Breakfast Addiction

Okay, so after looking through my recent photos on Instagram/Facebook I realised it looks like i'm running a breakfast food blog. All I can say in my defence is that West End has the BEST cafes, every time we are somewhere else (usually in the city) and need to grab some food, we always want to come back to West End because it really has amazing cafes, plus the prices are quite reasonable too!
This morning we went out for breakfast (at lunch time) to celebrate the fact that I have finally landed a job! Yahoo. It's another job with Lorna Jane, which is good because it's where my experience/knowledge area is in retail. It's at the Toowong store, which is also great because it should only take me around 15-20 minutes to ride my bike there (which will save lots of money of fuel/buses/trains). It takes the pressure off a little financially and I am also really excited to start working with a new team + hopefully make some Brisbane work friends.
Here are some photos from lately....

Lazy Sunday

Sunday was a lazy and quiet day for us in Brisbane. We started our day with a sleep in and poached eggs for breakkie (see photo below). We had our weekly food shop to do, spent some time reading and writing and then did an afternoon bike ride. We rode from West end, through South Bank, through Kangaroo point, over the Story Bridge (which is really impressive!), back through the city, through the botanic gardens over the Goodwill footbridge and back home. It was a great ride, took us around an hour and a quarter and the views across the bridge were great! I sadly didn't take any photos as I didn't take my backpack with me to hold my camera or phone.
Here are some random photos from during the week:
1) our breakfast this morning
2) This is where we swim on Wednesday nights, its right across the road (its at a school) and often we are the only swimmers
3) Breakfast we had a few weeks ago at Mondo Organics in West End
4) The CUTEST greyhound kissing booth at the Davies Park West End Markets. Just adorable!

Boundary Street Friday Nights

Tonight we decided to wander down to the Boundary Street Markets in West End. They run all weekend but we havnt been down on a Friday night yet, and it was really really great! The atmosphere was really good, tonnes of delicious smelling food stalls and live reggae music was playing! We each had juices and I got some Malaysian wontons and James had crepes (he felt like something sweet) and I finished the night with a vegan donut, yum! 

Picnic on the river

Tonight we decided to do something different and to save money we also decided not to go out for dinner. We instead made burgers at home and rode our bikes down to a quiet spot on the Brisbane river just down in west end near our house. We went for an evening walk on Sunday along the river and there were lots of people having picnis and bbqs so we felt inspired. It was lovely eating outside by the river and brisbane manages a teeny tiny afternoon breeze which was lovely & cool. 

Hayley & James