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There is a restaurant across the road from the council offices. I've been there for lunch three times this year.
January: A week after I started at the council, I went out for lunch with the people from my old office as a farewell to the other person made redundant at the same time as me. Someone there was planning to go to China for a holiday, and I remember us saying she mightn't be able to go, on account of this new virus we were hearing about, like SARS only worse. "Let me tell you about SARS," she scoffed. "We went to China when SARS was about, it was brilliant, we got straight in to see the terracotta warriors, no waiting."
March: Some friends were in the City by the Sea for the day, so we went out for lunch. Already there was hand sanitiser everywhere and we were one of only three occupied tables. Five days later, we went into our first lockdown.
Today: One of my colleagues is moving to South Australia (she needs a permit to cross the border), so we had a farewell lunch under their new outdoor shade sail. Restaurants can have up to 70 people outdoors at tables of ten maximum, with contract tracing. We can take our face masks off to eat. Weird seeing people's teeth again.
Today's photo: before and after
January: A week after I started at the council, I went out for lunch with the people from my old office as a farewell to the other person made redundant at the same time as me. Someone there was planning to go to China for a holiday, and I remember us saying she mightn't be able to go, on account of this new virus we were hearing about, like SARS only worse. "Let me tell you about SARS," she scoffed. "We went to China when SARS was about, it was brilliant, we got straight in to see the terracotta warriors, no waiting."
March: Some friends were in the City by the Sea for the day, so we went out for lunch. Already there was hand sanitiser everywhere and we were one of only three occupied tables. Five days later, we went into our first lockdown.
Today: One of my colleagues is moving to South Australia (she needs a permit to cross the border), so we had a farewell lunch under their new outdoor shade sail. Restaurants can have up to 70 people outdoors at tables of ten maximum, with contract tracing. We can take our face masks off to eat. Weird seeing people's teeth again.
Today's photo: before and after