It's Friday and even thought it was a short working week for me, it's been a tiring week. I'll leave you with a photo from last week's visit to the National Gallery of Australia. It's a bit of a tradition now that every Australia Day or thereabouts I...
Well here it is, the first ever give away on my blog. I received an email from the nice people at csnstores asking if I'd like to choose an item to give to a blog reader. I thought it might have been spam so I replied with hesitancy. When I realised...
I was looking back through all my 2009 food files and noticed 2 recurring themes in my baking - chocolate and lemon. My work colleagues are the chocolate fans whilst I love all things lemon. I had a brainwave a few weeks ago and wondered what would happen...
Last Saturday I visited ici et la at 7 Nickson Street Surry Hills. A few years ago one of my girlfriends bought some colourful deckchairs from ici et la. When I was looking for fabric to recover a bedroom chair ici et la was the first place...
Have you seen these vintage silverware markers from Monkeys Always Look? I found them via design sponge sometime last year and immediately added Monkeys Always Look to my 'etsy favourites list'. I bought a few of my Christmas...
I seem to make chocolate tarts quite often. I guess I'm searching for the perfect tart and the perfect chocolate pastry recipe. Each time I make one I seem to edge ever closer to chocolate tart perfection. I was inspired to make this recipe after...
Can you remember something from your childhood that you really loved to eat? When I was 9 our family went to New Zealand to attend a family wedding. I decided I was going to eat nothing but strawberries during my stay but I discovered New Zealand cheese...
This will be the last post from my trip to Brisbane and if you don't like lizards or reptiles in general, then look away. My parents place has always been home to a variety of goannas and lizards. On this visit home, Phil the Frill Neck Lizard a.k.a...
I've worked a full day, gone to a cycle class, made lunch for tomorrow and eaten my dinner so now it's time to resume blogging for 2010. I had a very busy festive season, which as always revolved around the consumption of food. For our work Christmas...
