21st july

the start of the night
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Louise is back! Louise is back! After a wedding in NY Lou is back in town for a couple of weeks of sightseeing and spending money. We headed out for a night on the tiles and had a great time dancing in Waxy's and then over to the Zoo Bar in Leicester Square.

Harry Potter comes out midnight 20th July

The new harry Potter book! I lined up for it at midnight
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

I was going to go to bed, but decided to walk up to Waterstones instead and line up with the rest of the fans and get the book. it was quite fun joining in the furore and I took it home and started to read it straight away...... I have now finished it and can get back to normal programming.

Justin Timberlake 8/7/07

the ground is steeaaddyyy....
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Got some last minute tickets to JT on the Sunday night after my Bananaman chase. It was an awesome concert!! Kerri and I had fab seats and for the first time I knew most of the songs so had a great singalong and danced in the seats

British 10km 1/7/07

Michelle,Shona, Anna and Gail
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

My first 10km of the year. I lined up with 30000 other racers and managed to finish in 1:03:06 my fastest time ever! I was so exhausted by the end of the race, but managed to keep up with Anna and the girls for most of it.

Ascot Races 23rd June 2007

Don't I look gorgeous??!!!... for once!!
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

You can't tell, but it was pouring with rain for some of the day!! My friends piked on the day, but luckily Mic and Amy were still going so I joined them and headed out to Ascot. The train was absolutely packed!! I scalped a ticket once I got there, we all headed into the Silver Ring, grabbed a couple of tables and set up our picnic... hoummous hoummous and more hoummous!! I think we'd all bought it for a snack!! Lotsa champers and Pimms. Very glad that we were under cover as when it rained it was torrential!!

Amy was the lucky gal of the day so I followed her lead and picked the same horse she did on the last race and won!! YAY!!

After the races were over we headed back into Clapham and spent the night dancing in the Grand.

Dahlia, Mrs D and Me 14th june 2007

Dahlia, Mrs D and Me
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

I first met Dahlia in August of 2005 in Edinburgh when i lived up there for the month. She's from California and was staying in Cambridge with a couple of friends for a while. I decided that for a nice outing for Mrs D I'd take her up there and we could catch up and do a bit of sightseeing.

It was a lovely day... one of the only nice ones this summer so far!!

Linda's Farewell 8 - 10th June 2007

great photo of Mick and Kirsti
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Phew!!!! mick and kirsti had spent 3 days back in ireland sorting out last minute things and picking up left luggage. They got back in Thurdsday and Friday Kerri joined us and we drove up to Llangollen for the weekend. Saturday Linda and I picked up Mic, Michelle and Amy from Wrexham train station and we then chilled and had a picnic by the river. It was such a lovely afternoon as we strolled along the canal into Llangollen town passing by a family of ducks and several horse drawn boats.

Saturday night was spent eating and drinking (Mick was BBQ maestro extrodinaire). Kerri and I decided to head into town to see what we could see and ran into old pals and again spent the night in town.. Sunday was not pretty.... Sooooo hungover!! spent the day sleeping whilst everyone else hiked in the hills around Lindas' home, Kerri and I then encouraged Mick to drive us back to London......

Roller Disco 3/6/07

Skater grrrrl
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Mick and Kirsti were visiting from Killarney before heading off to Canada. I'd been hearing about the Roller Disco for a while now and decided it was time to go to it... Kirsti and I got dressed up and we all had a lovely time skating around.... for an hour anyway!! by that time my legs and butt were so sore and I knew the next few days would be painful!! heh heh

7th May 2007

The 5 girls
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Our drive back from Llangollen took us thru Shrewsbury. We had a rather wet afternoon wandering around the town and doing a spot of shopping before driving back to London

May Long Weekend in Llangollen 5th 6th 7th May 2007

Michelle, Anna, Michelle and Kerri
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Linda had invited us up to Llangollen for a weekend of planting and partying. The 5 of us girls headed up Friday night and had a lovely time walking around Llangollen and planting plants in the garden (I use the term garden very loosely!!). It was Anna's birthday on the Saturday so we had a little b'day cake and headed into town that evening to see what we could see....

Anna and I ended up crashing at a pal's house for thenight and hiked back up the hill the next morning (since we didn't take our phones or spare cash we had no way of contacting anyone!! OOps!)

