Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattison living together again! Twilight fans rejoice - those reports that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison have reconciled might be true. "They are living together and have reconciled," an insider tells Us Weekly. Lainey Gossip says: "My sources tell me that though things are “fragile” as Pattinson works out his trust issues, they are... Continue Reading →
HouseOnHoliday: Hey, good lookin’
This is a blog about my pimples. Sexy, no? I wrote it while on holidays in Barcelona on September 27 last year. Oddly enough I currently have a matching one, in exactly the same part of my forehead. Except this September 27 I'm staying at my parents' house in Newcastle. Grotesquely massive pimples in foreign... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Rihanna’s crazy love for Chris, Joel Madden’s a zombie, Beyonce pregnant?
Lady Gaga's bulimia confession Lady Gaga shared a photo of herself wearing yellow lingerie on her Little Monsters website yesterday, confessing in the caption: "[I've battled] bulimia and anorexia since I was 15" “but today I join the body revolution” “to inspire bravery”. "Hey Guys its Gaga… Now that the body revolution has begun, be brave and post... Continue Reading →
HouseOnHoliday: Can’t start a fire without a spark
A year ago today, the Household did something very, very silly. We went to a fireworks parade in Barcelona. It was exhilarating and terrifying in equal measures. To celebrate its anniversary we're doing something similarly nuts - going swimming at Maroubra. (After going to something that Husband informed me at 5.30am he bought on a... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Lindsay Lohan rushed to hospital, Sofia Vergara tweets her butt crack, so does Pamela Anderson …
Nude fun the Emmys The opening skit of the Emmys is the talk of the town. It features actresses Zooey Deschanel, Christina Hendricks and Mindy Kaling gathered in a bathroom to practice their 'I can't believe I won' faces when they hear someone crying. They discover Girls star Lena Durham sitting on a toilet naked and eating... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesBackToWork
It was even higher anxiety than usual in the Household last night as I signed my life away for the next six months to a JOB. Only part-time, only a maternity leave cover, but still ... It felt like a BIG decision. A dear friend contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I'd... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: Mag of the Week award, Robbie William’s cute bub, Emmys gossip
The Mag I Bought This Week Award goes to ... The Macquarie Dictionary tells me "brave" means "possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance". Both Woman's Day and New Idea are bandying the word around on their Princess Kate covers this week. And there's something about it that bothers me. I think it over-eggs the pudding slightly. It's not... Continue Reading →
Abnormal behaviour (with pear muffins)
I've often explained that I blog about my innermost fears and idiocyncracies to make people feel more normal about theirs. And it's gratifying to have people tell me "oh my god, I feel exactly the same way/do exactly the same thing". Because there's always this niggling fear in the back of my brain that I... Continue Reading →
HouseOnHoliday: Excess baggage
A year ago today the Household were in the South of France. Ah, how the other half lived before realising they needed to pull their heads in ... then forgetting again and redrawing on the mortgage to book two tickets to New York next April ... This year's school-holidays-on-a-budget will be spent in sunny Newcastle... Continue Reading →
How to make: super-easy gnocchi
It's always been in my mind that gnocchi is nightmarish to make - I tried it once in my 20s and swore never again because it was such a palaver. So, until recently, it was on the list of dishes I never attempted at home and always ordered out, like chilli crab, salt & pepper... Continue Reading →