A few weeks ago my blogging friend, Seana from Sydney Kids, Food and Travel, invited me to lunch at her home. I think it had been almost a year since we’d seen each other so a catch-up was long overdue. Carolyn from Desire Empire was also invited and Robyn, a blogger I hadn’t met, from […]
Archives for March 2014
North Sydney Olympic Pool
March 12, 2014 By 51 Comments
As a teenager I spent many hours training in North Sydney Olympic Pool. Perfectly positioned between the harbour bridge and Luna Park while nestled on the foreshore of Sydney harbour, and with all its retained charm of its 1930’s era, it is absolutely my most favourite pool to swim in. But this week it was […]
A Family Lunch
March 10, 2014 By 51 Comments
There hasn’t been a lot of recipes on my blog lately but that doesn’t mean I’ve been exiled from the kitchen. No, I’m still in the Hotly Spiced kitchen but bouncing from one event to the next. Recently my sister, Em, has been in Australia with her son who was born a few weeks before […]
Coco Chocolate Giveaway
March 9, 2014 By 33 Comments
If you have been reading along with me for a while now, you might remember that I participated in a course at Coco Chocolate that taught me how to temper chocolate. Coco Chocolate has three stores that are all in Sydney and as well as running their chocolate school, you can buy a wonderful range […]
Shark Attack Birthday Cake
March 8, 2014 By 42 Comments
Alfie has just celebrated his ninth birthday with a shark party where nine boys watched Jaws in his bedroom then had pizza and jelly cups followed by a Mintie scramble and a shark attack birthday cake. Hooray! It’s all over for another year. That probably sounds a bit mean but I’m currently organising a 21st […]
Delassant Candles and a Giveaway
March 7, 2014 By 31 Comments
There are a lot of good things about blogging and one of them is having beautiful products arrive on your doorstep. Recently a box from a local Sydney business called Delassant Candles arrived at my front door. Delassant is a French word meaning, ‘relaxing’. This box sounded good before it was even unwrapped. When I […]
‘I’m very sorry to hear that’
March 5, 2014 By 45 Comments
I was talking to a friend this morning and she said, ‘I think you must be exuding a special kind of energy’. And she said that because I was telling her a story of what happens to me when I go to the supermarket. (And you know the supermarket I’m talking about because it’s the […]
In My Kitchen, March 2014
March 3, 2014 By 43 Comments
In my kitchen I have a box of goodies from uTaste which is part of the Good44 website. uTaste is a site you can subscribe to and for $29.00/month you’re sent a selection of gourmet goodies from producers in Australia and New Zealand. This can include wines, chocolates, fudge, crackers, condiments, ciders and much more besides. […]
A Family Update
March 2, 2014 By 40 Comments
I thought I would give you an update on the parenting front. Archie is back at uni and on the days he’s not there he’s working at Bathers’ Cafe and also fitting in dance classes with the Sydney Dance Company. Plans are underway for his 21st birthday party. There’s an awful lot of organising […]
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