Sizzling Sydney

Hi there,
Just returned from a short trip to Sydney, for business of course!
Helen and I visited an Indian apparel and home textiles trade fair in Darling Harbour. It was a great opportunity to catch up with some companies we deal with, with out travelling for 2 days to Delhi or South India, (even though I love doing that). Found a great organic t-shirt company from South India, who have really envirnmentally sustainable ethics, as well as supporting their local comunity. They had some beautiful knits, and samples of their recycled cotton tshirt cloth, tres cool! We will begin to use them in Autum hopefully with a new kids Pj range that I have been working on.
Sydney was steaming hot, so a swim was essential every day. We stayed in Manly, in a gorgeous guest house on the harbour edge called Periwinkle. Lovely people, and they let us stay in a different room each night to experience the entire place!
We caught up with my niece Kristy McLaughlin, who is an up and coming interior designer based in Manly, watch out for her website coming soon with gorgeous bedheads and chairs that she has designed.
Sydney is such a cool place, manly beach at 6.30 on a week morning has more people on it than Takapuna beach on Sundays, running, walking, surfing, swimming or just strutting their stuff.
And the food... We were sent on a misson to eat at Fratelli Fresh, an Italian deli/fresh food store/cafe in Potts Point, and yes, it is good! Auckland needs a place like this, preferably in Birkenhead please?