Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013
-
Yeah I'm not really a video person, saw the button and thought I'd give it a try. Something different. If I can I may as well :).
Per Random Rants, I got pulled onto a Severity One, All Systems Down call @ 2am this morning, and was up until around 730-8am. 5 hours sleep later, not the most alert or happy Snowy. Didn't dare risk putting on the WT's as I'd likely put my foot through them.
Up side is 1/2 a day @ home off work, cleaning, drinking tons of coffee to remain conscious
-
I feel ya, man! Happy recovery…
-
Back to back meetings for most of today, and most of tomorrow.
Managed to get out to a local cafe near the office where they know how much I enjoy pour over coffee. They made me 2 varietals at the same time to compare and contrast. Something I've never done with pour over. Made for a super amazing meeting, albeit maybe too little focus on the meeting
This evening I took my team out to dinner as thanks for some of the hard work they've done over the past few months. They picked a seafood restaurant, live crab and parrot fish fresh from the tank. I had salt and pepper tofu. Kinda neglected to take food photos being a vegetarian, did find the towelette pretty tho :).
-
Photo from the office kitchen looking west over the edge of Darling Harbour, and in the distance is Anzac Bridge.
The cranes in the foreground remind me of Finn. They're building a casino & hotel complex there. Sydney has a 1 casino license monopoly until 2030. The current casino is right across the water. This new construction came about as the owner has lots of money and somewhat openly bribed the state government that it was time to review the 1 license monopoly ahead of 2030. Money talks as they say.
At lunch I popped down to The Rocks, which is one of the very first areas settled in Sydney by Captain Cook / The first fleet. A very famous and as historic as modern Australia gets. It'll be featuring more clearly in coming days, it's close to the office so sometimes walk down around the area to clear my head
Also down in the rocks
This is of Jack Mundey, "a distinguished Australian union and environmental activist. During the 1960s Mundey was a crusading unionist, an advocate in a wide range of issues, from safety reforms on building sites to wider social issues, such as feminism, gay rights, and the impact of international politics. Mundey considered all of these matters appropriate targets for union activism."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_MundeyUp close of the prior work, really nicely done
-
Love that city…
-
What a nice post about your working neighborhood. I expect you're not wearing the WTs to work, right?
Had to grin about the restaurant post, showing only their towelette packaging…could be read as a seriously damning judgment about the food quality there, by I think it's much rather your wicked sense of humor, Snowy?!! -
Hi 501/IH,
You're correct, no WT's @ work. My contract specifically says no jeans with tears, which I find amazingly specific.
You also read the sense of humor correctly. Food was great, but as a vegetarian it's not the most comfortable of locations. The pictures of the fish on the towelette were more comforting to me, hence the playing.
-
Another weekend, another chance to do my bit for le tour.
Started it off as usual doing my bit around the house and fishtank. When I was working from home, a fish tank sounded like the most logical and amazing thing ever. Working full-time it's far less enjoyable. It's still low maintenance, but such a small tank is constantly due for something. It started with Shrimp, that didn't survive the heat of Australian Summer. I then moved to catfish to help keep the glass clean, around that time I got a job, and that's where it's at.
Soba was very helpful when I was putting my shoes on this morning;
It was a really nice day out today, Spring is certainly here, t-shirt weather and warm in the sun, only slightly chilly in the shade.
-
Just enjoyed the video, indeed great to have your voice there, makes it so much more personal. Nice accent, not too heavily "down under".
The jeans look fantastic, I think. Worlds better than any new or artificially "distressed" denim ever could. I wager you'll have a similarly difficult time of letting them go as I did when my -still unrecorded here- leg was over.
Another thought: that cap is a clever choice, suits you great, and this comes from a guy who abhors wearing anything on his head. But your face plus this cap = perfect combo.
-
Thanks for the support gents.
501, I was just instagramming with Finn saying pretty much so that about letting them go, really into them now :). The cap thanks, it's still love/hate on first sight by most. After years of baseball caps, I'm glad to have something totally different :).
-
So after Mrs Snowy came home, per the video, we headed into the edge of the city, an area called Surry Hills. Following up from last weekend, I wanted to check out some furniture and see how it worked/cat friendly it was.
Surry Hills up until the 1980's was slums/ghetto, since then it's been gentrified and is now one of the most up market suburbs in Sydney. Lots of amazing food, wine, bars, as well as galleries and boutiques. There feels to be lots of architecture firms around the area but have never managed to qualify why it feels like that.
After walking out the store with an Eames Lounge Chair, we went for a walk in the area to show some of the scenery
H-san anyone?
The view from my desk back at home as I was uploading the video. (smudges are on the outside of the window). That's the city in the distance. -
Mrs Snowy and I took the opportunity today to take the world tours down to Circular Quay and a proper view of the rocks. A lovely mid-afternoon stroll, and an area we don't visit too much.
Local / Aborigine Busking, well taking a break.
Friendship, damn straight, and Sydney Harbour Bridge sneaks in
MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) under renovations
End of the quay, and this is what you get; Opera House - Iconic it is. If you look left from here you get….
ME! No well yes, but really Sydney Harbour Bridge
Mrs Snowy thought you'd all appreciate this
Speaking of which, here she is (3sixteen's from 2010 still going strong)
Now back around to the otherside, the old old entrance to the MCA
…which is in The Rocks.
…which contains Sydney's Oldest Pub. The carpet is quite sticky
Road-side beautification in winter.
Action shot of the WT's + my daypack Timbuk2
I saw this taco truck, the only taco truck in Sydney, and 1 of 10 food trucks in Sydney. I'd been craving tacos for days, and actually went to a taqueria yesterday that was closed.
More action shooting. Nice look @ the BANGLU-1 and my wallet.
Talk about lunch in an iconic location. This was super. And no points for guessing what the next few photos are ;).
Mrs Snowy's
I went Burrito but this as much as you'll see of it. Was hungry yo!
Opera House meet the World Tour
Tourist thingy
I'd be lying if I said this was for anything other than show. Still, fun to do
For those who like their iconic sights without goofballs in them
Then we got back around to The Rocks. This is a functioning gas-lamp. Neither of us knew this existed.
Pop-up Art expo with match-boxes and Sydney iconography
Sunday Markets. Tourist traps, looks like a few punters in there.
Local boots, RM Williams. Window shot.
Louis Vuitton, nothing subdued here.
Then it was a giant loop of the city, where this MLC Center building stands out as a big WTF.
4 hours after starting, back home. WT's taking a break on the Eames lounge chair I picked up yesterday.That's it for the weekend. Hope you are well, and enjoyed the touristy view of Sydney today. Been a pleasure having you with us.
-
I'm plainly and simply in awe! Sydney's icons, food, local color, an idea of the private day of the leg host plus spouse, herself shown as well, some really inspired shots, the jeans…..overwhelming.
If hard pushed to say something critical at all, shirt and shoulder bag cover so much of the jeans....but I'm sure we'll get t-shirt shots without a bag more than once again during Snowy's leg.
