As I drove my four year old 2006 Lexus IS250 Sports Luxury into the Lexus of Brighton delivery area this afternoon, the odometer reached 6300 kms exactly.
My new car was awaiting me in the showroom.
That’s me with Bernard (accent on the second syllable, please, as he’s originally from France) in front of the new are. It’s Bernard who managed to convince me to make the changeover, only 12 days ago. I had taken my car to Lexus of Brighton for its annual service. When I returned in the early afternoon to collect my car after its service, I wandered over to the showroom to see the latest IS250 model. I said I was “just looking” but Bernard explained to me how I could upgrade to the latest IS250 for a relatively modest cost (far less than I expected).
The thing is that 2006 there were only 3 [...]
Here’s a photo taken on 3rd August 2006 at my Lexus dealer’s showroom when I took delivery of my IS250 Sports Luxury with more amazing features than I could poke a stick at (as the saying goes). And as it [...]
Today is a great day to write about some iPhone apps, because Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, announced the iPhone 4 today. It’s a sensational update, and the good news is that the new iOS 4 software will be a [...]
This evening I cooked a 926gm piece of Virginia beef in my Kuhn Rikon frypan pressure cooker on top of the gas stove. This is the first time since last October that I’ve cooked beef in the pressure cooker on [...]
On Wednesday (two days ago) it was seven months since I bought my portable Breville Ikon Induction Cooker (model BC200). Since the day I bought it the Breville has sat on a cutting board on top of my gas [...]
The thumbnail picture for this post on my blog home page is a beautiful view of Florence at sunset. I’ve never been to Italy, but I did fly over it on my way home from [...]
The blog home page thumbnail image for this post looks the same as the image on the post page, except for the colour of the book cover.
But take a closer look. The main author is [...]
This post was originally on my website home page, but I’ve now moved it here as a continuation of the induction hob posts.
This video will show you why induction cooking impresses me, and is still [...]
On Sunday afternoon I followed up one the suggestions in my books, which Ralph also gave a week or two ago, and I looked at an Italian newspaper online. I did a Google search to find Italian [...]
It’s only last Thursday that I drove to Chadstone shopping centre – the biggest in the Southern hemisphere – to buy the Italian for Dummies Audio Set. It’s an audio course with 3 CDs [...]
The Italian word for milk is latte. Many of you already know that from ordering you coffee from Italian restaurants and coffee shops.
I prefer my coffee black, but I do like milk with [...]
One of the early lessons I learned is that when an Italian word has double consonants, such as penne, one must be careful to emphasise the double consonants. The word pene has a different meaning. [...]
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