I love a good family selfie. My kids hate them. Therein lies the problem (well the first major problem anyway). I have been 100% guilty of bribery and negotiating a number of…
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LA Restaurants, Posts, Visiting LAYou can’t get any more Beverly Hills than the Beverly Hills Hotel
Updated May 13, 2014 @ 11:30 LA time Stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel if you want to pay homage to Beverly Hills. It may not be the hotel Pretty Woman…
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Shhh …. I’m having an affair. I know, so LA right? It feels so good. It feels so right. It’s like an addiction–just one more night, one more…
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One of my goals in coming to LA was to see paparazzi in action, I’m intrigued by them and their business. When I moved here I thought I’d see them everywhere, just…
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It’s the ANZAC Day long weekend in Australia where we remember those that served our countries (Australia and New Zealand). While the spirit of ANZAC Day encompasses all Australians who served and…
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I’ve spent a bit of time talking about our recent bouts of homesickness. Thankfully I can report that we’re all cured for a while and we’re moving onwards and upwards. Why? We…
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Tripping down Expat memory lane I’ve mentioned a couple of times now that we lived in China–Shanghai actually. I have such amazing memories of our nearly two years there despite it being…
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Differences between America & AustraliaEaster in Oz v US: big chocolate eggs v little plastic ones filled with candy
I posted a status update on my Facebook page about a very special moment in time at dinner the other night: “that” conversation. No, not the one about sex, the one about…
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Can we laugh at ourselves, meaning Australians , British, American, South Africans, Chinese whatever race you are? Can we take it when another race has a go at us? (Hopefully it’s a…
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updated October 8, 10:00 LA time with new info on The Slap. Happy Easter long weekend (although it’s now the tail of it). And, of course, Happy Passover. I love that we’re…
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Updated 4:50pm LA time due to poor editing skills. Must be time for a drink. Welcome back to this week’s Fact or Fiction–a little late for me this week. I have to…
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Labelling. I despise it. Unless a doctor needs it for genetic or medical reasons, quit labelling me. I never know how to tick those boxes. Would I be known as a Welsh…
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Update with cause of death: May 5, 2014 We’ve all been shocked by the news of yet another celebrity deaths. Today’s news is sad because at 25 Peaches Geldof was not only…
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Just before I left for my Spring Break I was interviewed by a fabulous Blogger. It was such a fun thing to do and she really made me think about stuff I…
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Have you missed Fact or Fiction? Or noticed that the latest piece about Harry Styles has been going for two weeks? Thanks to the Spring break we decided to carry it over.…
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Differences between America & Australia, PostsMind, body & spirit: the difference between Australian & American private schools
I’ve been trying to articulate the difference between Australian and American private school and couldn’t seem to put my finger on it. Until now. So I thought I’d take a stab at…