Moving home from Sydney on their first day of summer (December 21st) seemed like a bad idea at the time, but we had no idea just how much winter had in store for us when we arrived home. Wow. Of course I miss Sydney’s turquoise water right about now, but being a native New Englander, […]
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Happy Friday! I’ve been pretty glued to the Olympics over the past few weeks, and today should be pretty exciting as we take on Canada in men’s hockey. Yesterday’s women’s hockey game was a complete heartbreaker. I grew up playing hockey (starting out as the only girl on an all boys team), and was amazed […]
Australians are known as coffee snobs. And they should be. In fact, as this great article explains “most urban Australians have a favoured barista on speed dial next to the dentist, doctor, hair stylist and plumber, and most have a preferred way to drink their coffee.” My Australian friends who found themselves living in NYC […]
Best hotel entrance ever. During our recent travels through New Zealand, I happened upon these incredible (HUGE) old doors that framed more gorgeous casement doors to the lobby of The Farm at Cape Kidnappers. Sometimes beauty is really in the details. Since I’m always drawn to old doors, I recently discovered that there is a tag on […]
Whew! I’ve been ignoring the blog as we rarely have internet on the road, but I’m finally able to post–apologies for the silence. It’s been interesting over the last few weeks to observe the holidays in a place far from New England. Christmas parties in Australia started in early November–with no celebration of Thanksgiving, the […]