My house looks like it's been rocked by a series of explosions. The youngest needs a new passport and I couldn't find her birth certificate ANYWHERE. I spent Tuesday opening every storage box in the house ... about 20 of them ... and strewing their contents EVERYWHERE. The birth certificate ended up being in a... Continue Reading →

Every year on November 7, I drive to a dinky suburban teppanyaki restaurant to celebrate my nephew's birthday. It's a family tradition that we all love. Last Sunday night was a special one: my nephew turned 20 (he's no longer a teenager!) and he brought his girlfriend along. She's lovely, he's a lucky man. We've... Continue Reading →

I felt a growing sense of dread as we drove home from Newcastle last week. I didn't want to go back to my normal life. I wanted to break up with it and get a new one. I'm not alone. Millions of people are reassessing their lives in the wake of the pandemic, ditching everything... Continue Reading →

A band called Karma County played at my wedding on May 20, 2000. On November 4, 2022, I watched them perform again, this time with DD by my side. Both experiences were BULK FUN. Karma County are up there with Crowded House on my all-time favourites list. DD is aware of my Karma County obsession... Continue Reading →

Medical experts have discovered a new side effect of COVID-19. It's called Zoom dysmorphia. Have you heard of it? Earlier this year, Professor Susan Rossell – a cognitive neuropsychologist at Swinburne’s Centre for Mental Health – published a paper on the impact of video calling during COVID-19 and identified a worrying trend that suggested up... Continue Reading →

I am not a Melbourne Cup person. I was planning to ignore the event, but a client invited me to lunch. So I squeezed into my Spanx, cracked out a new disposable face mask and headed into town. Speaking of Spanx … I was blown away by what the founder, Sarah Blakely, did for her... Continue Reading →

Did anyone else get a bit teary seeing all the reunions at Sydney Airport yesterday? The first commercial flights since March 2020 finally landed. Watching people hugging and crying after so long apart was so moving. Sydney Airport wrote on LinkedIn: "The 'Love Actually' moment we've all been waiting for. This morning, we welcome the... Continue Reading →

I've done so many fab things since I last blogged. The eldest and I went to Narrabeen Beach to eat burgers from Two Hungry Bears. Damn they were gooooood. Below is a pic from their Facebook page … The food on the right is loaded scallops, but we didn't have enough room in our bellies... Continue Reading →