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By: Andrew Leigh » Blog Archive » Why gay neighbours should make you happy

Andrew Leigh » Blog Archive » Why gay neighbours should make you happy — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:02 +0000

[...] couple of weeks ago, Andrew Norton commented on a study by Vani Borooah and John Mangan, which used survey evidence to show that one quarter of [...]

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:14:21 +0000

*laugh* - the Veuve Cliquot Rose is only about $120 and the really nice Perrier Jouet is about $220 (I had it with my parents at my PhD graduation dinner). And the Rose Veuve is only a little more expensive than the usual Veuve.

Ok, they’re a little more than the usual $15 a bottle but they’re for special occasions! I had been eyeing the Perrier Jouet for many months. (The beautiful art noveau flowers on the perrier jouet bottle makes it worth the 100-odd dollars a bottle charge).

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:59:07 +0000

Sasha - again I’m shown up as an uncivilised barbarian. Every so often I do a trip to Dan Murphy’s a pick up $300 - $400 worth of stuff. But never, ever Rose.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:59:28 +0000

Brown Brothers does a good sparkling pinot. Quite fond of Louis Roederer and Veuve Cliquot Rose, and how can you go past Perrier Jouet?

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:31:51 +0000

Everyone’s fridge is full of champagne - there’s no room for food.

Well done. Can I recommend the sparkling shiraz - very good.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:17:13 +0000

Everyone’s fridge is full of champagne - there’s no room for food.

Carrying more than a few bags of groceries home can be difficult without a car (a lot of people in Kings Cross don’t have cars) and there’s no convenient car park near Woolies - so the “kings cross lifestyle” includes going to the supermarket when you run out of food. It’s the modern hunter/gatherer lifestyle.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:01:58 +0000

I thought the buffed bods had heaps of disposable income and could afford refrigerators. I shall invest in some dukkah and report back.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:05:07 +0000

The organic food market in Kings Cross is only held every second saturday, so the buffed bods have to go to the supermarket after gym every other day.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:03:20 +0000

Sinc - sorry for the lack of detail - you can dip crusty/sourdough bread into olive oil and then into dukkah - it’s beautiful - and currently very fashionable. You can get different flavours of dukkah (they have slightly different additives eg herbs) in the supermarket.

I’ve also had a fresh buttercup pumpkin, dukkah and something else dip from DJ’s food hall, which is beautiful. Can heartily recommend it.

By: steve in brisbane

steve in brisbane — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:04:04 +0000

Andrew, re relative risk of sexual abuse: yes I knew the stats, but we are talking perceptions here, not reality.

By the way, how seriously should I take the Roy Morgan survey when it indicated that only 75% would object to drug addicts as neighbours. I find it surprising that the number was not into the 90’s!