Vivid

How to get people out on the streets when the nights are drawing in? Create a winter event call it VIVID and you have the winning formula. We were among hundreds of others wandering the streets of central Sydney and Circular Quay to gape, gasp, laugh and love what the city has put on show for us.

It is the first day of winter and I could not think of a better way to start the season but in the best company of gorgeous friends and family - Ellen and Charlie, Nick and Ant. We strolled and stopped, photographed and just admired the beautiful sails of the Opera house done by an LA based Artist Andrew Thomas Huang who drew on nature, Australian foliage in particular, and mixed it with dance sequences and sea life to produce the most amazing evolving scenes on the Sails.

We walked by the Museum of Contemporary Art with big displays of song titles and heartfelt messages to the Samsung Park with light columns which changed colour and coloured balls that descended and ascended to the delight of children passing through them or adults lying under them.

The words " Lost without you written" on the wall of the Museum as they were literally sung by an artist in the street. 

The Rocks were rocking with pop up shops and restaurants and music concerts on every corner.

We took it all in - kept an eye not to lose each other in the crowd - and settled for a crisp Australian white wine at the Charming Squire while looking out to the bay.