This year we’re “stuck” at home for Christmas given we’re under Stay-at-home orders in California. It made me consider the differences between America and Australia when it comes to Holiday desserts. And…
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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for me. As many of you know my son is in his senior year at school. But what does this opening sentence have to do…
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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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I’ve been neglectful again because I had friends in town last week then a busy weekend catching up. But showing friends around LA is the very reason this Blog started–to share my…
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There are two trends starting to emerge in the titles of my posts: “90210 style” and “Hollywood”. This one is definitely 90210 style. I have to fess up. It’s Spring break &…
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Welcome back to Fact or Fiction. I’m a bit late this week, a pupil-free day caused the delay with me being disorganised in not having the post ready ahead of time and…
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I never expected to actually visit Las Vegas. Not necessarily because I didn’t want to or that it wasn’t on my bucketlist but that it wasn’t high enough on my bucket list…
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I’ve got an appointment to check out my much-visited Beverly Hills Hotel next week so in that vein here’s this week’s Fact or Fiction. Meanwhile, the answer to last week’s Fact…
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I know the Golden Globes are in the distant past but this story felt right, a nice reminisce about why it’s so cool to be living in LA hot on the heels…
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Robbie Williams I’m very excited about this week’s Fact or Fiction : I met Robbie Williams at our local Starbucks. There’s a story to be told but you’ll have to wait until…
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Put your best face forward Those of you that know me well might be thinking, “What does Gwen know about Spring 2014 Make-up trends?” Well you’re right, except that if you follow…
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I posted on my personal Facebook page last night that I’m feeling quite homesick. No one could more shocked about this news than me. It was here on this very blog that…
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We’ve got a few more friends coming in to town so I called one of my favourite restaurants–our go-to when we have friends come to LA–to secure a couple of reservations. The…
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Well I’ve made it. We’ve made it. I’ve been in LA six months and live to tell the tale. Time has flown by (although not the first six weeks). Sometimes I feel…
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How is it that you can go off the rails with the easiest diet in the world? That’s a really good question and I wish I had the answer. Actually I do…