Mad about You - Day 20

Mick  Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz - God gave me everything

After our island dreaming on Lembongan it was time to dive head first back into the hustle and bustle today as we had a few jobs to get done. A trip to Legian was needed to pick up some items we had ordered during our stay in Seminyak.

Jack was THE man to help us in these endeavors and was picking us up around 10 that pagi. We enjoyed a really nice breakfast at the Kamuela which was made to order and then we found Jack ready and waiting for us at reception.

Jack from 'bali infinity tours .com'

My search had been continuing for some gate handles and Luke and I had spotted a store on the Bypass rd. as we had buzzed past one day. We pointed it out to Jack so that we could swing by there on our way back to Sanur later.

First stop Jaya Pillows on Jl Padam Utara. The young, bubbly, helpful guy here, whom I had placed the order with was there and welcomed us into the 'tiny' little store. The boys got themselves comfortable in a couple of big bean bags whilst I checked out our order with '?' for some reason I want to call him Harvey but I don't think this is correct?
When I placed the order he had trouble getting his head around the concept of the Velcro tabs on the cushions. I had bought a couple of the old ones with me to copy and we went over it about 4 times until it looked like he had understood.
Looking at the finished product they had managed to attach the Velcro to the tabs on the wrong side so that the seam side on the tabs is on show and the placement is wrong. But you know what... I expect this type of thing when I order something in Bali :0)

The inside out tabs

It was too late to change them (we were flying out tomorrow night and I didn't want to come back to Legian) I was very happy with the actual cushion covers which are weather proof, fully lined, with piping and zips and far better quality than our originals and the price was definitely right.

They look great on the chairs and the tabs make me smile and think of Bali all the time so I think the mistake has actually turned out to be a bonus (not that I need much help to think of Bali).

They'll do us :)

I picked up Pam's skirts from a tailor across the street and they had done a great job, they'd even mended the lining on the sample skirt she'd left with them.

We waited around on Padma Utara for a while as Jack had told us that Yoga had managed to get a hold of a bottle of the 'liquid gold' from their Ibu (what a guy and Ibu)  and he was going to swing by and deliver it. After about 20 minutes of waiting he hadn't arrived. Big surprise, the traffic from Kuta to Legian was gridlocked so Jack suggested we move on to Seminyak to hopefully pick up the phone charger we had left behind at Villa 88. They did find it too after searching around in the kitchen drawers for awhile. 

Luke loves this art around the streets of Bali. He did some research into it and the majority of it around these parts is done by a couple of guys, Stereo Flow and Evgeny Bam. It's like a poster that's 'wheat pasted' onto the walls.

Luke persuaded us to head to Wah Wah for lunch. It's one of his favorites which he managed to visit 4 times this trip. Great food and service. It never does disappoint. The beautiful, friendly waitress was up for a chat and was another one that, when asking about our travels pulled a face and said "Padang Bai, why you wanna stay there"?! Yep ya live and ya learn but that was far, far behind us now.

 He's a happy man.

You can choose a selection of mini burgers for an entree (from the very risque' menu) and with ingredients like wagyu, truffles, prosciutto, gruyere and quail eggs they are pretty special.

The couple of rounds of espresso martini's we ordered from the stiff-cock-tail menu (ahhhmmm), all went down a little too well for lunch time..woohoo.

Luke ordered his stock standard - slow cooked beef ribs with duck fat mash and was impressed as always.

We were all stuffed and maybe we can blame it on the Martini's and the fact we weren't in a hurry to leave but we threw caution to the wind and ordered the baked banana's in caramel sauce to share. It was fantastic!

It was wonderful sitting there enjoying Wah Wah and watching the Seminyak world pass by.

We'll be back Wah Wah :0)

We met up with Jack again and braved the traffic along Jl Raya Legian to find Yoga standing on a corner for the 'liquid gold' drop off, it all felt very...... Midnight Express. Thank goodness it was all about just satisfying our need for good sambal :0)

We popped into Mitre 10 on the way back for a bit of a look as Luke was due to become a 1st. home owner on our return. Oh.. the things I would of bought if we were filling a container, tiles, rugs, light fittings, taps, toilets but I limited myself to a really nice iron light shade that I intend to hang in the laundry ...bargain at 250,000rp! 

Luckily the door knob place was still open when we swung by. It's a humble little store with a dirt floor and on the display board out the front I instantly feel in love with a bronze handle which they only had one of at this store but after a couple of calls it was all set for Jack to pick up the other for us the next day. He was going to be passing by anyway whilst picking Tanya Bishop up from the airport and delivering her to Sanur. I was really looking forward to meeting up with her after our chats on TA.

I ended up putting my handles in carry on as they weigh around 1.5kg a piece! Love them and they were a bargain too at 300,000rp each.

Hopefully the new one will tarnish up and blacken too when it's exposed to the elements.

We loved the idea of this copper coil shower head for the outside shower Luke is reckoning on, one day and he loved and bought a copper hand basin from here ...yep we bought a sink, only not a kitchen one :0)

Loved this light shade which looked really large and heavy!

After a bit of a chill back at the Kamuela and a play with our new purchases, we wandered next door and through the lovely grounds of the Puri Santrian. It was a beautiful still, balmy night. I didn't feel like any dinner after our big lunch but thought I'd better try out the bar tenders skill at Martini making...cocktail researching can be a thankless task and I was so distracted by the wandering band whilst I drank the first that another needed to be ordered... for the poll 7/10. 

Luke really enjoyed his calamari and Rob raved about the curry that he ordered.

When the dreaded band arrived at the table our song choices, thank God,! were much better than the previous nights woeful/embarrassing selection and the band did a great job of a Santana song and something else.????

Luke tried to play down the beachfront location, beautiful night and great food and drinks whilst on the phone home to his girlfriend ;)

Funnily enough these are the well lit, puckered backsides of a couple of statues in the restaurant.

We had a few good laughs over these. Monty Python's "I fart in your general direction" came to mind.

It was our last day tomorrow and we didn't have any set plans apart from a sleep in if we could manage it, in preparation for the 1am shocker of a  flight home. Luke and I were feeling very relaxed after our 3 week stint. Rob was still dashing about the place taking pic's, wandering down to chat to the guy coaxing worms out of their holes on the waterfront and propping himself at the bar shooting the breeze with the barman. He could of probably done with another week or two or three or four but who couldn't!. 

Sampai Jumpa!