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Hooray for Fake Tiffany Seizure

Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, Society, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am not one of the Perth women distraught by the seizure by Customs officials of eight consignments of fake Tiffany jewellery. About time and well done, I say. I have wondered for months how women in Perth were getting away with selling the fake Tiffany by party plan. It is one thing to buy fake [...]

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Holidays=Hoons

Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, Society, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the end of exams has seen an increase in hoon drivers on the road. Souped up utes, Skylines Commodores, all bearing P plates. Pulling out of the bank car park on Wednesday, a youth hanging out of the window of his “attractive” burnt orange Commodore swore at me, for no [...]

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I Heart New York

Posted in Food, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What’s not to love about New York, the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps? Is it possible to miss a city you’ve only recently been acquainted with? I think so. And I’m already saving to go back. For reasons unknown I never had any real desire to visit New York and after September 11, [...]

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The holiday is over

Posted in Travel, tagged , , , , on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wow, was it really September that I wrote my last post? I guess so. Insert feelings of guilt here. We have now been back from our US holiday for roughly the same length of time we were away which is a depressing thought. The first week back was dominated by jetlag, disrupted sleep, unpacking and [...]

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