The bits of stuff that fall in the cracks between Life, Music and outrageous fortune.         August   Close this window to return to Mike Rudd & Bill Putt's Stop Press   1) Choclatté's Adam and Steve are in the local news 2) Chris saw the giraffes at the zoo 3) Café Bisqui's Julia Roberts Stuff happens.. 25.8.11 - You might be forgiven for thinking that nothing has been happening in my personal life of late given this column has been quiet for weeks now, (or is that just me?), but as the header suggests, Life keeps rolling along whether its being recorded or not. The first I heard about the heroic Choclatté goings on (pic 1) was when I discovered that Adam (Stevens) had been involved in fingering a couple of thieves trying to knock off a laptop from the local JB store. I commended him on his courage, paricularly as he's still recovering from a serious shoulder operation and he showed me the copy of The Leader with his and Steve Jane's exploits from a few days earlier. I guess the message is you don't mess with the staff at Choclatté.. I took Chris to the Melbourne Zoo on Sunday at Adam's suggestion. I was surprised at how little it had changed, although I noticed the hippos had disappeared since I was last there. Naturally I copped a parking ticket. On Friday last and the following Tuesday I was the guest of Martyn Sullivan, otherwise known as Rackman, (saviour or evil genius?), and spent some quality time moving racks and mannequins in and out of rooms at the industry's bi-annual Bridal Fair held at the Medina in Flinders St. I did get to meet a celebrity though.. (pic 3)     back to the top