Month: January 2014

  • Happy Chinese New Year. Miracle Babies.

    Happy Chinese New Year.  Miracle Babies.

    Gong Xi Fa Cai!  www.123newyear.com Happy Chinese New Year!   May you and yours be blessed with prosperity, good health and good fortune this year. It’s the year of the horse and apparently this will translate to a year of high energy.  So look out for all kinds of excitement and high adventure this year.…

  • The Australia Day Long Weekend In Coffees.

    Well, that was a lovely long weekend, wasn’t it?  Somehow, Australia Day weekends aren’t as stressful to plan for as the other ‘major’ celebrations on the calender.  You do make plans to get out and about and so on but it’s not with the same ‘has to be absolutely perfect’ sense of urgency as say…

  • Hit By A Truck. Those Trusty Flynts.

    Hit By A Truck.  Those Trusty Flynts.

    I really was planning to blog about breaking world news today.  I mean, so much has gone on with the world since last we met.  Matt (Damon) and Tony (Abbott) are at the World Economic Forum at that little ski resort in Davos.  Matt is there to be formally recognized for his work with water.org ,…

  • 2014 So Far.

    Today’s post is part of Nikki’s 2014 So Far project over on her blog. If you’d like to be involved, just copy the template on the post and start filling in those blanks! Can we really be 3 weeks into the year already? I feel like I’ve been on the go with one thing or…

  • Travelling With A Toddler In Tow. The Wedding.

    Travelling With A Toddler In Tow.  The Wedding.

    From the moment we touched down at Ballina, I knew we were in a special part of this beautiful country of ours.  Endless hills and ranges carpeted with green, rolling out beneath a canopy of an impossibly blue sky.  And all of it bathed in golden sunlight.  How could you not be in holiday mode…

  • Keep A Child Alive With Kiehl’s. A Stand Against Hot Cross Buns In January.

    Keep A Child Alive With Kiehl’s.  A Stand Against Hot Cross Buns In January.

    It’s only Tuesday but seriously, I feel as if I’ve already done a week’s worth of work and personal admin already. SFAM jeans, Sambag flats, retro tiled workplace floor. Which is my excuse for wearing (very dark blue) denim to work today.  In the right light and from just the right distance, I swear they…

  • This and That. Sub $10 Makeup Finds.

    This and That.  Sub $10 Makeup Finds.

    There’s something decisive about grating a hefty wedge of parmesan reggiano on a Thursday afternoon.  The activity itself is very therapeutic and while it is monotonous, it frees your mind up for a few minutes to do a bit of thinking and reflecting.  It has to be a hard cheese for me though, I’ve accidentally…

  • A Wink and A Smile.

    A Wink and A Smile.

    As much as I love the food and drink frenzy that is this time of the year, sometimes a time out is in order.  I think I’ve reached that point of gustatory overload.  I’ve actually been enjoying having ‘days off’ from rich food and fancy champagne.  The crunch of salad leaves under my fork, the…

  • Selifes in Surry Hills. Dr Oetker Pizza.

    Selifes in Surry Hills.  Dr Oetker Pizza.

    There’s nothing like a moving taxi selfie to start an evening out on the right note. It’s hard  not to feel foot loose and fancy free when you don’t have to worry about finding either a car space or your destination in Surry Hills.  The even happier consequence of this is that not having to…

  • The First Friday of 2014. Madame Chic. Sambag Flats.

    The First Friday of 2014.  Madame Chic.  Sambag Flats.

    Can you believe it’s the first Friday of 2014 already?  How are you travelling?  It’s been a lovely start to the year for me.  I was working New Year’s Day but was done by lunch.  So I made good on my usual New Year’s fitness resolution and had a swim on the way home. Before…