the end was just the beginning
"You want a mansion in Beverly Hills You want a wedding with all the frills You want daddy to pay, you better tell him today Get to the Abu Dhabi." Split Enz, Abu Dhabi Husband has gone on a work trip to Dublin. Lucky bastard. Well, to be honest, I can't imagine anything worse than... Continue Reading →
After drying my tears from Paper Giants 2 on ABC-TV last night, I started reminiscing about my own Mag Wars. I was working at Cosmopolitan magazine (as deputy to my current boss, Mia Freedman - ah the more things change the more they stay the same) when Nick Chan approached me to be deputy editor of... Continue Reading →
Ah, just the usual weekend in La-La Land: rumours squashed, new ones started, motherhood confessions and the world's best snogger. Isla's too chicken Ah, she's a girl after my own heart. During interviews to promote her new movie, Now You See Me, Isla Fisher has revealed that her latest home improvement was "Getting chickens! We're... Continue Reading →
Ah, the life of a blogger/website editor is never dull. When it's not my own angst, it's someone else's. And here's what went down this week. Sorry, no significant Facebook stoushes to speak of. Though I did spend quite a bit of time on Twitter ranting about my bunny eating my internet cable and the... Continue Reading →
I should feel guilty about this post, after all I do have five chooks as pets. But somehow I've managed to divorce the bird from the plate. And so ... here are seven of my favourite chicken dinners. Recipe: Chicken with spicy capsicum This dish was inspired by my love of a classic Chinese dish... Continue Reading →
Whoa, it really was the week of Amanda Bynes and her very public plot-loss via Twitter. Poor girl. Amanda did so much out-there stuff I don't know where to start. So I won't. But she was totally LOOPY and pretty verbally vicious on Twitter. Click here and here and here AND here for details. Former child star Mara Wilson, who has starred in movies... Continue Reading →
I've had the misfortune to work with some total psychos during my 28 years as a journalist. Sometimes I've wondered whether it's actually me that's the problem because what are the odds of a person cramming so many of them into one career. So it was a relief to read a news report on a... Continue Reading →
It occurred to me around 5pm last night that I'd forgotten to check my messages all day. As it turned out, checking my messages was impossible because I'd left my phone at home. I called Husband and asked if he'd seen my phone lying around the house anywhere. And he was like: "How can you... Continue Reading →
Husband convinced me to take the kids to see Vivid on Sunday night. I was leaning heavily on the stay-home-and-watch-tellie side of the fence, but he wore me down. I'm so glad he did. Sydneysiders take note, Vivid is pretty awesome. (The Vivid lowdown: Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light,... Continue Reading →
Many, many, many moons ago I made friends with a girl named Jodie. She was my first-ever flatmate. We used to go nightclubbing every weekend together and she held my hand all night long while I sobbed over losing my first love. Fast-forward more than 20 years to her farewell at a pub in Newtown... Continue Reading →
