But alas, it's summer Down Under. Hot, humid, sweaty summer. I continue to try and reconcile the seasons and the holidays, it's an ongoing thing clearly. MacBoyfriend reckons it got to 31 Celsius (that's about 88 Fahrenheit) yesterday, but with the humidity it felt way hotter. At 11 a.m. I was sitting in my unairconditioned house dripping, not attractive, I know, but these are the cold-hard facts (pun intended). Funnily enough, we did add an air conditioner to the bedroom yesterday, and just in the nick of time.
But yesterday was SO hot it required a trip to the cinema to escape the heat and get into the a/c. We chose Argo. And am I ever glad we did. It was AH-mhaz-ing. I have a lot to learn about the Middle East and America's role. To that end, I'm armed with knowledge in the form of books. For some reason our library has a plethora of history books on China (because it is Ashfield afterall), Afghanistan and Iraq. I dove right in, so watch this space to see what comes out.
After the movie we tottered off to quench our Mexican thirst, and MacBoyfriend's thirst for a margarita. We have a few tried and true Mexican's in Glebe, but we tried something different in Surry Hills, El Loco. The tiny tacos are a little pricey, but delicious. We had a carne asada (beef/salsa/queso), pork with pineapple salsa and a prawn/salsa/pico de gallo. MacBoyfriend had two serves of chips, salsa and guac over another taco. Washed down with some Dos Equis Amber, it was a perfect way to end a very hot day.
On another note, it has come to my attention that it has been one year, and sadly only 25 posts, for A Leg Up. And hopefully another year to come.
