Christmas is now just a week away. The lawyers in my team went for a Christmas lunch yesterday. We were at the Hellenic Republic in Brunswick. It is the relatively famed restaurant owned and run by George Colambaris, he of the Master Chef TV series fame. One of the lawyers caught a glimpse of him driving away in a beemer – probably just dropped in to collect the takings. The food was very good and it was a very nice place, except that the hard surfaces all around (unadorned white washed brick wall, marble top tables, open stainless grill kitchen) made for a very noisy restaurant. Business was bustling so the decibels were well and truly up.

We started lunch late – just a bit after 2pm, and stayed till just after 4pm. We headed for home after that and en route from Melbourne Central to Blackburn station, the skies opened up and dumped a massive amount of rain – so much that when I hit Blackburn, the brolly was useless. This summer has been like this so far. Except for a stinker a few days ago when it almost hit 39 deg, it has been a relatively mild start. This morning for example it was only 10 deg when I pulled out of the driveway. It is only 23 deg max today, which has been brilliant. I hope it stays that way for the rest of the summer!