More Oz Notes

The Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade that staged in front of our hotel in Sydney.

Here's the water polo team. Wow.

• Tonight (Wednesday) Jonnene and I are going to a restaurant called "That Little Mexican Place". The only other time we went there was in November of 2006 when it was brand new and we meant to go again when we visited in 2008 but didn't make it. It was a small place with about 7 or 8 tables and the guy who owned it, Gavin Bower, was also the cook. It was interesting that he cooked the food in his pajamas...well, they looked like pajamas. And he visited all the customers at their tables when there was a lull. He studied Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine in Santa Fe, New Mexico so his stuff was very genuine. We're happy that it still exists and now has two locations!

• Right now, before we leave, Olga's highlighting Raelene's hair in the kitchen. Rae's is wearing something that looks like a water polo cap...sorta reminds me of the parade in Sydney (see photo above). The cap part, that is. Then you pull some hair through some holes and highlight those suckers.

Theeza plane, she's a-quiet, she's a-big, she's a-plenty nice-a...
....but her regular economy seats suck!

• We tried to get Premium Economy seats for our flight back to Los Angeles next week on the Qantas A380 since our regular Economy seats pretty much weren't to our liking. However, it would have cost us $2,200 EACH to upgrade since our current tickets were bought with restrictions. Well, okay, fine...we'll fly regular economy one more time, Qantas, but that's it! We'll gladly spend the extra money to get Premium in the first place and be a little more comfortable on that big plane. You know there are only 32 Premium Economy seats on an A380? That's more seats than the First Class "apartments" on the same plane (just 14). Meantime there's 72 Business Class seats and 332 regular economy seats. I'd love to ride Business......

• Jonnene and I have decided that we want to weigh as much or less on our return to the States than we weighed when we left for Australia. On our last trip we ate tons and gained quite a bit when we came back...visiting relatives who want to feed you will do that. So far we're doing okay. We're still eating, but not as much. I'm about 1.5 pounds lighter right now and I think Jonnene is around 2-3 pounds lighter. We're also running nearly every day and it's hot enough to make us sweat a lot. And we're walking all the time. Seems to work.