Renewing my expired CA Driver’s Licence? (California but you know that!) Doesn’t it seem like only a few months ago I (finally) got my Californian driver’s license? Well. At home you can…
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expat life
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Los Angelinos love to talk “routes” Routes. Better known to us Aussies as which way to go. We call them “roots” they call them “rowtes” (row as in argument not what you…
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Halloween makes way for Thanksgiving and Christmas … but in Australia November kicks off with Melbourne Cup Day: Celebrating Melbourne Cup Day in LA In one day here in LA the shops…
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It’s time for my weekly look at the differences between Americans and Australians. This happened to me last night. I don’t think this would happen in Australia but I’d love to get…
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Two years on: the first six months are the hardest We’re in the thick of the first semester and it’s getting harder to work out what’s for dinner each night and we’re…
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Differences between America & Australia, PostsDifferences between Americans & Australians: grocery store queues
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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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It's not until you leave home that you can really appreciate what you had...…
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I’m serious. This isn’t one of those Top five posts, it’s a serious, legitimate question. It’s my first-world problem but I’m keen to know if it’s yours too. It’s that time of…
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I’m back from my amazing Aussie holiday that went by so (too) quickly. I had so many ideas for my first Blog post back and like I often do have written some…