With the school holidays on the horizon and families needing to find funds for entertainment and activities, many mums and dads are trying to find ways to entertain kids without dipping into the piggy bank. Today I discovered a bush walk in Hornsby that is central to most parts of Sydney, is very scenic, is […]
Archives for March 2015
Individual Chocolate Pavlovas and…The Chocolate Game
March 27, 2015 By 37 Comments
When I posted a fig and prosciutto salad a few days ago, there was a reference to all the cousins at the party sitting down to play ‘the chocolate game’. I had many comments from people asking, ‘What is the chocolate game?’ It seems only Claire and I grew up playing this fantastic game and […]
Win Tickets to the Easter Show
March 25, 2015 By 42 Comments
Sydney’s Royal Easter Show is Australia’s largest annual event and this year, in its two-week season, is expected to attract around a million visitors. The Royal Easter Show was started by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) in 1823 and for nearly 200 years, has been the darling of Sydney’s events. RAS is a […]
Fig, Prosciutto and Bocconcini Salad
March 23, 2015 By 43 Comments
My sister, Lou, is now living in Oz after 10 years in Beijing. Two of her children have birthdays within a couple of days of each other. For the past decade I have only seen my niece and nephew’s combined birthday parties through a screen but now, everything’s changed. We were invited to a barbecue […]
Stuffed Pork Loin
March 20, 2015 By 22 Comments
It’s been a big week for the little guy who has so many interests and activities that result in a very tightly-packed schedule. One of the things he was most looking forward to this week was his appointment with the orthodontist. Because for the last 12 months Alfie has had to wear a contraption on […]
Praline Meringue Torte
March 18, 2015 By 40 Comments
I’ve had my first date. With Tiablo, the Brazilian. I was running a couple of minutes late and he even sent me a text message making sure he wasn’t being stood-up. After the initial greeting we spent an hour in the downstairs part of the gym with all the bulky-blokes with rugby league sized thighs. […]
Playa Takeria, Darlinghurst
March 16, 2015 By 35 Comments
A great chasm in the Sydney dining scene has always been the lack of quality Mexican restaurants serving authentic cuisine. Changing that stereotype is newcomer, Playa Takeria, a restaurant in Darlinghurst that takes its name from a romantic place in Cancun, Playa del Carmen. Opened for just over a month, Playa has quickly become popular […]
Vegan Crackers and…Mr Easy-On-The-Eye
March 14, 2015 By 36 Comments
That Alfie is involved in so many pursuits I’m being kept on my toes. I need to stay fit, strong and energised. Yesterday I dusted off my gym gear and paid a visit to my ‘charity’. Having dropped Alfie off to early morning band practise (just another thing), I arrived at the time where the […]
Bitten by the Swimming Bug
March 12, 2015 By 23 Comments
So…we’ve had the school swimming carnival and the amateur swim club carnival and this week we’ve had the inter-schools’ zone swimming carnival. It was held at my most favourite pool, North Sydney Olympic Pool. My favourite not only because I used to train there as a child, but because of its unique position on the […]
Deco Stop, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
March 11, 2015 By 22 Comments
When we were staying at Barrier Beach House the manager recommended we visit Deco Stop Lodge. He said, ‘You must at least get there for lunch because it has one of the best views in Santo’. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time for a visit. But then we did. We checked into the airport for our […]
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