Link, Street Sheet and the Wallaby
The title may sound like a campy childrens book but the Wallaby’s vs South Africa game was a strictly grown-up affair. Although not as many moments of brilliance like against the French B-side the other week there is definately a different edge to the Deans-Team. I really look forward to seeing them match up against the All Blacks next weekend, should be a corker of a game.
After watching the game in the morning we decided to take it easy after our 40+ kilometre bike and walk trek yesterday and what better way to rest and recoop but in an 50’s style diner with a traditional ‘country’ style breakfast. Techically it was brunch since we didn’t get make a move until about 11am hoowever the cook at Lori’s Diner must have known we had missed breakfast as he piled on enough food to fuel us for the entire day.
Two fried eggs ( cooked how you like them) on top of two massively and fluffy pancakes and surrounded by three small ‘links’ (sausage) , crispy bacon and freshly made hashbrown. Furthermore there is a piece of watermelon wedged onto the side of the plate which probably contains most of the nutrional value for the meal. Oh yeah, and they give you a tablespoon of whipped butter and a small jug of maple to use however you see fit. It was a coronary delight! It’s great to be able to sit and eat in an ACTUAL diner after seeing them so many times in the movies.
There are so many damn homeless people around this city, every street we go on we see at least one or two and more often than not they are ones we haven’t seen before. We’ve started to notice that some of them carry around a bundle of the same newspapers with them and try to flog them off to people for a buck, at first we thought it might be a scam and that what they are trying to ‘sell’ is actually a free paper (called ‘Street Sheet’) that they’ve picked up from somewhere. As we were sitting around in union square today, a homeless guy quickly came up to us and explained that the paper they sell is actually designed for homeless guys like himself to sell and try and make some money. I think it’s a pretty good idea personally – not that I bought one!
Rob