I may have been imbibing spirits over the past few weeks, but my festive spirit is missing. I haven't even ... gasp ... put my Christmas tree up. And I'm not ... gasp ... going to ... I checked with the kids and they’re fine with it. The youngest reckons she's probably allergic to the... Continue Reading →

I'm a bit knackered this morning as I was a dirty stop-out until 11.30pm last night. Tia Maria is hosting pop-up espresso martini bars at Moonlight Cinemas across Australia over summer and I was invited to try the Centennial Park one out. Even better, there was a screening of Love Actually too ... and my... Continue Reading →

I live in a suburb that's a hop and a skip from the Sydney CBD, so the last thing I would expect to find trotting down my driveway is a lamb. But that's what happened to a woman in my neighbourhood yesterday. She posted a pic on our local Facebook group page with the caption:... Continue Reading →

That's tartly not tartily. I went to the inaugural Bel Air ‘Party Tartly’ Cocktail Cup ... as you do on a Monday night when you write about booze for a living. What the flipping heck is a Party Tartly Cocktail Cup you ask? Throughout October, bartenders across NSW and Victoria were invited to flex their... Continue Reading →

It's been a crazy few days ... as per usual. The frenetic whirl kicked off with my office Christmas lunch on Friday at an uber cool Surry Hills restaurant called Chin Chin. We enjoyed a banquet of South-East Asian deliciousness, including stir-fried rice noodle rolls with meltingly tender beef and perfectly roasted pork belly. A... Continue Reading →

The real world is hot and smoky and filled with dirty dishes. Oh, and the moon is bushfire red. It's a bit of a shock to the system after the flooding rain and waterfalls and fresh mountain air in New Zealand. I arrived home from the airport around 8pm on Wednesday night and immediately started... Continue Reading →

Our trip to New Zealand ended with a little luxury and a lot of terror. But let's start with the fun stuff ... DD has some Hilton hotel points that were about to expire, so he used them to book us a room at the Hilton Queenstown to celebrate our last night away together. The... Continue Reading →

We gave ourselves an early Christmas present on Monday: jet boating in Te Anau and an overnight cruise on Milford Sound. Sooooooo many wow moments. DD was mad keen to jet boat in NZ and we ended up doing it in the most perfect location: Te Anau. As we were driving up the highway from... Continue Reading →

There’s been so much beauty in the past few days as we’ve wended our way along The Southern Scenic Route in NZ. After swinging by Dunedin Farmers Market on Saturday morning - nestled beside the quaint and stately train station - where we nibbled on delicious cheeses and licked ice creams made by the stall... Continue Reading →

The days are flying by way too fast. We’ve barely scratched the surface of Dunedin and it’s time to hit the road again. We arrived around lunchtime yesterday and grabbed a quick bite before going on a six hour eco tour of the Otago peninsula. It was an amazing experience, enhanced by our vivacious Chilean... Continue Reading →