Here's another installment in DD's Mexico adventure ... By complete happenstance we arrived in Mexico City the day before Independence Day celebrations started - a public holiday of supreme national importance. I looked up the program and noted the main celebrations started around (a very non-jetlag friendly) 10pm with the conclusion at midnight. Interestingly, Día... Continue Reading →

My sister stayed at my place last night and spent most of the evening telling me I needed to blog about the Newcastle Knights being in the NRL Grand Final. Novocastrians are beside themselves because the Knights haven't made the Grand Final since 2001. And she’s caught the fever after moving back to her birthplace.... Continue Reading →

I should have gone to a stretch class last night. I agonised over whether to book it. But I had a better offer … What’s a girl/middle-aged woman supposed to do when she's invited to the InterContinental Sydney's rooftop bar Aster to experience its new cocktail menu, alongside a guided astronomy session overlooking the city... Continue Reading →

How was your weekend? I may have overdone things slightly during mine. I kicked off on Saturday with an 8am harbourside walk with friends, followed by a 45-minute aqua aerobics class. Then I showered, dressed, ducked to the supermarket for dog food, walked the dogs around the block and jumped in the car to meet... Continue Reading →

It’s been a biiiiig week. Last night I backed up for the official opening of Sydney's newest wine bar, The Heritage Room in Martin Place. I haven’t see my friend Claudia for ages so I invited her along for a catch up. Claudia and I go way back, we've know each other since before the... Continue Reading →

I went to the 2026 Australian Gin Awards last night, which were held at the very cool Ester Distillery in Enmore. And I am very proud that the gin I judged as the best in the Classic Gin category went on to win Best in Show! It was the clear winner among the 49 gins... Continue Reading →

I was invited to the launch of Florence Guild's first Sydney restaurant, Spezia, last night. And it was fancy! I say "Florence Guild's first Sydney restaurant" in a confident way ... but I actually had to look it up. I thought Florence might be a talented female chef, but Florence Guild is actually a hospitality... Continue Reading →

You know the saying "it's not about you, it's about them"? Well, sometimes I have my doubts. What if it IS about you? There is a growing list of people that no longer organise to catch up with me - or who get all slippery when I try to catch up with them. I will... Continue Reading →

How was your weekend? I spent most of mine solo and perhaps a bit too much of it reading news stories about security alerts in the Middle East and Europe. But I'll start off light and fluffy and save my anxiety until the end. On Saturday I went for a walk with friends and we... Continue Reading →

I took my sister to the relaunch of Harper Rooftop Bar at the Kimpton Margot Sydney last night and it was glorious. It felt like we were drinking bubbles in New York, against a backdrop of the city’s skyscrapers. Kimpton Margot Sydney is housed in a heritage-listed Art Deco building on Pitt and Bathurst Streets... Continue Reading →