So the Sunday was spent recovering and more sightseeing around the area. Michelle McGimpsey, Kerri and i headed up to Plas Newyyd for a look around and ran into a game of Viking Kub. What fun we had knocking down logs and it must've been beginners luck as we won the game!!

ANZAC day at the dawn service 25th April 2007

Me on ANZAC day at the dawn service
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

5am the service began at the Australian War Memorial near the Wellington Monument at Hyde Park Corner. There were a couple thousand Kiwis and Aussies that attended and it was quite a solemn affair. The service went for a halfhour after which we were able to sign the guest register and have some coffee and ANZAC biscuit.

Lisa's birthday drinks in Clapham 15th April 2007

Nadine and Mich
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Another night out on the town.. there's so many of them!!

headed to The Goat in Clapham for an evening of drinks and dancing.. endedup at the Clapham Grand and boogied the night away.

Lisa's Birthday dinner

Mich and Lisa
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Happy Birthday Lisa!! After the Tea Party I headed off to Putney for Lisa's dinner.. Me and a bunch of nannies! Great fun.

13th April 2007 Hi Tea in Hampstead

Tea Party at Taz n Mikes
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Taryn and Mike invited me to their house for an afternoon of wandering around Hampstead Heath and a lovely tea party with beautiful tea sets and food!! yum yum!! Look at the table! mmm

Mick's 29th Killarney 30th March 2007

Ain't we soooo gorgeous!
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

yep flew off again at the end of March to killarney to see the bro and celebrate his birthday. headed over there on the Thursday and had a great day Friday shopping with Kirsti. Saturday headed out for a lovely dinner and then some dancing at the usual haunt.. the Grand. A little wandering around the National Park on Sunday and then i had to fly back to London

Karen's 30th Birthday 4th March 2007

Karen, Janet and Michelle
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

I headed over to Bristol for the weekend of the 4th/5th March for Karen's birthday. I went to primary school with Karen, but we lost touch after high school... but now we're back! Had a lovely weekend drinking homemade cocktails and then chilling at the Bristol Beer Festival

It's all red and black.. Teri's B'day 26/02/07

Me and my makeup
Originally uploaded by michelleeg

Teri gave me this scarf when I was 13 and it's been stored back home in OZ ever since. i rarely wore it and finally decided to bring it back to london with me. I got the opportunity to wear it finally!! Looks nice huh?

8 hours in LA 19th Feb

Oscar,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

So I decided to come back to London early which meant that I had an 8 hour stopover in LA! Fun fun! i forgot that the Oscars were on so I got to see them preparing the red carpet and putting up the big gold statues on Hollywood Boulevard. It was trippy walking thru the streets that I used to know back in 2000. So much has changed along that part of the strip!!

I headed downtown for some sightseeing and shopping.. but didn't manage to spend any money!! shock horror!

Friends in Sydney 16th Jan 2007

Friends,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

It's been about 2 years since I've seen everyone and once again we headed to the Palace in Coogee for some cheap cocktails and chats... sadly the cocktail hour was over by the time we got there so it was wines and whines all night.. (heh he just kidding.. I was trying to be clever..).

I had a lovely time catching up with the gang and eating and drinking.. If you are in Sydney and want a cheap meal there is a place in Coogee called Restaurant 5-0 that does $5 meals.. all u have to do is buy a $5 drink too!! sooo cheap!

Thanx for coming out everyone and I'll see you all next year when I'm home again!!

home home on the range 30th Jan - 15th Feb

me and mum,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

It was so nice to be home for the month. Mum's cooking... hot weather and friends visiting! all good. Sorted thru some of my stuff that's in boxes and spent days ripping my CD's onto computer... Very relaxing times and i was sad to head away... Till next time!!

My 30km hike.... 28th jan 2007

Me pointing to Mt K,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

phew!! what a day! Bright and sunny, but there was a lot of wind around.. hence the sexy getup. beanie and sun hat.. great combo!!

Decided to do the long hike from the top of the chairlift in Thredbo, up to Mt koscuiszko and around the Main track to Charlotte's pass and then back up the ranger track and down to the charilift again...phew!! i'm exhausted just thinking about it again!! Longest hike I've done in a while and I figured that since the chairlift was only open from 8:30am to 5pm I'd better get a move on and walk walk walk... There was no way I was going to hike an extra 5km back down the hill to Thredbo Village... not after 30km already... i think I would've had to roll down the hill......

