Let’s take a look at the differences between Americans and Australians waiting in a grocery store queue for a couple of minutes. (Or in Australian what’s the difference between Americans and Australians…
updated 4:00 Thursday 17/9/15 LA time with James Corden Late, Late Show video…enjoy When you ask when was the last time it rained in LA—or your hometown—you can’t often say. But here…
This is one for Captain Obvious but I can’t let this series go without discussing the differences between America and Australia in terms of School Holidays. We’re off and running–my kids are finally…
The first thing you notice when you go to see Britney Spears’s live Vegas show is the young-but-getting-slightly-older fans queuing up for the best standing-room-only tickets hours before the show. From all accounts…
“Ahhh Santorini, you truly are a gift from the Gods.” We crowd around the bus as it pulls into the local bus stop, all eager to get a seat as it’s a…
The difference between my life in Beverly Hills America & inner City Sydney Australia The second instalment in my series in the differences between America & Australia (Americans & Australians) was spurred…
It’s the summer holidays and it finally starts to feel like it. Apart from feeling more relaxed, sleeping in a little and eating later it hasn’t really felt like the holidays. I…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People complain about coming to the US and getting sick of eating hamburgers, hot dogs, salads with mayo all over them and fries,…
This time two years ago was quite a significant milestone moment for us as it was a rude awakening that this LA “thing” might actually happen. Cut back two years and six weeks…
The difference between Americans & Australians I’m starting a new series of differences between Australians & Americans prompted by today’s shopping experience. I’m not talking spelling or speaking but reactions and situations.…
The first (or last!) in a series of what Los Angelinos love to do. And the very top of the list is that people in LA are obsessed with hiking. Yep, Los…
Like everyone in my neck of the woods, with school finishing in the middle of the year rather than the end, it’s busy, busy, busy. There are fairs, thank-you breakfasts, end-of-year events…
Californian law states that you must get a new driver’s licence within 10 days of getting here if you intend to seek residency in state. Oops. Mr H got his straight away…
My daughter and I were at the hairdresser—she was getting her hair done and I was getting my brows done. There was a guy next to me talking about what he’d been…
Beverly Hills is known for its mansions and compounds–many of which take up entire blocks–its lush green gardens, the bands of gardeners to maintain said gardens and the food trucks required to feed…
I’m getting back in the swing of LA life again—thank god!!! I guess that’s what happens once you’ve vented and you know there’s nothing else to do but get up & get…