I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions, but with a new year about to begin, I always like to start it off in a positive light and then hope that I can maintain that ‘light’ right through until the end of the year. As the Christmas season would have it, I saw myself [...]
Now… I admit it… when it comes to shoes, I have little or no will power. The discovery of a hot pair of shoes will often leave me wanting… until I ultimately have. There have been many (read MANY) times I have found myself scouring shoe shops to find the ULTIMATE pair of hot heels [...]
With winter just around the corner, there have been some funky knits hitting the racks… while they will do little to keep you warm… they look hot… I’ve never really been one for being that practical, so that suits me just fine… Most of these are available through boohoo.com which offers free shipping to Australia... First up [...]
I'm not sure about you, but I LOVE the colour yellow! I always have! As a little girl I shunned pink, and turned to yellow. I LOVED being surrounded by it. It made me feel good. It made me feel happy. SO much so that I painted my ENTIRE room yellow (thanks mum and dad!) [...]
Lovin’ this Melbourne based indie band… and nothing like a new album, Controller - British India to be re-commit my love. British India have been around since 2004 and their fourth album has fulfilled all expectations… as far as I am concerned these guys just keep getting better and better. It didn’t take me long [...]
This is another fabulous recipe shared by Katrina Ryan from The Golden Pig Food & Wine School. A Thai dish, this was featured as part of the Vietnamese cooking class I attended, the beautiful tangy chicken complementing the other dishes wonderfully. [divider] Ingredients: 4 chicken marylands 8 cloves garlic 3 stalks lemongrass white part only, [...]
I love the concept of ‘nose to tail’ cooking and Freestyle Escape Cooking School has hosted a number of these classes, one of which I attended where ‘noes to tail’ specialist Peter Wolfe cooked up this fabulous, and insanely simple Vietnamese sausage, and… has been kind enough to share the recipe… [divider] Ingredients 700gms lean [...]
I was recently treated to a fabulous lunch at Donovan’s in St. Kilda. Gail was kind enough to ask chef’s Adam Draper and Emma D'Alessandro to share this fabulous recipe. Now be warned… this recipe is slightly on the complicated side, but so insanely worth the effort, and it adds a little drama to the [...]
Oh yes please... this funky little number are definitely on the wish list... Loco Koko Plat - OrangeGet crazy in the Loco Koko Platform. Iron Fist showcases a colorful pump with a tropical printed upper and skull charm decorating the ankle strap. A bow at the vamp, 5 inch wrapped heel and 1 inch platform [...]
I don’t know what it is that makes us connect with perfumes in the way that we do. Everyone has their own individual fragrance and personal reason for connecting with that fragrance. That connection may be a memory, a place, a person, or quite simply the fragrance… or superficially… the bottle or packaging. My favourite, [...]
