Melbourne part 2
Things that are great about Melbourne
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-Bicycles-> everyone has one, everyone rides them everywhere. I had one, it was called the 'intimidator' It got me to work at back, and for that, it was loved. To really fit it, you need a crumpler as well, but I wasn't quite that dedicated to the Melbourne image.
-Live Music-> There is great music to be found all over the city, I focused my energy on one particular variety of course. One of my favorites being Virus, who play weekly at a glamorous hole-in-the-wall called Alchemy ( their water glasses are beakers and there are medieval chemistry books lying around on Victorian couches). But there were other great musics events, like Swing in the Park and of course
-Lindy Hop-> The hep cats in this scene really know how to swing it. I think I learned more in 2 months of light social dancing than I have in 2 years of intense workshopping. They are super fun and super awesome.
-Food-> I'm not all that adventurous an eater , and I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to ethnic foods, but Melbourne is an excellent place to change all of that. My buddies Kieran and Loz definitely got me into the spirit of good asian food and introduced me to a whole new world of dishes to try. mmmmm....
-The Australian Open-> have you ever sat down to watch a game of world class tennis in the scorching summer sun? I highly recommend it, but wear a hat! I put sunscreen on 4 times that day and still got burnt. But it was worth it to watch the Williams sisters play doubles against (and by that I mean demolish) 2 lesser known Australian girls, the crowd went nuts! We also had seats to the epically long and well matched match between James Blake and Juan Del Potro. Again, a very lively crowd and we were sooo close you could practically feel the sweat. I have a whole new appreciation for tennis.
After all this fun, I started to get the itch to get back on the open road, change locations and what not, but I still needed work. Then, through a strange string of events; speaking with my roomate back in Lancelin, finding out they needed barmaids, wanting to attend a big swing event in perth and generally loving Western Australia, I decided to go back. I left my job Friday night, had goodbye drinks with friends saturday night, and booked a flight and flew out sunday.
Have you ever booked a flight and flown in the same day? Again, this is something I highly recommend. AND, on the flight, I saw some lighting but from a whole new perspective!
This all happened at the end of January. I was having so much fun basking in the joy of my spontaneous act, I didn't feel the need to tell anyone, or write about it. Most of the Perth swing dancers didn't even find out I was back until I showed up to a dance one thursday night in February.
That's one other reason I came back, I just felt right at home in Lancelin but especially in the Perth lindy scene. Which is probably why I decided to host a Swing event here, but more on that later.
-Live Music-> There is great music to be found all over the city, I focused my energy on one particular variety of course. One of my favorites being Virus, who play weekly at a glamorous hole-in-the-wall called Alchemy ( their water glasses are beakers and there are medieval chemistry books lying around on Victorian couches). But there were other great musics events, like Swing in the Park and of course
-Lindy Hop-> The hep cats in this scene really know how to swing it. I think I learned more in 2 months of light social dancing than I have in 2 years of intense workshopping. They are super fun and super awesome.
-Food-> I'm not all that adventurous an eater , and I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to ethnic foods, but Melbourne is an excellent place to change all of that. My buddies Kieran and Loz definitely got me into the spirit of good asian food and introduced me to a whole new world of dishes to try. mmmmm....
-The Australian Open-> have you ever sat down to watch a game of world class tennis in the scorching summer sun? I highly recommend it, but wear a hat! I put sunscreen on 4 times that day and still got burnt. But it was worth it to watch the Williams sisters play doubles against (and by that I mean demolish) 2 lesser known Australian girls, the crowd went nuts! We also had seats to the epically long and well matched match between James Blake and Juan Del Potro. Again, a very lively crowd and we were sooo close you could practically feel the sweat. I have a whole new appreciation for tennis.
After all this fun, I started to get the itch to get back on the open road, change locations and what not, but I still needed work. Then, through a strange string of events; speaking with my roomate back in Lancelin, finding out they needed barmaids, wanting to attend a big swing event in perth and generally loving Western Australia, I decided to go back. I left my job Friday night, had goodbye drinks with friends saturday night, and booked a flight and flew out sunday.
Have you ever booked a flight and flown in the same day? Again, this is something I highly recommend. AND, on the flight, I saw some lighting but from a whole new perspective!
This all happened at the end of January. I was having so much fun basking in the joy of my spontaneous act, I didn't feel the need to tell anyone, or write about it. Most of the Perth swing dancers didn't even find out I was back until I showed up to a dance one thursday night in February.
That's one other reason I came back, I just felt right at home in Lancelin but especially in the Perth lindy scene. Which is probably why I decided to host a Swing event here, but more on that later.
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