DINNER WITH A VIEW, A new EBOOK as well as one more buddy HITS THE 4 0

as well as right here we are in may again! I’m starting to freak out a bit bit if the reality be known. I was expecting to have had so much much more done before now. It’s truly taken a long time for this year to get up on its toes.

Still, this month is looking good!

We’ve got travel plans, Mrs romance has just released a brand new ebook, I’ve got my very first appropriate speaking gig coming up at Vivid… as well as of program it’s my birthday this month too. So yes, May’s looking much much more like the year I was hoping for!

Anyway, on to our newest Instagram Diary. when once again full of beautiful views, tasty food as well as our travel recap at the end.

Enjoy!

Tonight we’re checking out a part of town we don’t typically believe of as a charming dinner option. We’re typically just hopping off the ferry as well as heading with circular Quay, which is a bit silly really, when you’ve got views of the Harbour Bridge as well as – a bit even more round – the Opera House.

We’ve come to Eastbank cafe to inspect out their new menu – as well as the fantastic views as well of course! It’s a beautifully remove night – ideal for a charming evening in the city.

We’ve got a killer table best at the front of the restaurant. It’s not as well hectic tonight, as well as the personnel have got time to stay as well as chat with us for a bit bit, which is excellent.

Our mixed drinks are going down well as we eye up the menu. I’m believing a few of their tender calamari fritti, a woodfired pizza as well as possibly one of the salads they do here.

We’ve just come from the Dendy cinema next door (we’ve made the most of the tight-arse Tuesday prices!) so it’s taking us ages to get with the menu. We’re likewise just stunned at exactly how great it is having dinner here. For years, we’ve been under the perception that this whole area was just an over-priced traveler trap.

What we’re discovering tonight is rather the opposite. Yes, the costs right here are a bit higher than typical – however then you’ve got this view. The service is friendly as well as attentive, the food is absolutely tasty as well as the crowd is surprisingly local. In truth I believe there are possibly three tables of tourists in the place. everybody else is either out on a date like us, out with household or having a company dinner. The environment is really rather lovely.

Well done, Eastbank!

Don’t be fooled by the photo. Yes, I’m up early sufficient to take this sunrise photo, however I’ve now gone back to bed as well as – now that I’ve edited this beautiful view – I’m going back to sleep.

It’s no trick that Mrs romance as well as I like cheese. It’s the best. We have cheese dinners every now as well as then, as well as the cheese plate at the end of a dinner celebration is always my preferred thing to bring out.

There’s a knack to producing a truly great cheese board though, so as we’ve had so much practice, we believed we’d share our pearls of cheesy wisdom with you.

Here’s our trick weapon for making the supreme cheese board.

So this is extremely interesting indeed: Mrs romance has just introduced her newest ebook! coming from her incarnation as The Hair behind Hair Romance, Mrs R’s published what I believe is her finest book yet – as well as I ought to know; I’ve proofed as well as edited them all!

This one – 30 Days of Curly Hair – is a guide to assisting women (and long-haired lads!) with curly locks. There are suggestions on exactly how to care for your curls as well as over 35 different methods to style your hair so your curls are getting the interest they deserve.

Check out the information on Mrs R’s newest publish about the book here.

Alternatively, you can go directly to the shop here. She’s running a discount rate offer for the next 2 weeks only, where you can get this book for 33% off the routine price.

Today is our mate Paul’s 40th birthday party. I can’t believe so numerous of my buddies are hitting the huge 4 0. Not that it implies anything of course. As an old household buddy utilized to say: ‘you’re only as old as the lady you feel.’ He’s in prison now, of course, however I type of get his sentiment. None of my buddies who are 40 or over state they feel any type of different to when they were 30.

Anyway, one thing’s for sure, it’s a fantastic reason for celebration.

We’re out in Newtown tonight in the Continental Deli Bar as well as Bistro. The pre-packed mixed drinks they do right here all are available in the old-style Continental soup tins, which is rather novel.

The food is outstanding though and, if you’re searching for somewhere that’s doing whatever a bit different, this is your place.

They even do awesome things with your dessert!

This week’s travel recap

Each week we go back in time over a few of our preferred travel destinations utilizing never-before-seen pictures of our travels. Here’s where we’ve been looking back on this week.

There’s something about the feta cheese in the salads in Greece. You can’t discover it anywhere else – it’s just not rather the same. I utilized to go to Greece rather a great deal with my people when I was a youngster however this was the very first time Mrs romance as well as I ever explored this gorgeous country.

Here’s much more on where went, what we did as well as what occurred when we did it!

Mrs romance likes showing me shots such as this one. It was when she went to the spectacular One as well as only Hayman Island resort in Queensland. Without me!

Of program I’m not jealous. I’m… extremely please that she was… able to experience such high-end as well as natural beauty… as well as was able to find as well as tell me all about. once again as well as again. as well as again.

Here’s much more of what Mrs R got as much as on Hayman Island. Without me.

Tuscany is one of the most gorgeous parts of Italy. as well as at its heart is this fantastic ancient walled city San Gimignano (pronounced ‘jim-in-yano’). The towers you can see are central to this city’s identity. There utilized to be 200 of them however over the centuries they’ve all been destroyed. All however the few you still see.

Fore much more information on San Gimignano – as well as the rest of Tuscany – inspect out our guide to going to this captivating Italian province here.

Paris at sunset can be the most amazing location on earth. The colours as well as light with this many charming city, the river, the buildings… it’s incredible. If you such as this shot, you’ll like Mrs Romance’s publish on Paris – a story with Stills, where she shares a few of her preferred photos.

I wasn’t as offered on Paris to begin with however. however then Mrs romance showed me the error of my methods as well as made me like it practically as much as she does. Here’s exactly how ‘my spouse made me like Paris’.

London’s – as well as in truth Western Europe’s – tallest building is currently The Shard. It’s a splendid monolith that towers high above the city. From the top you can see method past the city limits out across the countryside. We were lucky to have one of the few remove days (that blue stuff is what the sky appears like on the other side of the grey you’re most likely utilized to, London!) as well as the views were superb.

We likewise explored a few of the other methods you can see London from on high. Here’s what we found.

Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – a gothic buying precinct directly opposite Milan’s Duomo. The duomo is one of Europe’s many essential gothic buildings – as well as the Galleria doesn’t look out of location next to it. Such a gorgeous piece of architecture.

And that’s not all you can perform in Milan, of course. right here are our top 10 things to perform in one of the fashion capitals of the world.

And now it’s over to you. How’s your week been? has 2016 disappeared as rapidly as mine so far? have you had any type of great meals this week just gone? tell us in the comments!

Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance through Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance, @HairRomance, @Christina.Butcher – Mrs R’s Insta account as well as @AngryBastard of course!