Having discovered that the Bloke and Jim from Onora shared a birthday it was inevitable that we'd go out for dinner. A booking was made to Del Giorno's, a popular and highly regarded cafe/restaurant on Tasman Terrace. Note the homage to explorers and nautical references in some of the street names. It's not far from the intersection with Bligh Street. There is even a Talley-Ho Street. The booking started as one for 4 which then grew to 8, then 10 and finished up as 12.
The Bloke and Jim exchanged little gifts and proceeded to have a fine old time. Now the owner of a
Chicago White Sox baseball cap, this makes the Bloke and Jim officially of the same tribe. It has been the source of hilarity ever since with Wikipaedia research ongoing as to what this might mean. Evidently the last World Series was won in 2005 and the home ground is known as 'The Cell'. For a moment we had raided our Blues Brothers based knowledge of Chicago and wondered if the home field might be Wrigley Field but no: that is the home of
The Cubs, now understood clearly to be our adversaries!
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| Birthday Boys still looking innocent enough |
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| Not a trick photo. The grinder is really that B I G! |
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| Candle for 1 |
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| Candle for 2 - what were the staff thinking! |
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| The Bloke in his cap reading up on baseball |
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| The Chicago White Sox official cap |
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