From Life in Chippendale: “Chippendale Property on the Rise.” According to today’s Sunday Telegraph, Chippendale was #2 on the list of best performing Sydney suburbs in terms of property value. Over the last 12 months, the median property value here rose by more than 25%. Sweeeeet. The actual median price in Chippo is around $640K, but we paid substantially less than that for our 3 bedroom town house. (Note: I think the previous owners could’ve easily gotten that amount if they’d wanted the hassle of going to auction.) So if/when we ever decide to sell, it looks like there’s a good chance we’ll be making a profit!

Edited 21/04/2025: Link is dead and not archived.

Wow. If Sartor’s new planning laws go through, I guess the gentrification of Redfern will get fast-tracked, huh? Some property-minded friends of ours were trying to convince us to buy there last year in the expectation of making a mint when Sartor’s plans to redevelop the neighborhood finally happen. Of course, they didn’t anticipate that the government would be allowed to sell your property right out from under you…

Me: Oh. My. God. Eileen just coined the term “PILF” on her blog. Where “P” stands for “Priest.”
Snook: Whaaaaat?
Me: Apparently the Pope’s assistant is pretty hot.
Snook: What’s Eileen doing helping the Pope?!
Me: She’s not on the Pope’s STAFF, you ding dong. She just saw his picture.
Snook: Oh. I wondered.

This is for my brother-in-law, Dan Carbo. Maybe my Mom can make it into a quilt or something for him.

Libby Stock has a righteous rant in the SMH today about women taking their husband’s surnames. I just find it interesting. I didn’t really have any big political issue with the practice – like I did with marriage in general – but in the end, I just found it too weird to contemplate changing my name. It’s too much a part of who I am.