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<\/a><\/p>\nOn Thursday night while Jen was at Zara’s hens night, I caught up with my friend Nick.\u00a0 Nick was one of the first friends I made in Brisbane, from the first company I worked at – Orange Mobile in 2004.\u00a0 It’s kinda ridiculous to think I’m still at the same company <\/em>eight years later although its since merged with 3 and then Vodafone.\u00a0 Nick is one of those guys that I just naturally seem to have everything in common with and I can meet up with him once every couple of years and we can just chat like old times, talking crap about sports, video games, movies, music, politics, family and whatever else.\u00a0 He took me around Darlinghurst and King’s Cross on a pretty decent pub crawl.\u00a0 Although I don’t recall the name of a single pub we went to, there was a nice mix of old-timey pool halls, a Mexican tequila place and a thing on Oxford Street that had an open air rooftop beer garden.\u00a0 A great way to start the break.<\/p>\n For lunch on Friday, I took Jen to Quay.\u00a0 Quay is on the waterfront overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.\u00a0 You might recall I went there<\/a> last year when it was ranked among the fifty best restaurants in the world.\u00a0 While it was amazing the first time, it was a bit random having a romantic candlelit dinner for two with my boss Scott.\u00a0 This time I took Jen during a lovely clear autumn day and we did the full degustation.\u00a0 I wanted Jen to experience the famous snow egg dessert.\u00a0 I’m happy to say that she got her chance and she loved it.<\/p>\n That night, I took Jen to the first ever opera that either one of us have ever seen.\u00a0 We went with Verdi’s La Traviata<\/em>.\u00a0 As you can probably imagine, I don’t know the first thing about opera.\u00a0 So the prospect of a three hour performance wasn’t exactly my idea of a typical Friday night out.\u00a0 Fortunately, we got front row seats to an 11 million dollar open air production where it doesn’t really matter if you can’t appreciate the nuances of the singers and their vocal craftsmanship because this<\/p>\n .\u00a0 La Traviata<\/em> is basically the same story as Moulin Rouge<\/em> and let me tell you, it was quite the spectacle.<\/p>\n On Saturday was Zara and Nick’s wedding.\u00a0 The service was held at St James church in the city.\u00a0 It went off without a hitch and there was a really lovely reception afterwards at Catalina in Rose Bay.\u00a0 I really got to know Zara for the first time way back in 2003 at the same time that I met Jen.\u00a0 Zara was there at our wedding in 2009 and now it was great to come full circle and be there for hers.<\/p>\n Then:<\/p>\n Now:<\/p>\n On Sunday, we had a big breakfast.<\/p>\n Then visited the Gallery of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n And by chance I bumped into Oliver Morgan Varlow!\u00a0 We caught up and had some beers at a pub.\u00a0 It’s the first time I’ve chatted with the guy in a few years.\u00a0 He told me he was finishing up his tertiary education (several course changes, nine years) and when he finished up, he was going to start a spa and rehab clinic with his girlfriend in Kingscliff.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n