So here we are 8 months down the track up late, jetlagged and reading back on the posts of a year ago. So much more to add... and the family is bigger, the real estate footprint extends, the satisfaction is ever greater, and opportunities beckon. Time to write a new list in honour of Ben Roberts.

Starting with the music:

• Underworld
• Birds of Tokyo
• The Black Keys
• Jonsi
• Superchunk (thank god they are back...)
• Wilco
• Ryan Adams
• Dead Letter Circus
• St Vincent
• Spirtualized (a rediscovery)
• John Butler Trio
• And dancing time for the kids with Michael Jackson over & over again.
  

12 days on the road, and the strange juxtapositions continue. From a solitary lunch in the breeze at the Antofagasta Harbour to dinner for thirty at Gordon Ramsay at Claridges. Three years into the trading world it is time to reflect, and work on balancing it out.

Some books:

• Sum
• All Under Heaven

Food:

• Burj al Arab - Dubai
• Coco - Santiago
• The Palm - NYC

Will reach into the archives of the last nine months for some photos and highlights.

Lucy's arrival


Margaret River


Iquique

Tuxion Road



Some more to come....