Walked past this hole in the wall on Liverpool Street a week ago and have been craving it ever since. Finally had an opportunity to try it and it didn’t disappoint! Inspired by chicken found at the Taipei night markets the chicken is big, flat, crispy and super tender. What’s more fun is you get a bag when you order it, and when your number’s called out they get you to present your bag so they can just shove the chicken right in!
Visit: http://hotstarchicken.com.au
Elevators opened up to a foyer and the boardroom + view.
The view.
Nanami unpacking her pieces.
Looking back into the foyer from the boardroom.
Food was amazing, company was amazing too (I admit, a little unexpected… but totally accepted!).
Nanami’s been invited to be a resident artist at the Sir Anthony Mason Chambers in Sydney CBD and today we got a whole lot of framed artwork over there, ready for hanging. The guys treated us to a really lovely lunch too (great wine choice as well!), and so what started out as a simple drop off ended up being an all day hang with some big gun lawyers!
PS: Find more of Nanami’s work on her web site.
Andrew and Murray have done so well. Really proud of both guys.
Semi’s now held at CARRIAGEWORKS, which is a much more suitable home than the old Darling Harbour Convention Centre.
Ved and I hit Semi-Permanent today to catch Tony Hawk speak. Tony was so chill, modest but really proud as well. His theory, that if you’re doing something you love you’re already winning, rings true in relation to Zen and the future. Big time!
I’ll be at Semi over the next few days. Conferences are funny beasts. To get the most out of them you really need to sit through every single presentation, because it’s usually the speakers you least expect that blow your mind and change your life forever.
Having said that I won’t be attending all the talks this year, but intend to get as much out of the talks I see as I can.
PS: I had a mate ask why the hell I wasn’t the one speaking at one of these events, to which I replied I have spoken at Semi-Permanent, in front of 3,000 people no less and yes, I’m damn proud of it!!!
It’s built really well, all metal. Feels great.
Looks the part on the GF1 too.
Just a quick test shot.
Another B’Day gift to myself. I’ve always wanted a fisheye lens and I’ve never bought one because I’ve always doubted how much I’d actually use one. There are heaps of cheap fisheye lenses on eBay, many going for under $50, but after doing much research I found this Samyang lens, which cost more than the GF1 it’s living on, but it’s a quality pice of gear and I’m looking forward to having a bit of fun with it.
I’d gotten sick of my old Bose sound dock not charging my old iPhone (which I only have music on) and not accepting my new iPhone, and lately I’ve been paying music from the Zen Tumblr off my laptop with some external Bose speakers plugged in. It was all just getting too messy so I splashed out on my B’Day and bought myself this little bluetooth speaker.
There were many options out there, most of which were way cheaper but at $400 I still think this is a steal in comparison to how much I once used to have to pay for great sound. Within minutes I had my iPhone and laptop connected, streaming Rob’s Soundcloud. Sounds amazing, as expected. Very happy!
OH, forgot to mention… the other day on my B’Day I saw this on Google. At first I was like “Holy shit! I wonder if the B’Day cakes are a coincidence” then I rolled over the image and BOOM! Happy Birthday Justin?! Come on Google, that’s not smart, that’s just plain fucking creepy!
Skinnie Minnie and Fatty Boomsticks! A couple of 911’s rocked up to Zen today. A fat GT2 replica and a gorgeous 912 shorty.
My mate Dan, who I met through kind of gallery, now runs his own Skateboard company Have Skateboards. Robbie our shop manager bought a deck off him because the deck featured an E30 and Dan was kind enough to give me a free T-Shirt (I love free shit!).
The only shots I’ve got form last night’s shenanigans. Up at 5am again this morning. WTF!!!!!!!
5am automatic wake-up, again! That’s 3 times in a row now, old man!
39 today! Under the radar as expected (never been one for celebrating B’Days). I’ve taken the day off work and have decided to treat myself to a few goodies on eBay despite the fact that I’m meant to be saving up for my Japan trip at the end of this year.
I sold my set of BBS RS’ a few weeks ago and I was paid for in cash, unfortunately all that cash is pretty much gone! It’s awesome treating friends to stuff when you’re loaded! Probably not the smartest thing to hold on to the cash though (really should have deposited it into my bank account).
So what did I buy?
I started with a Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye lens for my spare GF1. I’d seen a lot of cheap fisheye lenses on eBay and I knew they weren’t going to be any good, so I did my research and this lens has rave reviews world wide. It’s pricey (costs twice as much as the GF1 it’s going on!) but I’m pretty sure I’ll have a bit of fun with it.
Whilst I was in camera land I also bought myself a view finder for my GF1, a spare lens cap for my 20mm pancake lens, a lens cleaning kit, a spare charger and battery for the GF6 too.
I also treated myself to a new Bose SoundLink III bluetooth sound dock. I went for the big one. Looking forward to streaming soundcloud around the house with that for sure.
I think I’d better stop there. Now for some quality Mia and Justin couch time catching up with some of my fave TV shows, then later on I’ll be heading off in search for fried chicken and after that, drinks!