Month: January 2018

  • Back Home. School Begins.

    Back Home.  School Begins.

    I’m taking a little break from LA today and I can hear your collective sighs of relief from here.  Don’t get lulled into a false sense of security though, I still have so much to discuss. There hasn’t exactly been a lot of time for jetlag since coming home Sunday morning.  I find the Sydney…

  • LA Story #7: FIGat7. Food and Shopping, Naturally,

    LA Story #7: FIGat7. Food and Shopping, Naturally,

    If you’re planning on staying Downtown in LA, FIGat7 could be a useful place to know about. If this is peak winter weather in LA then I’m definitely coming back! It’s a spacious and airy multi-level shopping mall with one of the best basement food courts I’ve visited on my travels to the US.  Because the food court…

  • LA Story #6: MOCA. Monumental Words.

    LA Story #6: MOCA.  Monumental Words.

    The theme for today’s Life This Week is a little different.  It’s the first run of ‘Share Your Snaps’ and as luck would have it, I have snaps to share.  Many, many snaps in fact. Today’s photos from LA are art themed.  I know, I’m pretty impressed with myself as well.  This hardcore shopper and…

  • LA Story #5: Spin Class. Stalling About Hollywood.

    LA Story #5: Spin Class.  Stalling About Hollywood.

     By LA standards, it’s been cold and dreary today. I planned my outfit accordingly this morning before proceeding to colour co-ordinate my T2 teabag of the day. I’ve been using these sample sized mascaras I  brought with me from Australia.  Ironically, Too Faced and Benefit are both American brands and unfortunately for my wallet, I…

  • LA Story #4: DTLA. The Griffith Observatory.

    LA Story #4: DTLA.  The Griffith Observatory.

    Shimmer and glitter.  It’s everywhere.  Maybe it’s this Californian sun or maybe it’s the endless walls of mirrors that all the buildings downtown appear to be constructed from but this is a photo straight off my phone from yesterday morning. The Ritz Carlton, JB Marriott, Staples Center and the Microsoft Theatre in DTLA. No filter. …

  • LA Story #3: Dry Bar. Venice Beach. Rodeo Drive. The Grove.

    LA Story #3: Dry Bar.  Venice Beach.  Rodeo Drive. The Grove.

    Hello again. As you might have gathered from my Instagram, I’ve been Out and About here in LA.  The places I’ve been and the eating I’ve done.  It’s been an amazing break and I’d love to share what I’ve been up to with you.  The only downside is that I have photos.  Hundreds of them…

  • LA Story #2: Downtown. Angels Flight. The Grand Central Market.

    LA Story #2:  Downtown.  Angels Flight.  The Grand Central Market.

    I said goodbye to the quiet order of Camarillo this morning with its immaculate and eerily empty sidewalks and its perfectly hard boiled eggs, or ‘shell eggs’ as Master SSG prefers to call them.  Except for a lone jogger on Sunday morning, I appeared to be the only person out and about putting the pavement…

  • LA Story #1: See You Later, Sydney. The Shopping Begins.

    LA Story #1: See You Later, Sydney.  The Shopping Begins.

    Good morning from Camarillo, California. Where I’ve mastered the in-room coffee machine and used it to make endless cups of tea.  Sadly, there was no room for a kettle in my suitcase after all but there you have it. I’ve promised Master SSG that I’d bring Tiger (you might recognize him as Tigger with a…

  • Life This Week 22/1/2018: What Is Kindness?

    Life This Week 22/1/2018: What Is Kindness?

    As someone who is well and truly into her adult years, I’d like to think that I’ve pretty much gotten the kindness thing sorted.  I know how to speak and act kindly and I also know when a word or an act of kindness has been extended towards me.  But I struggled when it came…

  • LA, Here I Come.

    LA, Here I Come.

    Just to be clear, I am trying to be 100% focused on the task at hand which is to pack and arrange for myself to get to the airport Saturday.  I’ve had today at home and it was meant to be a day of packing and planning. But.  Life happened in the form of this sunrise…