london // things i miss Posted by Helena

things i miss about london

• my friends
• pret ham, bacon, cheese and tomato croissants
• big red buses
• walking everywhere
• random celebrity spotting (yes, i really walked past andrew garfield and he was just as dreamy in real life)
• cheap berries
• cheap gigs
• cheap books
• seeing the london eye while walking across one of the bridges

things i'm enjoying about brisbane

• family and friends
• avocados
• sushi
• asian food

so there's a bit of a discrepancy in the lists at the moment...

music gig // MT @ ridley road market bar Posted by Helena

My dear friend Mikey had a residency with his band MT at Ridley Road Market Bar (back in June now... whoops - delayed post!) and we finally made it along to see him. He is incredible! He was in a band a few years ago called Yves Klien Blue and they were pretty successful in Australia. I really dig his new stuff. His voice is somewhat reminiscent of Brandon Flowers and all of his songs are so catchy. He's got amazing great stage presence and you literally can't take your eyes off him - probably helped because he's always bouncing around, climbing up on things and wandering into the crowd! He's already supported Pete Doherty twice (yeah, Pete Doherty!) and Adrian Grimshaw and I think things are only on the up and up for him!






















And the delicious pizza from Homeslice.



And a dodgy video I took of Mikey's cover of Teardrops.

MT links // official, facebook, twitter.

nyc // spotted... Posted by Helena

Spotted: Dan Humphrey skateboarding in Brooklyn. No really, I saw Penn Badgley. He nearly ran us over as we crossed the street today!

I've been so silent of late, but I've been globe trotting! I went to Turkey for 10 days, back to London for 48 hours, then flew to New York. I leave for home (Australia home) tomorrow and then I'll have plenty of time to blog. Expect a lot of photos!