Holiday Stuff Around Sydney

Being summer...it just doesn't feel like the holidays. Looking around town, here are some things that are very merry and bright.

The holiday lights at Town Hall:

 Some wreaths by Nurse's Walk near Circular Quay:

Martin Place lights and tree:

Pitt Street near Westfield Mall:

St Mary's Cathedral Lights of X-mas:

David Jones Dept. Store window displays:

This is the only window display I could find. Better than nothing, but of course nothing compares to NYC.

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from Sydney. May everyone have a safe and peaceful holiday season. Don't let those crazy people elbowing you and cutting you off to buy presents ruin your day! Just breathe!

Brought to you by a Lego X-mas tree. Pretty cool eh? Holidays in the summer....strange to me.

Bluebird Coffee - Sydney CBD

This is now the new best coffee place so far. It's right by the Town Hall station off of George Street. The dessert was also good. It was nutella flavored, but forgot what it was called. Either way, it was moist and not too sugary. We had one sugar each in our cappuccino and latte. Good flavors together with the dessert. We will go back due to the convenient location by the train station as well.

Coffees here have been good so far. Becoming a coffee snob by tasting smoother and smoother coffee. They always do a good job with the latte art as well....which is a plus!

http://bluebirdcoffeesydney.com/

Registering the Doggie

Went to the local council that covers our area to register our dog. You just have to provide the dog's microchip number and desexing (spay/neuter) information. It was $50 for lifetime registration in the state of NSW. If you move to another state, then you would have to register your pet in that state. Just know that it is a one time registration fee for the state that you live in. So long as we don't move out of state, we never have to renew anything for doggie. They just want the microchip number and your information in their records. This way, if doggie is ever lost, they will scan the microchip and find the owner. So if your dog is not micro-chipped, I guess you can't register. No annual license fees here like in California. Woot!

Pablo & Rusty's in CBD Sydney

Stopped by the Pablo & Rusty's at 161  Castlereagh, and it wasn't as good. The place was buzzing....but for some reason the coffee just wasn't as good? Maybe more people, more rushed? No need to go back to that location. Lane Cove better.