Month: June 2012

  • Hello, Seven Day Weekend!!!!! Travel Memoirs With A Difference.

    Hello, Seven Day Weekend!!!!!  Travel Memoirs With A Difference.

    After a week of putting mind over matter, I’ve finally limped across the finishing line.  It’s now Friday evening and a whole week off beckons.  I’m still calling it a seven day weekend though because even from here, it doesn’t feel like it’s going to be long enough. The irony of starting annual leave on Workaholic’s…

  • Stockholm In September. Free Form Lasgana.

    Stockholm In September.  Free Form Lasgana.

    Hej dear readers! It’s the middle of winter, I’m getting cabin fever (on top of everything else) and there’s only one thing to do to lift my spirits – make plans for a getaway! You know how there was Dubai in December?  Well… Image courtesy of http://www.blog.dhr.com/ The bump and I are heading to Stockholm…

  • Couch Potato Days. Veggie Straws.

    Couch Potato Days.  Veggie Straws.

    If I were to be very honest with myself, pay television is one of those things that I could do without most of the time.  I usually have so many other things I want or have to do that at best, the television only gets turned on for some background chatter when I’m on my…

  • Friday Night: Thermals and Other Things.

    Friday Night: Thermals and Other Things.

    Winter does strange things to the best of us. www.coolspotters.com Which is why I can totally relate to this 2005 photo of Mischa Barton when she decided to hit the street wearing her thermals as outerwear.  I believe they were made by the brand Primp.  I have to admit that at the time, I was…

  • Parking the Car. Semi Synthetic Sandwiches.

    Parking the Car.  Semi Synthetic Sandwiches.

    You know your day is off to a good start when you can find street parking in Newtown.  Not just any kind of street park but the kind where your meagre parallel parking skills will not be called into action. Granted it was around 8 this morning but still.  Newtown, people, Newtown!  There may be lots…

  • The Voice. Marion’s Singapore Noodles. Bouncing Back Like Tigger.

    The Voice.  Marion’s Singapore Noodles.  Bouncing Back Like Tigger.

    Well, helloooo!!!  If I could make those words Tigger bounce for you, I would.  I’m about 230% the person I was yesterday thanks to some time on the couch holding a pity party for myself before sleeping for what felt like 3 days. Image courtesy of http://www.smh.com.au/ The price I paid for this dramatic turn…

  • Sun Over Sydney. Fish and Fries.

    Sun Over Sydney.  Fish and Fries.

    Winter, all is forgiven in Sydney when you give us half a weekend of clear blue skies, like you did today. The whole city looks and feels the better for it. Town Hall looking very European in the winter sun. Even the sky can’t resist bursting into a cheeky grin. And it made me briefly…

  • An Oil Change. Maternal America.

    An Oil Change.  Maternal America.

    There aren’t that many jobs around the house that I look forward to each week.  However, I do make an exception for sorting empty plastic and glass containers for the recycling bin. Unlike the stove top or the dining table, I’m a stickler for spotless when it comes to my empties.  I rinse thoroughly in…

  • Being A Fan of Lara’s Nan. Soon Maternity.

    Being A Fan of Lara’s Nan.  Soon Maternity.

    It’s the day after Being Lara Bingle: Episode 1 and I think Lara has achieved her objective.  Everyone’s talking about Brand Bingle.  The press are having a field day, the twitterverse see her as fair game (as it always has but now there’s the new hashtag #beinglarabingle with which to justify any ‘constructive criticism’). Image…

  • LIttle Things. Wonderful News About Little Things.

    LIttle Things.  Wonderful News About Little Things.

    If you thought I was a unusually quiet on the blogging front over the long weekend, you would be absolutely correct. It wasn’t just because I spent the 3 days indoors yet dressed for an Arctic expedition.  Nor was it just because of that mysterious and somewhat unpleasant few hours that evaporated whilst I had…