COVID-19. Worst. Present. Ever. I am not alone. Well, I am, I’ve been isolating by myself for the last four days ... but there are thousands of people in the same situation as me. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald reckons some Australians are currently battling their fifth bout of COVID-19. Blimey. As you... Continue Reading →

I have some disturbing news from Drinks Digest: there's not just a Champagne shortage in Australia, but also a hot chip famine. What fresh hell is this? Have we not been through enough in the past few years? Well, to be honest, the Champagne shortage appears to only be affecting some small retailers. The big... Continue Reading →

If you are wondering why I didn't blog yesterday, it is because I have hit the 2022 wall. Nothing dramatic happened. I just ran out of puff. I am beat. I am done. I need a Bex and a lie down. If I owe you a message, a call or catch up, I apologise. I... Continue Reading →

I don't know what it's like in your neck of the woods, but it is bizarrely brisk in Sydney for the week before Christmas. The youngest went out last night with her friends huddled in a hoodie. She doesn't remember that she once had a white Christmas when we briefly lived in New York. Mind... Continue Reading →

While there are things that I intensely dislike about getting older, such as my rapidly diminishing collagen levels, my face requiring (but sadly not receiving) daily threading and the ridiculous amount of time I spend trying to locate my missing keys and phone ... there are other parts that I love. For example, very few... Continue Reading →

I forgot that yesterday was bring-a-plate-to-work day for the office Christmas party. My workmate Tim forgot too, so we ventured out together in search of supplies. Keenly priced party food is in short demand in The Rocks, so we ended up at a dodgy bakery on George Street where we both paid through the nose... Continue Reading →

I feel oddly Grinch-like about Christmas this year. It is on my naughty list. I keep muttering about the transactional nature of gift giving. It feels like a box ticking exercise, as we all frantically prepare to hand each other goods of approximately the same value. I don't like being asked what I want as... Continue Reading →

Seasoned readers of HouseGoesHome will know just how exciting this news is .... I bought a new car yesterday!!!!!! It's still on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean somewhere, but I should take delivery of it before Christmas. I wasn't expecting to buy a new car yesterday. I thought there were nine-month... Continue Reading →

"On behalf of Moët Hennessy, we invite you to the official launch of The Ardbeg Peat Mie ... the only pie in Australia that requires proof-of-age to eat." Moët. Hennessy. Ardbeg. Pie. All in the same sentence. How could I resist those words? So I caught the light rail and a bus from work to... Continue Reading →

I read two things yesterday that blew me away. I will start with the really cool one. Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil has been discovered in outback Queensland! Yep, I was a dinosaur nerd when I was in primary school. Palaeontologists unearthed the complete fossil of the plesiosaur near the remote western Queensland town of... Continue Reading →