01. The Yayoi Kusama exhibition at NGV – such joy. I loved the painted fabric sculptures. And her poem, On Pumpkins.

02. Dinner with spectacular city views at Amatrice. So many delicious things, including outstanding Cacio e Pepe, and their signature dish, Campofilone Ragu.

03. And pretzels stuffed with mud crab and pickle, with a side of Southsides at Marmont.

04. Watched:

• Martha (Netflix) – she’s a bit of a mystery, isn’t she? In some bits she’s really self-aware but at other times, not at all, which makes me think she must be exhausted by keeping up appearances.
• Sticky (Prime) – weird! Kind of like the idea of bad-ass maple syrup harvesters, though.
• Disclaimer (Apple) – a great one to binge-watch. Gripping.
• Shrinking S2 (Apple) – the BEST. So, so funny. And it made me cry. Liz, Derek and Brian have some of the best lines on TV.

05. Clocked 100 rides at spin!

06. Post-Christmas ‘tradition’ – taking myself to Readings for some book-buying (and Saul’s for a tuna melt).

07. Frosty Fruit gelato is back at Piccolina. Get on it.

08. We spend NYE with the same group of friends each year and it’s lovely. This year, host Tom cooked the most amazing beef fillet. Truly out of this world.

09. Somewhat against my better judgement (but overridden by the fact that I do love Robbie), we went to see Better Man. Once I got over the weirdness of the monkey, it was actually very good.
Note that it was almost mandatory that I saw the film, as my friend and I attended the concert where many of the concert scenes were filmed.