert took a walk down to the river.

Dessert was a perfect finish. It was a make your own pavlova with Sandra’s home made meringue. Mmm …

Jimeoin

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The Udderbelly is back in town bringing some of the fringe festival atmosphere to Southbank. When we arrived at the Udderbelly it was absolutely heaving – thanks to the vibrant bar area and great weather one supposes! We were here tonight to check out a set from Jimeoin, an Irish Comedian who was pretty big in Australia when I was back there ages ago.

I was struck by how observant he was though I guess as a comedian you need to be. He really notices the small details of how people interact with each other (like the goodbye game – no one wants to be the first to say goodbye, the talking dirty to a girl thing, the “loose” hug from a girl who is angry at you, imitating chickens, pigeons and swans.) His observation on the awkward laughs at comedy shows and the pressure on the person who organised the comedy tickets to have it be funny was particularly apt and relevant!

He used a lot of physical movement and, I don’t know if it was rehearsed that way, but it all seemed really impromptu but still having a flow. He even read us a poem to moving music.

An enjoyable 40 minutes.