Furry little monsters

I have been waiting years to see Avenue Q and it was worth the wait. After listening to the Original Broadway Soundtrack over and over, it was great to actually see how the songs actually fit into the story line. It is such a funny show - one of those things where it is politically incorrect to laugh, but you do anyway because it's true.

The crowd was very young, bit of a uni student feel - maybe that was just because it was mid-week, but that added to the raw feel of the show (even though it was pretty slick). Of course Trekkie Monster stole the show.

We had dinner at Seamstress beforehand - wow. Amazing food. I had been there for lunch before, but don't think I ordered correctly that day because what we ate was brilliant. The dishes are sorted into small, medium, large & x-large sizes are a contemporary Australasian perspective to traditional Cantonese cuisine, with some innovative South East Asian influences.

Dessert was just before the show at Oyster. I had been wanting to try this place for months, but because I'm not a 'fan' of oysters, there wasn't much point. Surprisingly the dessert selection was bigger then expected and decadent!

Superheros are go!

We spend the night with the MSO Pops for a night with Superheros.

"Following the "out of this world" Space Classics experience in 2008, the MSO wears its undies on the outside for a concert event that is more super than superannuation, more heroic than a trip on a peak-hour tram. Your spidey sense will be tingling like mad when Superheroes With The Symphony brings you unforgettable music from the silver screen adventures of those super-heroic beings who spend all day saving civilisation (as we know it). Under the baton of the Maestro with Special Powers, Anthony Inglis, this concert really is more powerful than a locomotive."

Of course this is a great way to introduce people who are not normally interested in Classical music, to a night at the symphony. I was a little disappointed with the obscure selection of the first half, but the second was great with themes from Superman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones & James Bond.

As I'm 'saving my pennies' a little at the moment, I did buy the cheapest seats and we ended up being up on the side of the orchestra which was a really interesting perspective. Unfortunately the sound was dominated by the Brass & Percussion sections, so after intermission we 'sneaked' down to the Stalls where there were many empty seats.

More Eurovision

It is always around this time of the year when the Eurovision contest happens and I become completely obsessed with many of the songs. I had to share my favourites from this year!

What a great weekend!

The weekend was filled with a lot of Eurovision. Since watching this song contest in 2005 while in Bruggue, Belgium, I have been excited to watch it each year.

Last year I was obsessed with the Ukraine entry. A 'Shady Lady' by the name of Ani Lorak. This year there were some good songs too, but nothing that really 'wowed' me. Three days of Eurovision certainly took a lot of time out of my life, but there is nothing better than a lot of European colour & movement.

On Saturday night, I met my old school friend and her hubby in the city to do the Melbourne Ghost Tour presented by the Haunted Bookshop. The ghost element of the tour was a little lame; the ghost stories needed to be a little scarier or entertaining, however I LOVED the historic part of the tour. I love Melbourne city history, so it was really interesting walking the streets of the city learning about old 'hot spots', cemeteries and other historic references.