Looking for Modern Baby Shower ideas? I’ve got you covered with this showcase of gorgeous baby shower themes that is perfect for the modern mama. I never had a baby shower before Emma was born because we moved house about two weeks before she was due. As you can imagine, it wasn’t very high on the priority list, I had…
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Getting arrested on a Friday night may not be your idea of a good time, but I think you’ll change your mind when you hear what The National Trust of Victoria has planned. On Friday 16 October the Old Melbourne Gaol is throwing a Gin Pop-Up bar, it’s the last for the year and this time there is a twist…
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A friend who has recently returned to Melbourne after living in Perth for five years told me that she’d love to pick my brain and find out about all the cute and quirky shops I love to visit, you know, the ones in out of the way places that you accidentally stumble across because you took a wrong turn. It…
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This delicious Jam is made following a simple Old Fashioned strawberry jam recipe with only 3 ingredients ans no added pectin. Includes jar sterilizing tips to make the whole process super easy! I’ve been wanting to make my own batch of jam for a long time and with strawberries being so cheap and plentiful at the moment I thought –…
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Well that was a well needed break! I’ve been putting off writing this post for fear of falling back into hold habits, the lure of the world wide web is strong and hard to shake. Not being slavishly glued to the internet has cleared some head space and helped me look at why I was feeling like things were getting…
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I spend too much time looking at a screens; phone screens, computer screens, iPad screens, by the time I get to bed at night my eyes actually hurt. In fact they still hurt when I wake up in the morning. It’s getting a little bit overwhelming so I’ve decided that I’m going to have a little break from it all…
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Notting Hill, famous for it’s market on Portobello road, colourful houses and many movie appearances where it plays a strong supporting roll. If you’ve seen the movies Notting Hill, About A Boy, Sliding Doors, Love Actually and Paddington, you’ll get a strong sense of déjà vu, like you’ve possibly been here before. It was our last Sunday in London and…
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Time for your kid to unleash their inner Super Hero! The Good Guys and Circus Oz have teamed up to create the Super Hero Academy, two hours of fun, circus activities for primary school age kids – and it’s free! Emma and I headed to the inaugural workshop at the Meat Market, a beautiful heritage venue in North Melbourne which…
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Whilst cleaning up some paperwork the other day I stumbled on an old notebook with a few recipes pasted in it that I’d torn out of some magazines many years ago. Most of them I never got around to making, but this recipe for Orange & Date Syrup Cake was a winner. It had a few notes I’d added over…
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Southsiders rejoice, the food trucks have finally arrived! No longer do we have to cross the river to get our little piece of street food action, now that Hank Marvin Market has set up shop in Alma Park, St Kilda East. As the sign clearly states, South Side’s Starvin’,and if the turn out last weekend is anything to go by,…
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