Adelaide + ?

So today I cracked an egg in my hair. It isn’t exactly as it sounds. I did it on purpose and I was quite organized about it. I was perusing my email inbox this morning when I glanced at one of my many websites/blogs that I get email notifications from and the subject “what to do with your egg yolks” caught my eye. Another food item that I greatly miss is egg whites in a carton. I know it sounds gross but I love egg white omelets and not having to think about what to do with the yolk is a blessing. One amazing thing about the supermarket supplies here is the shredded cheese. They actually carry pre- shredded cheese with amazing flavor! Anyways off track… back to the egg… I eat a lot of egg white omelets and therefore discard a lot of egg yolks. This article’s solution to a discarded egg yolk was to use it as a glaze when making breads or pastries or homemade mayonnaise or use it in your hair as a conditioning product. Well I have noticed that my hair has seemed kinda lackluster lately and so into my hair it went. I let the yolk sink in for 10 min and then washed my hair with cold water (not warm in case it would cook the egg, gross!) and I have to say that after 2 washings I still smell like egg. The upside is that I think my hair does look a little better today but I could just be grasping out for a silver lining…

Back track a few days before I resorted to eggy hair for entertainment- I went to Adelaide last week and had a really nice time. Adelaide is a city of a little over 1 million and the 5^th biggest city in Australia. The central area of the city is called King Williams Street and Steff and I (and her friend Sy) spent two days walking around this area, window shopping and taking in the local culture. It reminded me of Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica: an outdoor mall area with people trying to earn money through various tricks and musical shows. It was nice to have a new place to walk around and hang out with friends. One day Steff’s friend Kristin drove us to hills behind Adelaide and we went for a nice hike up to the top where we could see the city sprawling before us. After sweating a bit Kristin took us to the best pie shop in Adelaide (meat pies, not fruit) and we all sat down with pies and pasties (which is another food Australia is known for but can really credit to the British). To be honest, I am not a huge fan of overcooked meat wrapped in puff pastry but if it is good enough for Harry Potter it is good enough for me!

We stayed with Steff’s friend Steph… ok this is getting a bit confusing, let me explain. Steff’s (my Canadian friend) step mother went on sabbatical in Adelaide a few years ago and they lived next door to Steph. Over the course of this trip Steff met Steph and Kristin who showed her around and then Steph and Steff and Kristin did the same for me. Make sense? : ) Steff and I stayed with Steph (the next door neighbor) who is an incredible woman with 2 adorable and rowdy children. Steph is recently divorced and her new fiancé owns a restaurant in town called Scoozie which had some of the most incredible pasta dishes I have ever had. We ate there two out of the total five nights I was there and I devoured two different dishes. Both had a light tomato sauce with a different mix of veggies and one was topped with shrimp while the other was topped with fresh crab meat. Truly incredible and it was not over priced! I am so used to the over priced gold coast food that these meals seemed almost cheap in comparison! I think that the food (and Steff’s company of course) made the trip 100% worth it!

P.s. I am trying to post more pictures but the blogger thing is misbehaving so I will try again later but I have also posted Adelaide pics on my facebook so check them out there! :)