bublé at sandalford

I've never been one to go to concerts or events, what with the throngs of people squeezed in together. I'm agoraphobic that way. Just the thought of being crushed by a gazillion of other people is not very appealing to me. The only events I've ever been to have always been relaxed affairs. Events that are more like a picnic than a concert, like the Madeleine Peyroux performance at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. I'm quite lucky that my taste in music allows me to do that.

Last month I got tickets to a Michael Bublé concert at Sandalford Winery in Caversham, WA (Thanks, hubby!). I've wanted to go see him in concert since like forever (do I sound like a crazed fan?). Being overeager, I arrived at the venue way too early. But, there were people who were even earlier than me, most of them were General Admission ticket holders though. They brought all sorts of picnic things, deck chairs, huge eskies full of goodies, picnic blankets, etc.

little caesars salt & pepper squid pizza

A meal befitting the night before my cousin was going back to his home country for good would only be in the Little Caesars Pizzeria. My cousin, sister, brother in law all raved about this place so much that expectations were set very high.

It was 8pm when my cousin picked me up from the airport, he drove us straight to Mundaring from the airport. It was a Monday night and the place was chockers. We had to sit outside on overturned buckets, we didn't mind one bit as that was part of the charm.

windsor three little piggies

One of my best friends in the world got married on one sunny-but oh-so-windy day in Sir James Mitchell Park in South Perth. It was an intimate ceremony with closest friends and family. It was quite special. And afterwards we had a boisterous lunch at the Windsor, as we are a boisterous bunch.

The Windsor is a restaurant of modern settings with a water feature and a library to boot. That Sunday, we came in before lunch time and lucky that we did because the place soon filled up and was packed when we left, but not in a I-can't-move-an-inch kind of packed, because the place was anything but cramped.