http://www.adingoatemy.com Travelogue from the Cape to Sydney; or My Solo Tour Sans The Jicks Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:44:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=26 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=25 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=24 The third leg of our journey took us to Newcastle, a scant 45 min drive outside of the Hunter, and also home to Liz's parents. There was the slightest bit of trepidation for this visit, as Liz's father is an Anglican minister, and Ben and I are godless heathens. In ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=23 In typical fashion, a road trip to wine country in Orange and the Hunter Valley turned into a slew of random references having nothing to do with the actual event. In addition to sampling the amazing wines of Orange and the Hunter Valley, we reconnected with our childhood by watching ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=22 World Youth Day begins here in Sydney next week. The city has been swarmed with Catholics waiting to walk around and find the Pope. Luckily for us, we will be out of town for the first go at having a real vacation while I am here. In honour of this ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=21 Not much to report here. I've been banging away on the Leyster article all week in the surprisingly well stocked research library at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Claus Grimm's Hals monograph is incredibly nutty. In the Australian Cultural Exchange portion of my trip, Ben and I have just ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=20 We're right in the middle of the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, so naturally there are signs and fliers and advertisements everywhere. And as anyone who has discussed art with me for more than about three minutes knows, I despise most anything created post WWII. There are obvious exceptions, such as ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=19 I've noticed with prolonged exposure to Aussies, I've taken on a good deal of slang or alternate ways of saying things. Not necessarily in an effort to fit in, but simply because that's the way I'm hearing all these things said. 'Heaps' has replaced 'A Lot', 'Massive' has replaced 'Huge' ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=18 Ben and I just devoured a massive plate of sushi and sashimi at Matsuri. It was fucking amazing. I hope my mom doesn't faint from the shock. And we went to Trinity for about the fifth time since I've been here. I've found my local. Not a shock that I'm ... http://www.adingoatemy.com/?p=17