It's so easy to get into the same old weekly eating habits. I rarely choose fish when I am on auto pilot, and yet when I am really focused on eating well and trying to make good food choices, I always find myself choosing fish and seafood as a way to get delicious food onto plates with little … [Read more...]
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The best of the June long weekends
June 9, 2017 by 14 Comments
Here we are at the start of the June long weekend. One of my favourites in the whole year and always a big one in the village. For years now the ball always falls on the Saturday night of the long weekend, with the fireworks on the Sunday night and it always means that we have had a house full of … [Read more...]
Comfort+ on a cold day: chicken & veggie soup
June 8, 2017 by 15 Comments
How's the weather been the last few days? Around these parts it's been called what is officially known as "bloody freezing" with yesterday not moving much past 7 or 8 degrees all day. We bunkered down fireside with Harps home from school with a cold and Maggie complaining "I sick too Mumma, sore … [Read more...]
Matters of the head: What to put on your face & hair
June 6, 2017 by 88 Comments
I sometimes wonder how I am a grown up at all. I mean, I think there should be lessons on how to do all the things that we should know how to do by now. In a few months I will be turning 40 and I think that by now I would have figured shit out. But it's not the case. Now I know in matters of the … [Read more...]
The “Big 5oh my goodness how much fun” weekend!
June 5, 2017 by 28 Comments
I'm still recovering from the belly laughing, smiling, happy weekend (and perhaps the excess alcohol consumption) of the weekend gone past celebrating my gorgeous friend Nikki from Styling You's 50th birthday in Brisbane. The invitation came through when we were in New York I think, so at the … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: chorizo classics
June 5, 2017 by Leave a Comment
There's nothing I love more than chorizo. Choirzo by itself, chorizo fried up and eaten as is, or with haloumi or in a salad or fried up onto of soup. I do believe that the addition of chorizo into a normal day can improve it by at least 45%, that's how confident I am about it. My friend Miss … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: LEMONS!
May 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Lemons are well and truly coming into season around here...I have been lucky enough to get a few leftovers from friends with excess. And while they look fabulous in a bowl on the table, or in my G&T here's some of my favourite ways to use them up...usually into something sweet! Lemon … [Read more...]
Maggie is 2 years old!
May 16, 2017 by 26 Comments
Another whole year has passed. That sweet little baby girl, is now a little girl. A 2 year old girl. My how a year flies by. There's so much to say, and then nothing much at all. Rob said it to me today while we were watching her run about in the Autumn sunshine, free as a bird, happy as a … [Read more...]
Pep under my step: a rug rearrangement & new addition
May 12, 2017 by 40 Comments
You will remember last week when I was in Melbs I went shopping with Gourmet Girlfriend and my friend Zoe, aka Miss Rabbit. Whenever I go shopping with Ruthie, I find myself in places of exceptional taste and variety which means that inevitably my wallet keeps being opened up. Last time it was green … [Read more...]
At the Kitchen Bench with BabyMac – 6th May 2017
May 9, 2017 by 46 Comments
I'm so thrilled to be able to share a little of our first event held on Saturday. It's always nerve wracking getting out of your comfort zone and trying something new - especially when it's all up to you! I have been wanting to create an event for people that would bring the blog to life...and this … [Read more...]
Me time and the Emerald city dress
May 3, 2017 by 36 Comments
Opening my laptop every morning can be quite the adventure. There's endless emails to respond to, lots of press releases and emails from small business owners sharing their goods and services and wanting to get some traction or exposure, there's questions about recipes or how to start a blog, … [Read more...]
At the kitchen bench with Babymac – some tickets left!
April 26, 2017 by 1 Comment
Holy MOLY we are hosting our first "At the Kitchen Bench" with me NEXT WEEKEND in beautiful Kangaloon! How did that happen? I am SO excited about this event and thrilled that ticket sales have been going so well. There are a few spaces left for next weekend (pretty much sold out the 20th May) … [Read more...]
Maggie gets her first hair cut
April 24, 2017 by 19 Comments
Just in case I wasn't sure that Maggie is actually no longer a baby (the arrival of tiny Dorothy has made that SO obvious now) this morning we really sealed the deal. Maggie got her first hair cut. The mullet was off the charts so we needed to straighten it up and thicken up what was there. … [Read more...]
Welcome Miss Dorothy May Mitchell!
April 22, 2017 by 30 Comments
I've been a nervous wreck waiting on the arrival of Lucy's baby. It's been such a wait, and when you find out someone is preggers from the very beginning, well it seems like a VERY long wait indeed. There were plenty of false starts, but FINALLY yesterday afternoon one Miss Dorothy May Mitchell … [Read more...]
Round here: The School holidays edition
April 21, 2017 by 15 Comments
It's Friday of the longest (shortest) week of the year. Are you feeling like that too? I always get so confused after a long weekend, moreso after an Easter one, and while it's been short its been very long thanks to the school holidays. My week has looked like this: With gorgeous sunny … [Read more...]
Shoes made for walking: BabyMac & FRANKiE4 in NYC
April 20, 2017 by
This giveaway has now closed and a winner chosen: ALICIA MACKAY with the following comment: "Okay so as much as I love the sexiness of Izzy – she definitely needs to be popped on for a night of naughty cocktails and raucous one liners at a fabulous bar – I’m also inclined to invite Nat to some chic … [Read more...]
Maggie is 23 months old!
April 18, 2017 by 10 Comments
Um, someone will be turning two next month. No more baby. No more liddle person. Just this BIG, adorable, BUSY little lady. Who is now 23 months old. It's also occurred to me that I forgot to do a monthly update last month on her (because: well busyness and getting ready for NY and perhaps … [Read more...]
Easter 2017
April 17, 2017 by 25 Comments
How good is Easter Monday when you don't have anywhere to be, no traffic to deal with and an empty house after days filled with people and feeding and things to do? Very good! While I have been busy washing and restoring order I can report that it's almost midday and my bra is still not … [Read more...]
BabyMac eats NYC
April 13, 2017 by 30 Comments
Well, not all of it. But I gave it a pretty good go. For me, NYC and food is where it's at. The sheer amount of people, and places to eat and the fact that the place never stops, like ever, makes it such a hot spot for good food and drinks. The thing I love the most about New York is that … [Read more...]
Full heart, tired head
April 11, 2017 by 21 Comments
I thought that the jet lag was going to much worse than it really has been. Between never really properly sleeping when we were away (I think I got about 4 or 5 hours tops most nights) in between LOTS of walking, I was just in a constant state of adrenalin, and a little anxiety and excitement and … [Read more...]
