Usual Sunday Bliss

Again, I ventured into Hardiman's for my usual Sunday night.

It's a long weekend here in Melbourne, so I took some friends with me, Geoff (drummer with Beyond Therapy), Janine from work, and I also met up with Amanda and Al.

Now, it's a very funny story how I came to catch up with Amanda after 23 years! Amanda and I went to high school together (up to Grade 10) in Tasmania. I left school and did a hairdressing apprenticeship and I'm not sure what Amanda did.

The very first night I ever went to Hardiman's, I went on my own, and settled myself in on the Chesterfield to listen to the music (not sure who it was that night). I saw this couple on the sofa across from me and the girl looked really familiar! After a while I plucked up the courage to go ask her if her name was Amanda and shock horror she said yes AND she recognised me too (which concerned me somewhat because I was really hoping I had changed A LOT)! So there you have it, 23 years later, in a small pub in suburban Melbourne I bump into an old school friend.

I'm really looking forward to Amanda and Al's birthday party soon...lots of nice new people who don't know me :)

Because of the long weekend I suspect, the downstairs bar was packed again, we managed to get a table and enjoy some yummy food (steak for me, risotto for Geoff and spring rolls for Janine), a few glasses of wine of course and the inimitable talents of Paul, Wendy and Michael to chill to.

Geoff was a first-timer and suitably impressed and has vowed to bring the rest of the band to check them out soon as well :) A job well done I think - single-handedly building the fan base of my favourite trio :)

I know I keep going on about it - but really if you like your music live and acoustic then you can't go wrong at Hardiman's on a Sunday night. Absolutely the best! Lots of stuff you will be able to sing along to (if that's your bent) and a heap of stuff that you wont know but will have to go hunt down after you've heard it! If you fancy yourself as a bit of a twinkletoes, there's plenty of dancing to be had too...really there's something for everyone!

Look forward to seeing you there!

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