Weekend fun

So, I had the most fun weekend in ages last week! So much fun I had no time to write any blogs!

Lane and I started the weekend early with a night out on Thursday. We went to The Winery which is a fun spot in Surry Hills. It closed unfortunately early so we had to go down the street to Low 302, which is a bar full of red velvet and candelabras. Fun!

We didn't take any pictures, but here's a sample of the cocktail list from Low (we just ordered by pointing to other drinks that looked fun so I have no idea what we got).

After an exceptionally successful day at work we decided to head to The Star which is the casino in Sydney - not far from the hotel. This was spectacularly fun! We started off by knocking something off of by bucket list- a duelling piano bar!! We then went to a restaurant for a fantastic dinner, followed by Lane giving me a few lessons in gambling. We / he didn't do so well at craps, but more than made up for it at blackjack. I thought it was exceptionally fun to help someone else gamble with their money! But quite stressful to roll the dice (literally) and gamble for myself.

A very productive couple of evenings and the weekend was off to a good (although tiring!) start .....

Saturday was a recovery day .... spent enjoying a rare period of spectacularly sunny weather in the botanical gardens and followed by a quick trip to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Saturday night Lane and I went to Spice I Am on the recommendation of some others at work - great Thai food and fun spot. Best part was it was BYOB so Lane just hopped across the street and found a bottle of wine. Need to be more places like this in the world!

We then met up with another of his friends and went to a couple of bars. Great music and dancing, and another fun night out!

The adventures continued on Sunday with brunch with Manuela (on our team) at Kepos Street Kitchen, again in Surry Hills. We then walked around the neighbourhood, went for coffee at "a place where we could see hipsters in their natural habitat" (was much needed after the previous few nights) and then back to the Winery to sit on their patio this time and enjoy the sun and some sangria.

The weekend finished in the lounge at the hotel playing Boggle with Lane.

What more could someone ask for from a typical 2 days off work? I was excited for the week to start so I could recover....

(I was also too busy having fun to take many pictures - sorry!)