It’s hard to pick out the happiest of happy things but this is my list of 2023 highlights (excluding books and holidays).
Best Films
01. Merkel
02. Barbie
03. Ama Gloria
04. Maestro
05. Wicked Little Letters
Best Things I Watched on TV
01. Bad Sisters
02. America’s Cup doco
03. Shrinking
04. Wellmania
05. Somebody Somewhere S2
06. The Deepest Breath doco
07. Colin From Accounts
Best Things I Listened To
01. Wet Leg
02. The Buoys
03. Daði Freyr’s rendition of Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again
Best Things I Ate and Drank
01. Gnocchi with slivers of chestnut and a creamy lemon sauce at Alta
02. Soft serve with roasted hazelnuts at Reine and La Rue
03. Smoked carp pâté at Cardwell Cellars (above)
04. Japanese Slippers at Above Board
Best Things I Cooked
01. Torta Pasqualina (have made it a dozen times since discovering this recipe)
02. Kewpie roast potatoes
03. Mint Slice truffles
Best of Live Performance
01. MTC’s Prima Facie
02. MTC’s Happy Days
03. Bungal at Rising
04. Bronwyn Kuss at MICF
05. Robbie
Best of All the Other Stuff
01. Liz Williamson Weaving Eucalypts Project
02. McQueen at the National Gallery Victoria (above)
03. Spirit of the North dinner at MFWF
04. Echidna spotting at Jumping Creek
05. Spin
06. Aurora Bath House
07. All my Yarra walks but especially this one (pic at top)
08. Sweden v USA at FIFA
09. Acorn success! (pic below)
10. Bonnard at the National Gallery Victoria
11. Now or Never Art Trail
12. Carlton’s brilliant year
I always love your Things That Are Making Me Happy posts and this round up is fantastic. Loved Colin from Accounts too, Happy New Year to you and yours x
It started as a COVID-lockdown thing but has become a mental-health exercise. Was great to look back over the year – so many things I could have included, which makes me very grateful.
I don’t do films/TV/concerts/plays (well, one film, Last Film Show, which I thoroughly enjoyed) so I could hardly do a ‘best’ list. I do dine out a couple of times a month – let’s say the best was Ischia in Mt Lawley, but what did I eat? I never remember.