I was vulturing around the internet, looking for travel news to add to my day job’s weekly newsletter, when a familiar face and name stopped me in my tracks. It was a photo of Skinny, the owner of Fatty’s restaurant in Bencoolen Street, Singapore. Suddenly, I was swept back to simpler times, when I was... Continue Reading →

A few weeks ago I bit something slightly hard-ish, like maybe a piece of crusty bread, and winced. It felt like a shard of the crust was jammed between my gum and my molar. I couldn't get my Pikster flossing brush in there, which I thought might be due to inflammation. So I electric toothbrushed... Continue Reading →

A beautiful full moon was still high in the sky when I walked the dogs with my sister yesterday morning. As I gazed at it in wonder, my sister told me it was a "strawberry moon". She wasn't sure why it was called that, so I asked my friend Google, who told me the Strawberry... Continue Reading →

Ahead of NAIDOC Week, I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia with my colleagues yesterday to see the thought-provoking Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir exhibition. Have you heard about it? Albert uses found materials in his artworks, which range from sculpture to photography, installation, painting and assemblage. The found materials are items such as cups,... Continue Reading →

You know you’re middle aged when you’re splitting the R instead of the G. I had no idea what splitting the G was until Dua Lipa celebrated her five sold-out stadium shows in England and Ireland last year by doing it in a Dublin pub. “5 SOLD OUT STADIUMS IN A ROW!!!! ~ ONLY ONE... Continue Reading →

I scored an invitation to celebrate Toki Bistro & Bar's first birthday last week, alongside the launch of its new winter tasting menu and ... WOW. I took my friend Sue and she reckons it was one of her top 10 favourite plus-one events. We've been to some corkers over the years, so that's high... Continue Reading →

I don't know where my weekend went. I did very little, but it was over in a flash. My ex spent his entire weekend moving the youngest out of her share house and into her new solo accommodation. The new place is very compact, so my garage is now crammed with everything that wouldn't fit... Continue Reading →

I ran into my beautician at Coles last night. As you do. Well, as I do.  It was a bit awkward because she was glammed up and I was an absolute fright: grey roots, no make-up, trakkie daks. It was also a bit awkward because I haven’t been to see her since March. I apologised... Continue Reading →

Much like marriages, some friendships don't last the distance.  And that's OK. Well, I tell myself that’s OK, but it's something I still struggle to get my head around. It's weird, because I am very realistic about marriages and their staying power. Couples meet when they are young and change a lot over the decades... Continue Reading →

Do the meatballs give it away? Little did I realise when I woke up yesterday morning that I would be spending my Tuesday evening at IKEA Tempe. After a few years of living in share houses, the youngest is moving into a place on her own and she needs … lots of stuff. She called... Continue Reading →