Australia Day 2011

We had a terrific Australia Day this year with a bunch of friends at the Huntsbury hotel. It could have been a disaster since we’d organised for the day to be at our regular haunt, the Lewisham Hotel. Yoda and I had to go to IKEA first thing in the morning and, with luck and [...]

At the Fritzoneum, Lobethal

The day after Christmas, we were invited to go to Lobethal to visit friends David & Ben. They spoilt us rotten with food, drinks, presents, home-baked goodies and more. They also had three lovely little dogs that I just adored. David & Ben live in this big ‘ole house on a huge block of land [...]

More Liesbeth in Sydney

It was a very rainy day in Sydney yesterday so we concentrated on indoor activities. Our international visitor wanted to see some contemporary art so we went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and had a fab guided tour from a volunteer named Caroline. Caroline was just fantastic. After the tour we further [...]

The old gang gets together again

Last Saturday (October 2), the old gang got together again. More of us than there has been in one place for years. Mark (Marcia), Judy, Greg, Donna, Fran, Big Dave, Grant, James, Cathy, Fran’s new beau Rod and Mr. Peugeot aka Christian. The venue was Platform 26 next to Central Station (aka Royal Exhibition Hotel). It was [...]

A big shout out to Andy, the birthday boy!

The braces are well and truly gone. And he’s not a sweet teen anymore. But he is having a birthday. A wonderful friend, Andy Andrews, is celebrating his birthday today (that’s Saturday in European time). I first knew Andy when he was just 16. In fact, I met his whole family in Nashville, Tennessee way [...]

Okay, so I haven’t updated the site for a while!

My BSF (Best Swedish Friend) Gustav, sent me a very unsubtle text message overnight about the fact that thebestjudge.com hasn’t been updated for eons. Nag, nag, nag! Okay, so I admit I have been slack. I actually have been writing lots of posts in my head…but they never quite get transferred to the computer keyboard. [...]

Boat trip to Nacka Strand

On my last full day in Stockholm, Gustav took me on a boat trip from Gamla Stan (The Old Town) to Nacka Strand (where he lives and works). Prior to that I’d been catching the bus – 443 or 71 or even 404 – back to his place where I was staying during my time [...]

Moving Hell…Day #2

The packing up and moving saga entered its second major day today. While I’ve been getting rid of stuff and making preparations for the last couple of weeks, the serious hard core work has started this weekend. My fabulous friend James O’Brien (now aka “the big butch Aussie bloke”) came back again and helped out. [...]

Moving is hell!

Haven’t had a chance to update my website lately…or do much of anything else. After a decade of living here, I have to move out. I have a decade worth of crap (and more) to sort through, box up and move. It is a nightmare. I’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks [...]

Yoda turns 50!

My best friend forever turns 50 today. What a milestone. He’s defied all the predictions and has achieved half a century on planet earth. Some may say – unkindly – that he has spent many of those years on another planet – but I, of course, would never say such a thing! Grant is having [...]

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