Sydney Theatre Company from 10 January – 22 March It was a mission to get to the David Williamson play Travelling North at the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) but I was so glad I’d made the effort. Full of barbeques, shorty shorts and beautiful blow dries, it...
What are your passions in life? Late last year I got worried that there was nothing I was passionate about. Sure there was stuff I liked but was that the same? I discussed it with my husband. "I'm passionate about my family but what are the other things...
I don't know about you but for me when the holiday is over and the car pulls into the driveway I start feeling the post holiday blues. I'm back to reality, routine and regular old life. You unpack the car and all of sudden the house...
It was 46 degrees and we came to a unanimous decision, a non-airconditioned city stay at my sisters (sorry Sarah!) was not an option. Straight to wotif.com where we found a 'hot deal' $99 of air-conditioned glory at Diamant Boutique Hotel, Spring Hill, Brisbane. Service Flawless. The...
One of the side effects of blogging that I didn't anticipate is that I feel like I am never on holidays (even though as I write this I am sitting at a table overlooking the waves of the ocean while my sauv blanc slowly disappears)....
I saw it before I heard it. The jewel green shirt dazzling me with its brilliant colour and hypnotising me with its emerald silk fluttering in the Sportsgirl breeze. And then it spoke, “Nicky, Nicky, you need me. Wear me and you will look good...
I’ve been renovating. I was feeling dull, tired, lifeless and in need of inspiration so I did what any self-respecting blogger would do, I renovated my blog! I’ve heard that renovating a house can be stressful, not that I would know, we didn’t live in our...
On a warm summer afternoon, in a central Queensland mining town, Christmas was in the air. You could taste the anticipation. The annual Town Christmas Party was about to begin. With our summer party clothes on the boys were ready and I was excited. Okay probably...
I’ve moved a lot. Nine moves in the 10 years since I married would you believe? And apparently I’m a digital mogul mover, well at least that’s what my moving profile survey told me. I don’t know why I’m surprised because that’s how we’ve found...
Complex, dysfunctional family relationships, conflict, guilt, betrayal, lies, regret and tragedy Hannah Richell’s books have it all. They are ‘sneak into the toilet to read five more pages’ while hubby changes the baby kind of books. Having read Hannah’s first novel Secrets of Tides and loved...