Brunch at N's

We got in late Friday night to Maryland - Simian some how watched seven movies and I managed a dismal three compared to him . I saw The Silver Linings Playbook which was funny. Skyfall was possibly my favourite Bond yet and that's saying a lot. I had to stop watching to tell Simian that it was the Goldfinger/Thunderball Aston Martin. Also, a film that includes Turner and Joseph Wright of Derby's paintings in the National Gallery is awesome :)

I also watched Shores of Hope (a pretty inaccurate translation from the German Wir Wollten aufs Meer)  - which was also good and with a cast of some of the best German actors.

We got in and I cleaned on Saturday and then on Sunday, Simian and I went over for brunch with a whole bunch of people from Simian's old lab at N's home. We saw Suntaneye very briefly as she was feeling under the weather, and then went to Will's before heading to Trader Joe's. Suntaneye also gave me a huge box of TJ's stuff! Thanks Suntaneye!

The cat in the photo lives with Nick and he was not sure what to make of the human children running around.

Rokeby

Mom and I decided to try the new cafe down the road from us - Rokeby. The place was nice and the food was pretty good - a nice addition to food close to us!

Lunch

I had lunch with J and D yesterday at Fine Palate - it was lovely to catch up with them, so much so I didn't take photos of the food :) D also got me a copy of Palestine which I've heard is fantastic!

I did pop next door though to take some photos of the church.

Pekoe and Imp

After lunch in town with an acquaintance from Bmore, Simian went back to work and I headed to see Imp do her thing. Imp has a new venture called Pekoe and Imp - check it out if you are in Singapore! I got lost in Ion - and realised I had never been to the Mandarin Gallery before either! Imp did a great tasting session though. I especially like the Darjeeling they had on the tasting menu. It was lovely chatting with Imp and her partner and learning about tea from the two obviously knowledgeable and passionate women!

M's visit

Our friend, M, was in town again for a lightning quick trip. We picked her up on Monday night, took her for a quick drink, and then on Tuesday, M and I went to check out a number of schools. On Wednesday night, Simian, a friend of M's friend (who is also vegetarian) and I went to eat at North South East West. We followed it up with ice cream at the Ice Cream Gallery. I had the delectable avocado and gula melaka and the sea salt caramel!

BaliThai

Our friend, G, was in town for a lightning quick trip. We went to Balithai for dinner as we had already taken him for Indian food for lunch and this was a mix of Thai and Indonesian!