Sydney

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Jo

I hate February in Sydney. There – I said it. Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it’s the hardest one to find anything good to say about it. Except perhaps that March comes next – and that’s one of… Read More

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Posted on February 11, 2017 by Jo

We spent yesterday with one of Grant’s aunts from Scotland. We hadn’t seen her since we stayed with her in Doune back in 1995. I remember the house so well – I remember Max, the mad golden setter even more clearly. He used… Read More

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Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jo

Because it’s Thursday and I like to link up with the loving’ life crew, I had something scheduled about what fashion looks like at 50. Here’s a #spoileralert – whatever you damn well want it to look like. Then I figured that… Read More

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Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jo

I was flicking through old blog posts the other day looking for inspiration and found this one I’d originally written after Angela Savage posted a (melbourne) quiz on her blog. It was a sort of a homage to the quiz that appeared… Read More

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Posted on October 14, 2016 by Jo

It’s Good Food Month here in Sydney. Aside from other events happening around town, the Night Noodle Markets are on. You’d think that loving Asian food and street food as much as we do, we would have been to this every year…not… Read More

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Posted on October 9, 2016 by Jo

A few years ago, on a weekend trip to Wellington, my friend and I declared- after imbibing in a bottle of NZ courage- that we’d enter the Blackmore’s Bridge Run and learn to, well, run. Her husband was entered in the marathon… Read More

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Posted on September 25, 2016 by Jo

Regular readers will know that I’m booked to do Milford Track in 7 weeks time…7 weeks tomorrow to be exact. Finding the time to train effectively with my schedule has been difficult, but I’m trying to pack as much into the weekends… Read More

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Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jo

It was one of those days…the ones that Sydney does particularly well. The ones when the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the harbour was glistening in a way that could have you thinking that someone up there had scattered a… Read More

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Posted on August 15, 2015 by Jo

So anyways, I’m in the process of weaning myself back to a 4 day partition week. Of late, I’ve having more success with this, but still feel humungously guilty- and a little as if I’m skiving off. Surely, I should be spending… Read More

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Posted on July 17, 2015 by Jo

So anyways, todays Friday Five is a little different. There’s no round-up of the week, no what I’m doing, reading, cooking, writing or watching. It’s an unashamed #foodporn post. It’s a post in five courses…plus drinks…and bread. Now, before I get too… Read More