I spent the day in Fremantle today. It struck me as ironic that I was walking around Freo just a few months after Karina left, when I never came west whilst she was living here - such is life, I guess!
Freo is a weird mix of rich hippies, bona fide bohos and just plain rich people. Some guy wearing striped pants, dreadlocks and an Akubra cycled past me in the mall and said, "Noice boots!". I was sitting near the town hall at the "village market" and there were a whole heap of well-off young mothers with their faux-boho babies and papooses (papeese?) - including one woman who had her baby in the papoose with his face squished up against her bare breast while she walked around and talked to someone about auras and aromatherapy. I guess it was about ease of access.
I am eating enormous - and I mean enormous - amounts here. Must be the clean Perth air (and being away from Melbourne!). I had two lunches today; that's probably a bit excessive, really.
Tomorrow evening is a big night out with the girls - bubbles, dresses, gossip and heels. Should be fun. Aggie is worried she'll have to stay back late at work so we have been hatching schemes to avoid this possibility!
Amanda Vanstone has been appointed the new ambassador to Italy. Don't think there's any danger of her behaving in a culturally appropriate manner. No matter how much life changes, some things stay the same - I reckon the 'Stone's ahem, tact-challenged approach might be one of those things. On the subject of talentless/tactless/painful politicians, how about Dubya's truly cringeworthy dancing and African drum-beating today? Malaria Awareness Day? What's malaria, George?
One month exactly until Ernie. Bring on the duty free shopping.
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As George W. Bush once said:
"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."
The plural of papoose is papoose.
Just like moose, as they are both loan words from Native American languages.
I already thought it should be the same as moose, but (yay!) the intarwebs mostly agrees.
If you care, Google "plural of papoose" for a range of untrustworthy authorities.
Right, I'm a week behind the action but I'd just like to put on the record how *outraged* I am that you were in Perth without me! Unbelieveable! Even Dave was outraged on my behalf. Hmph. Bitch. ;)
(By the way, could you see me as one of those hippie types in Freo?)
i googled plural for papoose and ended up here. Do your own thing doc . How come everywhere becomes hip 30 years after i visit. Fremantle was grovvin in the 60's
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