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Views from hotel windows

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Australia, business, hotels, Melbourne, Sydney, Travel on November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes when travelling for work this is close as I get to the city I’m in; the view from the hotel window…

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Singapore Fling

Posted in Food, Travel, tagged buffet, cake, chocolate, Food, GST, holiday, macaron, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Sky Park on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Anyone who knows me is well aware that while I love film, television and music – I am really passionate about food. Cooking it, eating it, taking dodgy photographs of it. Last week in Singapore I visited The Club on the 57th floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The Sky Park has [...]

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Literary legends

Posted in Books, Food, Perth & WA, Travel, tagged Armistead Maupin, Barbary Lane, Bistro Vue, Circa, Cumulus Inc, eatdrinkperth, festival, Food, Mary Ann In Autumn, Masterclass, Melbourne, MFWF, Michael Tolliver, Movida, Nigella, Nigella Lawson, Perth, restuarants, San Francisco, St Kilda, Tales of the City on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Last week was a great week. How often do you get to meet your literary and culinary heroes in the space of seven days? On Sunday March 6 I finally met author Armistead Maupin, creator of the Tales of the City series. I own all of his books and have been lucky enough to interview [...]

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Harbour life

Posted in Travel, tagged beach, Bondi, Chinese New Year, holiday, Opera House, Qantas, Syndey, Travel on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Spent the last week of January in Sydney. Some colleagues couldn’t figure out why I’d go on holidays to Sydney when I spent a fair amount of time there for work in December and January. Easy – when you’re working there’s no time for markets, the beach, exploring Chinatown. Here’s a couple of quick snaps [...]

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Oprah at the Opera House

Posted in Television, Travel, tagged Australia, harbour, Hugh Jackman, Opera, Opera House, Oprah Winfrey, Sun, Sydney, tourism on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Here’s a few snaps from Tuesday December 14, the day Opera came to the Sydney Opera House. Shame I can’ t align properly! It was sunny, the rain stayed away, everyone wore brightly coloured clothing and had a jolly good time. And got either a pearl or diamond necklace. And no, I was at the [...]

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