the end was just the beginning
It's the two-year anniversary of one of my most popular embarrassing stories on the blog - Caught Short. It happened at a kindy mums’ dinner and involves topics I decided were appropriate for regaling the table after four glasses of verdelho ... Like how I’d been caught short at the last kindy mums’ dinner and... Continue Reading →
Sculpture by the Sea is an annual mainstay in the Household. Before the kids came along I'd go for walks along the Bondi to Bronte stretch early each morning and the weeks when the exhibition was on felt like I was enjoying my own private art gallery. It's the most gorgeous trek even without the... Continue Reading →
Did you have a flutter yesterday? Perhaps raise a glass of champers at a party? I spent the day scouring the internet for Instagram shots of celebs trackside. At home. By myself. In my trakkie daks. With just the puppy and his errant toilet training to keep me company. Click here to see the results... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend the kids dragged me to one of their favourite yearly events, the local hippie fair. It was quite entertaining to see the streets surrounding it clogged with black range rovers. But that's the way we roll in our old, suburban age. The youngest got me VERY cross before we even left home... Continue Reading →
From Katy Perry’s “engagement” to Pamela Anderson’s new pixie cut … it’s been a weekend full of surprises. Here’s what went down: Pamela's shock crop Blonde bombshell Pamela Anderson, known not only for her va-va-voom curves, but her long platinum mane, is now rocking a totally style-transforming pixie cut. The Baywatch and Barb Wire star, 46, debuted her newly shorn... Continue Reading →
>> The week started - and finished - on a literary note, as I've been reading my daughters Anne of Green Gables every night. And thoroughly enjoying it. Anne Shirley was my favourite literary as a kid and I'd stored all the paperbacks away for a new generation. When I read it the first time... Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to our local girls' night in at my friend Margie's house. Now Margie and her fellow dynamo Tanya don't do anything by half measures. This isn't a low-key popcorn and a movie night. Here's part of the invitation I was sent ... It's so spesh there are... Continue Reading →
Sure, it might have been Halloween in Hollywood this week, but it was Katy Perry who dominated the celebrity news. From being called out by Mick Jagger in a fib to caught out getting drunk and flirty with Robert Pattinson, check out what she's been up to ... plus all the other hot Hollywood stories... Continue Reading →
Is there an event more polarising in Australia than Halloween? I swear, the iVillage Facebook followers were in a right state about it yesterday. Melissa wrote: "I'm concerned that we still encourage out children to knock on strangers doors and ask for lollies..... I don't know about anyone else but I teach my children all... Continue Reading →
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