As the days get steadily shorter right here in Sydney, the lights come on in the type of our annual brilliant festival. It’s a great deal of fun as well as it brings the city to life.

In the meantime – during daylight hours – it’s still fantastic to walk around the Harbour City.

This week – besides the forays out to see the brilliant Sydney lights – we’ve been hanging out with a few of our much-loved people, eating a few of our much-loved food as well as drinking a few of our much-loved cocktails… all in all, it’s been a quite darn fine 7 days!

Tonight we’re out at The star Casino to see the lights from their rooftop bar – the sky Terrace. They’ve altered it into the brilliant Lounge with illuminated chairs, a awesome gaming configuration that jobs onto the wall, as well as fantastic views out over the city.

From the street, The Star’s got a extremely awesome light show coming from its roofing that’s managed from the park across the street by the public.

The water as well as laser show at darling Harbour is truly rather good. The music’s a bit cheesy however it works well sufficient with the amazingly choreographed jets of water, lasers as well as jets of flame.

The finest angle to see them from is from next to the Ferris wheel.

Last night’s short walk around The star as well as darling Harbour was just a prelude to tonight’s Instameet organised by Destination NSW. We’re heading off from The star after a tasty pizza dinner at Pizzaperta (highly suggested by the way) with some incredible professional photographers to get the very best views of Sydney’s finest complimentary festival.

We head down to the water as well as hop on one of the brilliant Sydney special ferry rides as part of BeyondTheWharf. It provides such a fantastic point of view of the festival. inspect out the #BeyondTheWharf hashtag on Instagram.

Tonight we’re with some incredible professional photographers with severe Instagram skills. While we’re with them, we’re asking for some ideas on taking fantastic pictures at night.

Check out our top 5 pro ideas for night photography here to get the very best out of the last week of brilliant Sydney 2015.

This afternoon, Mrs romance as well as I are catching up with our chum Steph from LipstickAndCake.com for a bite to eat. We’ve been speaking about going to Surly’s in Surry Hills for a while. It’s about the closest we’ve discovered to a great old American dive bar considering that we left the specifies last year.

Steph’s gone for the handsome Mike sandwich – generally a mac as well as cheese with pulled beef – as well as Mrs R’s selected a tasty looking Vietnamese roll. on the other hand I’ve selected the Surly Burger. The burger’s quite darn fine however the crinkle fries are superb.

Check out Surly’s if you’re in the neighbourhood. Well worth a visit!

Mrs romance is incredibly ecstatic today. She’s completed building the site for bit blog huge – inspect it out, it’s awesome. Mrs R as well as Carly from Smaggle.com are getting prepared for their most current workshop in Adelaide on 30th June.

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Tonight we’re at a white wine tasting… at home! Schild Estate in the Barossa have released their most current as well as biggest Shiraz – the Prämie Special Release 2013. with the wonderful medium of Twitter, Scott from Schild is leading us with not only the Prämie however likewise their 2013 GMS, their 2013 Barossa Valley Shiraz as well as their tasty 2012 Ben Schild Reserve Shiraz.

The Prämie is a big, rounded Shiraz that truly embodies the taste of the Barossa. It’s offered from chosen merchants as well as restaurants so keep your eyes peeled for this bit number.

This afternoon, we’ve taken a quick trip to the beach for a breath of fresh air. The water is just so remove at Bondi today. We like the beach in winter. It’s so much a lot more tranquil as well as the air is so crisp.

It’s worldwide Negroni Week from 1st June to 7th June. I know. Spectacular idea, right? generally for the next week every Negroni you get in participating venues, that bar will donate part of the proceeds to their chosen charity.

Find the closest bar to you by means of our review right here as well as see which charity you’ll be supporting as you take pleasure in the very best mixed drink ever!

Tonight we have the enjoyment of the business of Kate from SecretBloggersBusiness.com. She pointed out she had a hankering for some dumplings a while ago, so we’ve done the most practical thing as well as come right here to Din Tai Fung Taiwanese dumplinghouse.

These colourful bit fellows are all different flavours – from bolognese to cheese! Each one is full of soupy goodness as well as they’re delicious.

After dinner, we’re planning on a couple of drinks – maybe in the Wild Rover up the road as well as perhaps a nightcap in the great old royal Albert, of course!

Mrs romance is looking back on her time in Bali today. I like this photo she took in the roads around Seminyak. The lamps in this shop are so colourful… as well as there are so many.

While we’re at it, Mrs R is likewise sharing her much-loved location to eat in Bali: a restaurant called mom San, as well as it looks quite awesome!

Check out our evaluation of mom San here.

After her dinner at mom San, Mrs R took this photo of sunset in Bali. It’s quite good, isn’t it? Don’t understand about you, however it makes me want to be there ideal now!

How bloody great do these cakes look? Our buddy gotten them from taste – normally understood for their delectable baguettes, they likewise buy in a variety of pastries as well as desserts that make my eyes roll back in my head. They’re the best method to end our friend’s dinner party.

By the way, yes, they truly do taste as great as they look. Well, I indicate a shiny globe of salted caramel mousse with glazed cashews all in a gorgeous crumbly shortcrust case.

Not a poor method to end the week, I need to say! exactly how about you? What did you get as much as this past week? as well as exactly how was your weekend? tell us in the comments!

Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance by means of Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance, @HairRomance, @Christina.Butcher – Mrs R’s Insta account as well as @AngryBastard of course!