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Storms Over Sydney. The Butterfly House.
Haven’t the skies put on an amazing show for us over the last week? From shelf clouds that rapidly changed to much needed cooling downpours, www.dailytelegraph.com.au Photo by Roland Taylor. to amazing electric pink bolts of lightening, daily life has taken on an element of theatre. The mundane activities of city life back lit by…
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Donna Hay’s Lychee and Raspberry Champagne. Swish Champagne Flutes.
It’s 20 days until Christmas (I know you’re silently thanking me for that little reminder) and I’ve done the impossible (for me, at least)…. www.donnahay.com.au I have made an actual recipe from the 2014 Christmas edition of Donna Hay’s magazine. Every year, the Christmas issue drops with a heavy thud into my letter box and…
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The Early Summer. ‘There Was A Little Girl’ – Brooke Shields.
www.news.com.au The sum total of my ARIAs 2014 knowledge in the one photo – I know who this band is and I know at least two of their songs, perhaps a little too well. My work here is done. In the five seconds of summer (boom tish for that ARIAs reference and did you notice…
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It’s December Tomorrow. Boden Bargains.
Can you believe that it’s going to be December tomorrow? My shoulders are relaxing already in anticipation of the Christmas break. There’s a spring in my step and the hint of a smile despite the fact that I’m working on a gloriously sunny Sydney weekend. All those Christmas plans made months ago are suddenly only…
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Crocs At Work. Chicketti. Holiday Reads.
I never thought I’d live to see the day where I’d be wearing Crocs to work but it happened today. www.shoes2u.com.au They may not look like the Crocs you know and (secretly) love but I assure you, they are. Here, take a look at the insole. For the sake of completeness, the rest of…
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The Miracle in the Drain. The Last Week of November.
It just wouldn’t be right to begin this post with a breathless summary of everything I did at the weekend to escape the heat with Toddler SSG. www.smh.com.au Not when a 7 day old newborn baby boy was found 2.5 metres underground in a storm water drain (allegedly pushed in there through the opening seen in the…
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Melting In the Heat. Already. Almost Two.
Some summer loving Sydney-sider I’ve turned out to be. It’s only day 2 of our first heat wave of the season and I’m struggling. All those posts and photos celebrating how sensational my city is in the summer are coming back to haunt me today as I sit at my desk in my air conditioned…
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The Christmas Countdown Begins.
You can run but you can’t hide. Christmas is a mere 35 days away. That’s five weeks. I’m trying not to labour the point but gee, hasn’t the year gone by at lightening speed? The most unlikely grocery staples have gone festive since the start of November. Mariah Carey’s definitive cover of ‘All I Want…
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Kale, Chicken and Angel Curves.
I dipped my fork into uncharted culinary waters on the weekend. See that kale artfully arranged in my biodegradable Sumo Salad take out carton? I ate it. Every last bitter and stringy shred. I’d like to say I felt cleansed and nourished after all of that but my mind couldn’t quite convince my stomach. Instead,…
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Sephora, APEC, G20 and Sticky Tape.
Australia, it’s happening. All kinds of ‘its’. Almost too many to fit into one hump day blog post, but let’s see how we go. In no particular order of geopolitical importance …. From Sephora Australia’s Facebook page. First up Sephora Australia. Grand Opening Day is Friday 5th December. I know what you’re thinking. They…