Last week we had a social meeting

Last week we had a social meeting - no formalities, no speaker, just a good chin wag at a different location.  We met at the Paradox Coffee Roasters, a cafe inside the Transit Centre in Surfers Paradise. Good to enjoy a change from the traditional Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Hash Browns and Mushrooms to exotic stuff such as a wide variety of Bread & Bagels, 'Proper Cheese and Toast', 'Fluffy Omelette from Free Range Eggs with Toowoomba Tomato', even a "Brekkie Salad, consisting of Poached egg with lemon dressed garden leafs, Byrons Bay crispy bacon, blistered tomatoes" [they walked all the way from Toowoomba wearing unsuitable shoes], "English style black pudding" [the Germans invented black pudding - they call it Blut Wurst (Blood Sausage) - far more descriptive in your Bulletin Editor's humble opinion...]

 

Host John Franich brought our recently arrived Youth Exchange Student from Italy, Martina Missarelli along.  And just to prove that one should never stereotype anyone: Not all Italians are living on Espresso, Capuccino, Latte or Macciato: the lady drinks tea!

 

There were other highly educational delights (that is, if you were fortunate to sit next to the right people): Ordinary plebeians, such as your Editor, would never notice what causes the heart rate of erudite artistic people such as DGN Darrell Brown to rise to ecstacy levels: the brassy colour of the lampshades matches the two tone cutlery, their shape matches the plates and to top it off, the brass and polished metal tables are not just for easy cleaning, they also match the colour of the cutlery.  It was very tempting indeed to souvenir a fork (the lamp shades being too high up on the wall), but on reflection, I opted for a serviette instead.