After helping my mother move Dad’s excessive DVD collection to the new house, we met my sister and went for a relaxing, child-free(!), coffee at the newish cafe at Speers Point Park, Sal’s by the Lake.

Mum and Jen each got the coffee and cake for $7.

They look like Sara Lee cakes to me!

Tall foam! (I went back this weekend for takeaway coffee, but they’re run out of soy milk. At midday. *sadface*)

I was mid juice cleanse so I sipped my lemongrass and ginger tea, before scouting out the new playground. It looks awesome!
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Sometimes I feel like I live in a little country town. One where the guy at the charcoal chicken knows I want a quarter wing and a small greek salad, the guy at the coffee shop knows it’s a large soy latte, no sugars, and the girls at the beautician know how to do my waxing.

So, of course, I was also excited to find out how the renovated Penshurst Deli would turn out, with the middle way, and cake display.

We got there too late on a Friday afternoon to order any meals off the menu, but Rish went a very creamy New York Cheesecake. Presented on a surfboard.

And I stuck with a coffee.

Yummy all around, the cake defeated Rish though.

The have ALL THE SUGARS.
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Back to Beyond Q, Curtin. And their purrty cups. “They’re” threatening to knock that block of shops down *sadface* For the future, or something…

This gluten free orange and almond cake was delish. And because Hannah doesn’t “do” citrus cakes, I didn’t even have to share ;)
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Yay! I have my netbook back! So now, before I get completely snowed under by the moving away from Canberra thing, I’m going to share some of the awesome cake and coffee yums that we had at Cream a couple of weeks ago for the bloggers’ meet :D
COFFEE:


HOT CHOCOLATE:

(complete with choc buttons melting in the bottom of the cup)
CAKEAGE:

My gluten and dairy free citrus cake.



The popular Mars Bar cheesecake
CHOCOLATE CROISSANT:

Before
and
After

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Since I so won’t get to write up a post about the Nuffnang Canberra blogger meetup we organised for aages, you should go read Hannah’s post on it.
And comment on how cool this pic is:

Was great to meet everyone!! :)
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My Mum’s the Queen!
With a detour via Sydney on the way to check out some job leads, and arriving back close to midnight last night, the weekend was a rather long long weekend.

I wanted to get the Miley cake…

It was loved anyways ;)


Swans Colours

Subtle flavours

I put my icy fingers on his neck and then he kept making me keep doing it!!

A dinner at Grind on Darby Street

My made up breakfast at Hippo at Warners Bay.

The coffee I didn’t spill all over myself. Liam (the toddler) spilled two. I only spilled one. Grace does not come with age in my family!

Mum had a avocado salsa dish with a poached egg.

Looking forward to being closer, getting there at bit more!
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There’s something about St Kilda, and making yourself ill on creamy cakes.


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For a friend’s birthday last weekend, we had a bit of a rolling afternoon/evening. Started with lunch at Delissio’s in Braddon.

I ordered gnocchi and Rish went for a vegetarian roast vegetable pizza. I wasn’t overly fussed on the gnocchi (it was okay) but OMG the taste in the pizza. I happily stole a couple of slices of that! ;) I think it was the tangy goat’s cheese that did it for me :)

Being a birthday lunch, I just had to have coffee and cake – flourless orange cake often grabs me!

And I just loved the little cup my latte came in – mug-like, but still latte-esque, with the lack of handles. Good thing too, as it was after 3pm by then, and was starting to get a bit chilly out!

(and here are my home made pizzas from last night… before being ovened… there was kinda too much cheese on the bocconcini one :p Even did the dough myself – in the bread maker, of course!) [click to continue…]
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