It was a great hike, but I couldn'tmovefor the next few days.. really sore muscles. but I've survived and now have to find the next hike... maybe Mt Snowdon in Wales again???

Brooke and Tuck's wedding 26th jan 2007

Brooke and Tuck,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

What a stunning day! Brooke and Tuck looked amazing and the weather was fantastic! The ceremony took place on one of the bridges in Thredbo Village and then we walked to the village green for nibbles. There the obligatory Australia Day Cricket match was being played and a dj was playing tunes to keep everyone entertained. I had my first lamington since being home and hoisted a few glasses of champagne to the newly weds...

There were a few people there that I hadn't seen since high school so it was lovely to catch up and chat about life and what's been going on.

CONGRATULATIONS BROOKE AND TUCK!

30th December...Lisa and Chris' Houseparty!!

Lisa, Chris and Me,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Xmas night Lisa and Chris rode their bicycles home from my place... sadly Lisa came a cropper and was in hospital for a couple of hours.. Evidence can be seen in the photos here.... yikes!! Poor thing!! 2 black eyes!! eek!!

Anyway I was down at their place for another great houseparty! There were heaps of cocktails and food and cocktails and chatting and cocktails!! Before I knew it it was 5 am and time to head home.. So what did I do? Yep hop on my bicycle and ride home.... There's a lost hour in there for when I got home it was 6 am and I had a few bruises... hmmm must've been the cocktails.. usually i ride quite well!! hehe.... Howeverilook nothing like poor Lisa and I should've learnt from her example.. but it was fun!!

Xmas Day 2006!

The Xmas tree!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Phew what a day! There were 10 of us for Xmas Lunch, but first thing in the morning was the Champagne Breakfast! Yum! Pancakes, Croissants, French Toast. Yum!

Lunch was Turkey and Beef Roasts with all the vegies. I'd had a great week budgeting and buying food and getting it in order for Xmas. Nadine was the gal with the cooking times so between us we put on a feast fit for ... well maybe 12 people!! heh heh. We were certainly stuffed at the end of it all!

19th Dec Snow Patrol!

The girls at Snow Patrol,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Nadine had gotten me a ticket to see Snow patrol so off to the Wembley Arena we went. It was amisty night and sooo cold!! Thank goodness that with 5000 people inside the arena it soon warmed up. We had seats up the back so had a great view over the arena down onto the floor and to the band.

17th Dec Jo-Anne's Farewell Lunch

Jo-Anne and Michelle,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

So long, farewell, good luck back in OZ! Jo-Anne left London to head back to Perth and settle back there. She'd gotten a good job and so decided to head home. All the best! We had a lovely lunch at the Kensington Roof Gardens and checked out the flamingoes

8th Dec - 10th Dec Kirsti's Sisters visit London

Kaie, Mich and Kairi,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Kaie and Kairi flew in from Estonia for the weekend to see the sights, shop and take photos. We shopped on oxford street, and kings Rd but the most popular by far was Primark in Hammersmith! hehheh

We met up with Barbara and went to Tiger Tiger for the Saturday night. It was one of her friends' birthday's but it was so crowded in there that they went elsewhere and left us to boogie the night away.

The Sunday night I met the girls in Jewel in Piccadilly Circus and we had a couple of drinks. I wasf itting in with the Estonian theme and wearing the Estonian t-shirt the girls gave me. Kaie and kairi seemed to keep running into Estonian people and Jewel was no exception. Mart Sanders who is very popluar over there was in town to give a performance at the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian Embassy. I'd had a couple of drinks by that stage and was quite happy to go up to him and say Teré and Tervesex! (hello and cheers.. not the correct spelling!) and chat for a while. He gave me his CD! Score! Chatted to a couple of Swedish blokes who were quite suprised that I didn't know where Sweden was on the map since I was from Estonia... oops! Corrected them and went out to take photos of St Paul's before heading back to send Kaie and Kairi home.

2nd Dec - 7th Dec Food food and more food in Germany!

