the end was just the beginning
I was a little bleak yesterday - hormones - so deciding what to blog about today was tricky because I was completely not in the mood. The thing I most wanted to download was my terror about getting old. An old woman in crimpoline pants and a polyester floral shirt shuffled past me in the... Continue Reading →
Oooooh, it's Oscars morning in LA, so it's all quiet on the West Coast. But I've managed to find a few scintillating tidbits to sustain you until the action starts. I'll be doing a little red carpet tweeting over at @ivillageAus today and I'll have a round-up of behind-the-scenes goss tomorrow morning. Stay tuned! RiRi... Continue Reading →
You know how I'm obsessed with the idea of building an indoor beach as one of my mad business ideas? (No? Then click here for a refresher.) Well some clever Germans have beaten me to it. I was footling around on smh.com.au when I saw this story about Germany's Indoor Tropical Island. The SMH says:... Continue Reading →
I've written before about the disturbing nature of my attic - for example, this blog ... I was in the attic on Monday night, searching for the photo of me with Stripper Santa. I got really freaked out. My panic initially revolved around where the effing hell the Stripper Santa photo had gone. Are you one... Continue Reading →
Farmer's Direct keep sending me pears - they must be in season - and I keep forgetting to get Husband and Sprog 1 to eat them. (There's no way Sprog 2 or I are going anywhere near a fresh pear.) So they keep going brown and mushy. I decided I couldn't let the most expensive... Continue Reading →
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." Winston Churchill Working in the weekly magazine industry has totally ruined gossip for me. Don't get me wrong, I love compiling HouseGoesHollywood. I've been followed the minutiae of celebrity lives since 2002, so trawling the internet for... Continue Reading →
Did you ever fantasise about being a twin when you were a kid? It was right up there with being an alien from Alpha Centauri for me. I think it was the appeal of a permanent playmate that understood and accepted all my quirks and idiosyncracies (of which there were - and still are -... Continue Reading →
Make-ups, break-ups and trip-ups ... it's all been happening in La-La Land overnight. Hugh's Oscar plea - in song! Hugh Jackman has been making mischief on The Late Show with David Letterman, turning up dressed as Abraham Lincoln and singing the opening line of the Gettysburg Address – to prove that he deserves the Oscar for Best Actor... Continue Reading →
My youngest has a birthday party coming up and I'm arguing with her about who to invite. I'm from the "invite all the girls in your class so no-one feels left out" school. But my youngest is fiercely objecting to several girls who've been mean to her coming along. So I've told her she's not... Continue Reading →
It's all sex, drugs and rock n roll today ... Pink's sexy new video Pink makes out with hubby Carey Hart in her raunchy new video clip for Just Give Me A Reason. Included are scenes of the pair lying together on a floating bed and kissing passionately in the water. At one point during... Continue Reading →
