Characters: Sky - a gambler and heavy drinker. Sarah - a Salvation Army abstinence crusader.
Sky: How 'bout a drink?
Sarah: A milkshake please.
Sky: Dolce De Leche
Sarah: These are delicious! What did you call them?
Sky: Dolce De Leche.
Sarah: Dolce De Leche. What's in it, besides milk?
Sky: Oh, sugar...and a little native flavouring.
Sarah: What's the name of the flavouring?
Sky: Bacardi...
Sarah: It's VERY good. I think I'll have another one...
Sarah: Doesn't Bacardi have alcohol in it?
Sky: Oh, only enough to act as a preservative.
Sarah: You know, this would be a wonderful way to get children to drink milk!
Excerpt from Guys and Dolls, Broadway Cast Recording.
I went up to Sydney ... sheesh, almost a month ago now. How time flies. Anyway, I went to catch up with Emma as I hadn't managed to see her since I'd come back from the UK. Yes, I'm not the best at keeping in touch!
I had a lovely time. Em has a gorgeous new house - she's had it for over a year now but I hadn't seen it before I left. It's a converted barn I think and about 100 years old (?!? Can't remember!). It has real ambiance and so much space... well, the illusion of space at any rate. She kept saying it didn't have all that much floor space but it seemed really big to me, but the illusion is what you want in Sydney and they seem to have enough space for the two of them and any temporary guests. Her and her partner Nik have made it quite homey. And I adored sleeping in the actual queen size bed in their spare room. The one thing I miss the most about living out of a suitcase is my old bed. The space! The Luxury! *sigh*
We didn't do much. Wandered up to Glebe on the Saturday to see the markets. Got our fortunes told. Went to an amazing - I believe it was Spanish - cafe called San Churro that served the Dolce De Leche mentioned in the quote above. And it really is wonderful. It's a caramel flavour sauce which Em and I had served as a side dish along with dipping chocolate to accompany stick-extrusions of crispy donut batter... yum!! Went for another walk on Sunday and saw one of the gardens that the Gorilla Gardeners had erected... interesting, if a tad pointless I thought. Then came home.
Always nice to spend time with friends and I do love catching up with Em. Must do it more often!
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