http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au Last refuge of the brunching wombats Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:50:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 3 out of 5 I enjoy stage musicals but in my opinion they don't transfer well to the big screen.  On stage you can see that the scenery is fake, the costumes are fake and the singing is for real.  On film the scenery is for ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/07/12/film-mama-mia/ 3 out of 5 Nice food, nice staff and not expensive. Will probably go again. ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/07/12/valentinos-restaurant-heathmont/ Topical posts are at least six months old, current post are never replied to - perhaps because they don't appear for days.  And if you do reply that doesn't appear for days either. I can't be sure this will ever appear but there's always the hope that someone, somewhere out there ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/06/24/nook-worst-site-ever/ Henry's Restaurant 2 out of 5 Mother's Day lunch at Henry's Restaurant, Bayswater.  Table was booked for 12.30 but most were there by 12.15, 4 kids and 11 adults.  We got our starters at about 1 p.m. (except they forgot 1 prawn salad), the kids had their ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/05/13/how-long-is-too-long/ 3 out of 5 Not a bellyaching laugh but a little light froth.  The plot follows the St Trinians tradition of a poorly run school, where both pupils and staff are borderline criminals, threatened with closure by the education minister.  Anyone old enough to have seen ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/04/19/film-st-trinians/ 4 out of 5 Anyone contemplating going on a diet should make this bar their last stop. The food portions are enormous ! We went there for a late weekday lunch, after the rush. The place was clean and the service friendly. You get ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/04/19/elephant-and-wheelbarrow-pub-bourke-street/ 4 out of 5 In a word: deep, very deep. Babel is a multi-threaded tale set in Morocco, Tokyo and USA/Mexico. A Japanese businessman, at the end of a hunting trip in Morocco, gives the guide his rifle as a gift.  The guide sells it to his neighbour ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/03/11/film-babel/ Anyone going to the chilli fest at Jindivick this weekend ? Anyone going to the ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/02/13/chilli-and-tequila-anyone/ Film 1 out of 5 In a word  - disappointing.  The trails promise much but the film delivers little. Ten years, yes ten years, after a bio-engineered virus has killed 90% of the world population and turned 9.99% into flesh eating zombies Will Smith is still searching for ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2008/01/26/i-am-legend/ Some years ago my uncle died and my aunt fell on hard times.  To help her out I let her move into my late mother's house, rent-free. Before this we hadn't been real close but now I got introduced to her circle of friends: this is Joe, Mary, Pete, Eileen, Bill, ... http://hannahsgranpa.nook.com.au/2007/12/21/a-true-christmas-tale/