Four days in New York goes pretty bloody fast. This morning we're heading to the airport for an 8am flight to Charleston. Working backwards, that means getting up at 5.30am. Yawn. I remarked to Husband that I think we're getting too old for short, long-haul holidays. We just don't have the stamina anymore. Yesterday we... Continue Reading →

Being the cultural philistine that I am, if I'm going to see a play it must have someone famous in it. And the only time I go to see plays is in New York. So that's three plays in the past 20 years. I saw Molly Ringwald in Cabaret. I saw Eddie Izzard in the... Continue Reading →

Talk about conflicting emotions - I'm sitting on my hotel room bed, watching news reports about the Boston Marathon bombings surrounded by my extensive New York purchases. It feels really wrong that life goes so blithely on. But, as a reporter noted from Times Square, New Yorkers have not allowed themselves to be paralyzed by... Continue Reading →

So I get an email from my sister last night: "All ok over there ?? Lara just mentioned she had heard that NY was in lockdown after the Boston bombings?" Ohhhh, so that's why there were police everywhere. Welcome to New York, on terror alert. You know how I was saying it felt like I... Continue Reading →

Only 30 minutes into my flight from Sydney to Seoul, it all came flooding back .... Stop the plane I want to get off! My god I hate flying. I turned to Husband and said: "I am never flying anywhere ever again." He smiled and nodded and paid me absolutely no attention because that's what... Continue Reading →

A word of warning for the naive traveller: Inchoen the Korean suburb isn't remotely close to Incheon the Korean airport. Catching a train to Incheon station, hopping in a cab and asking the driver to take you to the Incheon Regency Hyatt is a bit like arriving at the Christmas Islands and asking for a... Continue Reading →

Or have they abandoned me? I'm not quite sure. They were so distraught about me leaving them for 10 days with their aunty and cousins that they couldn't even bring themselves to come and wave goodbye. Actually, they couldn't be bothered. I got a reluctant hug from each daughter, together with a "bye mum" and... Continue Reading →

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt. Husband has sent me the most amazing property porn link. You simply type in your budget and it shows you houses you could buy in your price range all over the world. If you are anything like me when it comes to property ... You. Will. DIE. (Happy.) Click here to... Continue Reading →

So, last night I went to farewell drinks for one of the true legends of magazines - Beryl Giles. Beryl has been in the business FOREVER. I just caught her tail end, when she was my chief sub-editor at Woman's Day.I love Beryl. She rocks.So I was particularly keen to raise a glass to her.Her... Continue Reading →