MMMM waffles, strawberries and chocolate sauce!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

mmm yum!! I flew from Barcelona to Cologne to take advantage of the Xmas Markets and drink Gluwhein. hoo boy! I stuffed myself silly for 5 days. Waffles, Bratwurst, Potato fritters, chocolate dipped strawberries, pork roll, pretzels and more!

I spent the first day wandering through the Chocolate Museum and around the Xmas markets. Themarkets all started to look the same after a while, but i tasted the Gluwhein numeroustimes!It wasgood. still I prefer the White instead of the red Gluwhein. The Lindt Chocolate Museum was great! Not enough free chocolate samples though.

I had 5 days in Germany so spent the next 3 days exploring Munster, Aachen and Bonn. It was lovely!

The highlight of the trip for me was I think seeing inside St Ursula's Church and seeing the bones on the walls. There is a rich Roman history in Cologne too. During WW2 a bunker was being dug for shelter and they discovered a mosaic from the Roman days... holy moly!

28th Nov - 2nd Dec Barcelona!

Barthelona Barthelona!!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

I headed off for slightly sunnier climes hoping to see the Gaudi Architecture that I'd caught glimpse of 3 years previously. The last time I was there it was scorching hot .. too hot for me... this time it was perfect! About 20 degrees and sunny. I spent a day on the sightseeing bus orientating myself and then walked and metroed it to see Parc Guell, La Sagrada Familia, Casa Batllo, The Dragon gate and more! did the cultural thang and went to the Jean Miro Museum.... but was more interested in the Alexander Calder sculptures!

I took advantage of the hostel activities and watched Flamenco Dancing and ate Tapas. Also took a spanish cooking course and learnt how to make Sangria, Paella and Gazpacho. YUM!

25th November 2006 - 30th Birthday Party!!

Me and my cake,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

If you ever want a great place to go for a party head to Cactus Blue! ( www.cactusblue.co.uk ) it was a great venue and I'd booked out the Sunken Lounge down the back for the evening. It held about 30 people which was fine since I had about 25 throughout the evening. As you can see i got somewhat glamourised and had a fun time pretending to be fabulous dahling!! (except for the random wet patch!!??) I'd made some photo collages of everyone and had them stuck up around the place (did you all see yourselves??) and

Big Thank-You to Lisa who organised the Birthday cake for me it was delicious!!! Sponge cake filled with jam and cream and the champagne bottle was chocolate cake!! Yummo!!!

A big thank-you to everyone who came along and made the night very special to me, I love you all! Cheers to Cactus Blue for a fab venue, great music and yummy nibbles. And here's to everyone else out there!!

Happy 30th to Me!! 23rd Nov 2006

My cake!!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

After a hard days pampering at the Sanctuary Covent Garden it was time to meet the gang and have a lovely mexican meal. It was quite a sedate affair with everyone on their best behaviour and nice clean converstaion.....NOTTTT!!!! Yeah right! We started out the meal as we continued on... Drinking happy hour cocktails and talking trash! heh heh.. Just how I wanted my birthday to be..

18th november 2006 Taryn and Mike's Engagement party!

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Masquerade!!! Paper faces on parade!!

What fun! did we know who the other people were? Who were they? Who were we for that matter! it felt quite strange talking with the mask on as you felt removed from the action.

17th November..the walkie shep bush

The 5 of us!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

What a place to reminisce... how we used to be .... ah to be 24 again!! off to the Walkabout for the night. Shoshanna met up with us.. She's only in for a week before heading back to NZ.. Good night.

Tenielle's Farewell 8th November

Michelle, Tenielle and Nadine,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

Aww sad day. Tenielle has done her 2 years over here and was heading home to Australia to start a new phase in her life (why why??). We all went to the Trafalgar on Kings Road for a few brews and chatted the night away......

Lloyd's galore!! 4th Nov 2006

Lloyd's galore!!,
originally uploaded by michelleeg.

I'd gone up to Birmingham for the weekend to see Ann and Chris before they headed back to Australia. Amy and Mic hosted a mini reunion for the Lloyd's and there was plenty of food and wine to go round. My bro Mick had flown over from Ireland and we had a great night out on the tiles.... Scarily the next we found out there was a shooting not 50 metres from where we ended the night!! oooh!!