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14March2011 09:14

another great discovery session with richard gill and the @sydsymph sinfonia (scarily talented bunch!); liszt decades ahead of his time

14March2011 05:33

haven't quite finished raphaël's story and I'm developing my next book already #uhoh

14March2011 04:28

dug out the old menu especially for an espresso shot in my cocktail @GrasshopperBar (@ Grasshopper) http://4sq.com/ehC9pa

13March2011 00:43

up against said misinformation, world nuclear news have a useful, sane explanation of what's going on at http://j.mp/eGgu4h /via @Interdome

12March2011 22:33

sad to see the hysteria prompted by reactor misinformation; even if it's proved that nuclear can be contained, it'll set back the cause

12March2011 12:42

lost the hillsbus roulette; getting home is gonna be ugly (@ Town Hall) http://4sq.com/dSq1ZD

12March2011 11:58

enjoyed @sydsymph doing mahler 7; final movement was great, very powerful; plus sayaka shoji on mendelssohn's violin concerto excellent

11March2011 22:59

published a final travel log and three sets of holiday photos: http://wintermute.com.au/bits/2011-03/travel-log-viii/

11March2011 11:25

nice dinner and drinks to close out the evening; it's been 52 hours since I woke up in london and now it's time to sleep soundly

10March2011 20:45

stupid bucket thing dived under the car; we had to jack up the car to retrieve it, partly friction-burnt down yfrog.com/h8hpladj

10March2011 19:59

made it back to sydney! only just hitting me how long it's been; am a little bit worried about how warm it is at only 7am

06March2011 21:05

finally saw animal kingdom! had high expectations and was mostly excellent, but ending felt too thrown together, as if unsure how to close

06March2011 14:34

fancy treadmill reported an avg running HR around 180 for half an hour; by its reported scale that should've killed me #somethingbroken

05March2011 20:50

nearly took the other door, marked "shopping" yfrog.com/gzhkosqj

05March2011 20:42

ugh twitter for iphone is really buggy, and I've only been using it a few mins?! new autocomplete and trends features mis-behaving randomly

05March2011 19:35

great breaky so back for dinner (@ Urban Angel Café) http://4sq.com/iak6HS

05March2011 16:29

picked up a couple of french film festival tickets; les petits mouchoirs and des dieux et des hommes both hit my radar while in france

04March2011 15:03

I miss the twang; why I fly qantas RT @tbearosaurus @PeterMHoward just wait till you are once again surrounded by that charming aussie twang

04March2011 14:51

whiskey time! (@ Teuchters) http://4sq.com/dVS21n

04March2011 10:28

in a french cafe in edinburgh surrounded by parisian- and provincial-french speakers; it's confusing my brain; I thought I left paris behind

03March2011 19:44

in edinburgh; had no idea what to expect and am astounded by how beautiful this city is; all cliffs and dark stone and great architecture

03March2011 14:21

on the train to edinburgh; funnily enough 4sq can't locate the train as it passes through the middle of nowhere

03March2011 09:04

LSO's mahler was accompanied by a piece featuring cellist mario brunello; incredibly emotional interpretation; loved his encore solo too

03March2011 09:01

saw LSO perform mahler 9 last night; beautifully poignant piece, delightfully captured — looking forward to @sydsymph doing same in may

01March2011 12:35

about to head home and pack paris into my bag; a daunting prospect; packing to come here was easier, and it's not that I've been shopping

01March2011 11:31

here for one last nice meal (@ Kong) [pic]: http://4sq.com/dPgfu5

28February2011 14:51

last parisian writing session today; just posted a wrap-up entry I wrote yesterday: http://wintermute.com.au/bits/2011-03/travel-log-vii/

26February2011 15:56

around 52k now and I've the remainder all plotted out; crazy watching it march inexorably towards its conclusion; difficult but v exciting

26February2011 15:42

real (good) martinis in paris! le fumoir, in the 1e; good coffee & atmosphere to boot; probably good for me I didn't find this place earlier

23February2011 16:19

approaching 50k words and just broke my two stories' first acts; more than half the story told tho, so need to re-work the old 3-act outline

17February2011 19:10

on the train about to leave reims for paris; has been an odd couple of days, mixing nostalgia and a little something like revulsion

16February2011 21:17

instead of "let us pray" priest here (written in paris) says, translated, "let us gather our prayers"; I like it; simple, familiar, communal

16February2011 20:26

didn't think mixed waiters could offer good service, nor that reims could offer a great meal; was a pleasant surprise to have one of my best