French food…an enduring love affair
Dedicated to all my foodie friends. A.A. Gill stated, “the ingredients that French food comes from that astonishing obsession with the finest things could be grown…
Thirty-six hours in Lisbon…
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much and can accomplish much, and what is…
Sixteen-hour food feast in Lisbon…
“Fussing over food was important. It gave a shape to the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner; beginning, middle, end.” – Robert Hellenga, Philosophy Made Simple. Breakfast “There…
The road trip…avoiding diversions onto the highway to hell.
“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread…
White Rabbit Gallery – Sydney, State of Play
This week I started watching Australia’s ABC television series Redfern Now. Produced by Blackfella Films it is groundbreaking Australian drama that combines the talents of Indigenous…
Newcastle, NSW…stirred not shaken
I recently read the original Bond tagline was “stirred not shaken”; a statement, which launches lengthy discussion on how the reversing of these two words dilutes…
Boogie Woogie Beach House…hanging out with music legends.
The main purpose of our road trip up the Central NSW coast was to visit the Doessels who together with close friends the Craig family have…
Meditation on Midan Kit-Kat
In 2007 we spent ten days in Cario. We stayed on Zamalek Island in a shabby-chic hotel room, looking across to Midan Kit-Kat. For ten days…
Venturing east to The Var
Travelling across France by train sans langue française requires resilience because you will meet very few English speakers. And you will encounter delays, rapidly broadcasted over…
Lucq de Béarn
Long-haul travel implies freedom and adventures. But the reality, especially if you are flying economy, is a scrunched-up body, stiff neck and envy. Yes, the envy…
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