Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

…so far… BBQ Boss & Noodle – Seriously, that’s the name. This little gem is a very clean hole-in-the-wall Korean restaurant in West Ryde, on Victoria Rd. just up the street from Tommy Thai Smile. It does not seem to exist on the web, even in eatability (I will have to go change that). Its […]

On Sunday, we rented a car and drove south down the coast. It was spectacular. Some of the beaches looked very similar to some of the northern Oregon beaches I grew up with, so I felt immediately at home. Annotated photos of our day here: http://picasaweb.google.com/redowa/SydneySevenMileBeach# Big huge thanks to Christy L. for her simple […]

On Saturday, we wandered around the North Shore of Sydney, which felt super friendly, a bit sleepy, but most of all very pretty. Loads of photos of our walk, starting here: http://picasaweb.google.com/redowa/SydneyWanders#5318776652286557074 We followed the Loney Planet suggested walk, which took us from the Neutral Bay ferry stop to the Taronga Zoo ferry stop, through […]

I am sitting on the balcony of our apartment right now, in the midst of a spectacular lightning storm. Huge bolts in yellow, blue, orange, and purple; peals of thunder like being under a flight path, and absolutely NO RAIN (yet). This is the first time I’ve ever been in a thunderstorm where the electricity […]

This past Sunday, Deb and I took a daytrip up to Palm Beach (Map). It took us about an hour and a half to get there by bus. We took the train from Edgecliff station just a few blocks from our apartment to Town Hall in downtown Sydney, and walked a couple blocks from there […]

It’s the SHOES-ZAH! Everybody here commutes in Havaianas. Ok, not everybody. (And there are also “Austrianas” — you can guess what those are.) But seriously — I find wearing Havaianas to be like slowly sawing your toes off with a plastic knife…and yet tons o’ people here walk a mile or more in ’em to […]

Walking. It’s a lot of walking. My usual morning routine at home was a 30 – 45 min run, then stretch/shower/get dressed, then a 20 – 30 min bike ride to work. So I ‘m not exactly a slacker in the commute department. Here, I get my 30 min run in, stretch/shower/get dressed, then either […]

We did the Sydney move this weekend and it was a bit hilarious. Not Chicago-union-hilarious, but still along the lines of “you gotta laugh, otherwise you’ll cry…” First of all the movers were late, but claimed they couldn’t call us for lack of phone reception (which is also why they didn’t respond to our calls). […]

Deb arrived in Sydney on Wednesday the 4th, and started moving into our apartment a bit each day after work.  I got in on Monday the 9th, just missing Deb’s birdthday, and what sounded like a wonderful harbor cruise on the new boat of a Sydney Googler.  But I came bearing small, packable presents, and […]