Our weekend: fashion show, Leederville, etc

In a strange twist, I ended up going to the EveryWoman Expo with friends on Friday night, but I only saw the fashion show, because we didn’t get there until 7pm and the show didn’t finish till 8.30pm. Even while we were walking to the exit there wasn’t anything to see or freebies to get, because all the stalls were packed up, ha ha!

We went to the fashion show, because a friend was a model in it. It was good, because I’d never been to a fashion show before, and it was interesting. They even had little toddlers modelling, so cute! The show was organised by Metro Modelling, who have offices all over Perth.

While I was waiting for my friends beforehand, I had a look around the big foyer area of the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. There are a lot of meeting and ball rooms on the left side. There was also an art exhibition in one area, and lots of art displayed throughout the foyer. What a shame though, that the design of the whole thing (outside of it, mainly), is so, well, ugly, and that it doesn’t take advantage of the great position next to the Swan River! Very strange! Hmm, I’ve just been reading the website, and the ballrooms and one of the foyers do have views of the Swan, apparently. I think the whole big foyer should have been on that side, but I’m not an architect, and I guess they would’ve had their reasons…Anyway, after that we went to see The Da Vinci Code in the cinema in the city. I noticed a sushi place next door where they have all the plates going around on a moving ‘thing’(can’t think of the word!). Will have to check that out some time, just for the novelty of it!

I hadn’t read the book, so the movie was ok, and I didn’t think it was too complicated.

When I got home at midnight, Pascal and my brother were up watching The Netherlands play in the World Cup. They won (of course?), but it was still exciting towards the end.

Last night we celebrated a friends birthday in Leederville. We had dinner at Giardini’s, and Italian Restaurant on Oxford St. I’m not good at reviews (because I like nearly everything!), but I liked it, nice, but not to posh. Pascal had a risotto, and I had the cannelloni. They had nice cakes for desert, but my friend and I went for a strawberry cocktail instead…..

Because after dinner we headed over to the Leederville Hotel for a whole night of dancing! It had a been a while…! And I was expecting to feel a bit out of place between all the really young people, but it wasn’t that bad at all, and there were also plenty of older songs and rock (more our style) songs played. A good night out! And when we left, we were lucky enough to get a taxi just after walking around the corner to Oxford St!