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  • Spandau Ballet/Tears for Fears  Sydney Concert Review, April 23, 2010

    Spandau Ballet/Tears for Fears Sydney Concert Review, April 23, 2010

    The last time we wrote about a concert we went to we received a fairly nasty comment that we shouldn’t be writing about a George Michael concert because it had nothing to do with coffee. True! Which brings me to my next concert review Spandau Ballet (Sydney Entertainment Centre, April 23, 2010).
    When tickets [...]

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  • Barista Brothers drop in on George Michael

    Barista Brothers drop in on George Michael

    The stars almost perfectly aligned last Friday night in Sydney. Balmy evening, end of the working week and George Michael performing live for the first time in 22 years! I’ll get back to the “almost” a little later, but let’s get back to George Michael who at 46 years of age definitely still has it.
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  • Aroma Festival 2009 – The Rocks, Sydney July 19

    Aroma Festival 2009 – The Rocks, Sydney July 19

    I had a feeling that it was going to be a good day as I drove towards the city at dawn on Sunday. As I cruised down the hill on the Gore Hill Expressway, I saw the Opera House just peeking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and at that precise moment in time as if [...]

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  • Single Origin Coffee

    Single Origin Coffee

    It’s surprising just how little people think about the coffee bean when they go about drinking their morning cup. Dave and I have found that a lot of people in our classes even think that that it is some kind of generic food substance – like a peanut (after all, it looks like one!) and [...]

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  • When Country Comes to Town

    When Country Comes to Town

                   
    Sydney, Acer Arena, May 6, 2009
    We don’t know how lucky we are down here in Australia. We’re a million miles from anywhere and we have a negligible population so it doesn’t make great economic sense for a big name performer or group to come here (talk to someone in New Zealand and they really [...]

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