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 →

I got an email this week from a real estate agent, informing me they’d sold a house in a nearby suburb at auction for $3.7million, despite it being "completely uninhabitable". Oh. Em. Effing. Gee. What the hell is happening here? Further to my blog post yesterday about keeping a roof over your head on low... Continue Reading →

I was so excited about finally getting my hair cut yesterday that I turned up 24 hours early. Well, that's what I'm blaming it on, rather than losing my marbles. I have developed a terrible habit in recent years of getting times and dates wrong. I have a paper diary now to try and avoid... Continue Reading →

Isn't it weird how all we talked about in NSW for months and months was the 11am news conference and how many COVID cases there were and what suburbs they were in ... and then suddenly we didn't care anymore. All around me people are getting on with life and delightedly hugging each other and... Continue Reading →

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that when your child says they need to tell you something “but you can’t get mad" … you will want to get mad. Or at least feel like shouting "FFS!" My heart sank when the eldest uttered the immortal words to me on Friday morning. And it sank much... Continue Reading →

I am still coming to terms with the enormity of Alec Baldwin accidentally killing someone on the set of his latest movie, Rust. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was shot in the chest after Alec was handed a gun and told it was safe. “Cold gun!”, the assistant director shouted, according to a search warrant submitted... Continue Reading →

Do you know how they make the chicken in suburban Chinese restaurant stir-fries so soft and moist? I discovered the secret last week and my mind is blown. I learned how to velvet chicken from a post on Tin Eats. You sprinkle sliced chicken breast with bicarb soda, which makes it’s unbelievably tender and juicy.... Continue Reading →