Month: July 2012

  • Medal Winning Manis. Coooookkkkkiiiiieeeee – Part 2.

    Hands up if you were up at 5.30 this morning to watch the first of the swimming finals at the London Olympics? www.couriermail.com.au And wasn’t it a proud moment for Australia when the team’s first gold medal was won in the pool by Alicia Coutts, Melanie Schlanger, Brittany Elmslie and Cate Campbell?  They completed the…

  • The Morning After Magic Mike. The Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012.

    The Morning After Magic Mike.  The Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012.

    With so many of the events of the London Olympics starting in the early hours, local time, it’s just as well I had the foresight to stock up the SSG Manor tea shelf with enough British teabags to see me through the early starts of the next couple of weeks.  Though technically, the Twinings I…

  • Coooookkkkkiiiiieeeee – Part 1.

    Coooookkkkkiiiiieeeee – Part 1.

    There are some Wednesdays when it’s not enough to merely leave the house enveloped in a cloud of fragrance from a hot shower with some of Jo Malone’s Pomegranate Noir shower gel. Indeed, to be truly prepared for whatever the day has to offer, you need to go to work armed with a baked good…

  • Nearly the Olympics.

    Nearly the Olympics.

    It’s less than a week until the London Olympics begin!  The down side is that with the time difference, the opening ceremony is going to start at around 5.30am  AEST on Saturday July 24.  While the athletes will have their PBs (personal bests) and the Olympic records firmly in their minds as they march in…

  • Incidental Housework on A Whatever Comes Up Weekend.

    Incidental Housework on A Whatever Comes Up Weekend.

    And before you know it, this weekend has practically gone. I’ve been having one of those decadent weekends which has been totally devoid of any concrete plans or commitments.  I just woke up on Saturday with nothing but a whole day of ‘whatever comes up’ ahead of me.  Then Sunday rolled around and it was…

  • Malory Towers and Marni (H and M).

    Malory Towers and Marni (H and M).

    Sydney is a city that loves reinvention and constant redefinition of the latest and greatest.  Be it food, shops, celebrities or the mansions of the super wealthy – the latest developments with one or all of these will be in the paper on any given day. Thankfully, the counterpoint to this obsession can be found in the streets of suburbs which…

  • Dramality Debrief. ASOS Delivers.

    Dramality Debrief.  ASOS Delivers.

    Winter, could you continue channeling summer right through the rest of the year?  The vivid blue skies and patches of sun on the grass seem endless at the moment and I’ve been able to get out amongst it every day for what seems like forever. The summery conditions have also been an agent of change for our…

  • Pantry and Pop Confessions.

    Pantry and Pop Confessions.

    I’m sure you know how my weekends roll these days.  The Saturdays tend to start in search of hot chocolate.  Specifically the kind made with melted hot chocolate.  I might have to endure (rather good) cocoa powder and marshmallows during the week but on weekends, it has to be the good stuff.  This weekend’s search…

  • Driving Home. Thanks For the Happiness, Offspring.

    Driving Home.  Thanks For the Happiness, Offspring.

    Driving home in the warm glow of the afternoon sun on a Friday has got to be better than driving home in no sun at all. As a trade off for getting in at the crack of dawn today, I managed to leave work early to take advantage of the gloriousness that is winter sun…

  • A Footprint On the Yoga Mat. Upper Body Drama.

    A Footprint On the Yoga Mat.  Upper Body Drama.

    After living with someone for a few years, the pair of you usually develop some kind of give and take approach toward each other’s weekday / getting it together to get to work routine.  One person will always be the one to throw off the doona way too early in the morning but redeem themselves by…