Caesars this morning with breakfast after the last hockey game of the season.

Friday -Dalmore cigar malt. Matsulem sherry casks used. Very nice.

Followed by pints of Deuchars in Ye Olde Mitre.

Been on a bit of a holiday since thursday, down at the Apollo Bay Music Festival, festival didn't start until Friday night we went downwind got ensconced in house ipon Thursday afternoon, to get ready for others and to suss out a few thing s prior to the crowds arriving late Friday night. A holiday for me is being down by the sea, fully clothed like a normal human being , but at the same time dressed appropriately to convey, I'm not working, and I'm here to relax, and get down and rock, drink, dance, and ingest a bit of hooch as the time and mood permits. So I don't dress standard old Rock dog, livin tha dream, in jeans , boots, band t shirt, earring and shirt hanging out pants. No it's my version of smart casual weekend old rock dog past filtered through a IVY /neat/clean/ age appropriate / sensibility, with an eye on the weather and audience.

So I'm white jeans with sand DBs, no break, white socks, narrow slim chinos khaki, surcingle material belt with subtle two colour stripe, ocbd with guarded stripes in pink and or blue variations, Shuron revelations with clip on sunnies for shades, no hat, short unlined G4 style thin cotton jacket, mostly, with red car coat,/hip length wind
jacket.

There's an important marker in apollo bay of when I am officially on holidays. And that is, buying all at the papers and that includes the Fin Review, Australian, aAGE, and local papers from small towns around where I used to live   And the repairing to pub beer garden out front in the sun overlooking the sea and surf. And, this is the vital cog, drinking a pint , or two, of GuiNess whilst reading the papers, before lunch.

After lunch more Guiness, served by nice young Irish expat out here for work, who knew how to make a portagaf properly. So with much urging from Ms fxh who consumes portagafs like health yoghurt drinks, I too was pressured into drinking many, many more pints of Guiness.

The other visitors begin to arrive and pull out from mysterious bags and nooks in their cars, champagne, cheese, red and white wine, pastrami, olives, Parma, a prosciutto etc. and German beer, plus beer from local artisan micro brewery. We drink while planning which music to see. Then prior to setting out for night session on the 3k walk into town we fire up a couple of blunts/cones/doobies/spliffs , whatever they are know as.

Ah ready for the music..

I did pick up 4 beautiful floor length kimonos in great materials and designs. Second hand from Japan, $10 each, to use as dressing gowns. Some silk , some cotton.

J. Bouchon sauvignon blanc
Billi Billi shiraz

With dinner, Doppio Passo red; after dinner, Grand Marnier Cent Cinquantenaire

* blue-green algae
* organic walnut milk