After seeing a snippet of the Ivy in Elle Magazine last year, I added it to my To Do list for a future Sydney trip, which happened to be this most recent one. Luckily my long-time girlfriends selected it as our catch-up spot so I not only had the best company but also a chance [...]

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We made it here to Sydney after a relatively uneventful flight. Unfortunately Jon and I had separate seats on the 14 hour Qantas journey but we discovered that you can actually chat with each other on your personal screens, similar to Instant Messaging between seats. Jon wasn’t quite as enthralled, especially when I interrupted his [...]

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We’re back from a last minute trip to New York. My mother is visiting us from Sydney at the moment and after only just recovering from jet lag she was ready for a little adventure. We decided to take advantage of the travel deals (check Travelocity if you have itchy feet this weekend — you’ll [...]

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We’re back from our trip to Australia. It was absolutely wonderful to spend time with family and catch-up with some of my oldest and dearest friends. Per Jon’s request, we did not do much sight seeing in Sydney. Instead we hit up a few beaches, ate lots of seafood at Doyle’s, celebrated my grandmother’s 80th [...]

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I have loved tulips ever since I received a bouquet from my Aunty Angie for my fourteenth birthday, which actually made me feel quite grown up. Flowers seemed like a “big girl” gift and perhaps that’s when my girlishness really started to shine. Last weekend we took a drive out to the Southern Highlands, an [...]

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I’m back from my little trip to Australia. My goodness, how time flies! I slept for almost 12 hours straight last night while trying to get over my jet lag. The past 10 days were about good quality time with family and I honestly couldn’t have had a better time. And now I have so [...]

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Let’s take a trip to Thailand. My sister and brother-in-law are on a year long travel adventure around the world and they have already covered 29 countries. Are you jealous yet? Don’t worry, I have been for the past 9 months. Recently they stayed at the quirkiest hotel I’ve ever seen…and it’s in Bangkok of [...]

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And we thought IKEA was big in America.
Wait until you take a trip to Europe and stay at a bed-and-breakfast or rental apartment. IKEA must be the store of choice for the privately owned properties in the hospitality industry. From furniture, to bathroom fixtures, and right down to the flatware, IKEA’s brand can be [...]

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It’s rare to find an artist that you truly love. Brett Whiteley, one of Australia’s greatest artists of the 20th century, is my recent re-discovery. It wasn’t until a year ago when I spent a quiet day on my own at one of Sydney’s finest art galleries that I fully appreciated his work. A few [...]

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Could your dreams be any sweeter? Château Les Roches, a hidden gem deep in the countryside of Burgundy, France, has now hit the top of my list of places to stay. Even my husband, a five-star hotel or resort kind of guy, was simply enchanted by this little bed-and-breakfast.  

Driving through the thick forest fog on small dirt roads [...]

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