A Mt Compass “Cup” of a different kind:
He was nimble enough as a slim, small waiter delivering a tray of coffees and cake, but it was bandy legs which hinted at a former life in the saddle. And there were other telltale signs too. Barry...
View ArticlePheasant Veronique:
What do we cook to celebrate our wedding anniversary dinner? Something grand for just the two of us to be served on the terrace at twilight overlooking the River Murray, which is fast flowing past our...
View ArticleNew Year’s Day 2011
The new year begins with ham and eggs on hot, buttered muffins for breakfast at our Hindmarsh Island home before we take our friends on a tourist drive of Goolwa over the bridge from where we live....
View ArticleThe Essence of Personal Style
How hard it is to define one’s personal style, yet British author, Kirsty Gunn in her best-selling book 44 Things: A Year of Life at Home captures her step-mother, Irene so beautifully in the following...
View ArticleSome days are stones-1
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011, 2pm: Not a good day. I am in the doctor’s surgery with my French/Australian husband, Olivier, who has been treated for prostatitis, an infection of the prostate gland. It...
View ArticleFeminism fails girl in the telephone box
International Women’s Day, when we celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women, calls to mind an incident yesterday. I had called into a supermarket close to the controversial...
View Article“It’s a big story from a little finger”.
Monday, January 24. In one of the Beatles’ popular songs, there is a line “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans’’, and this captures the terror of today. We are sitting in another...
View ArticleThe Cullen
They are the last three days of a dismal summer and we are in Melbourne living a lesson in style at the zany boutique hotel, The Cullen. It is one of the new Art Series hotels, strategically placed on...
View ArticleHOUSE OF STICKS
One of the great joys of life is to watch manifest all of the dreaming, planning and myriad decision-making as our new Belair home rises seemingly magically from its slab. We live at Hindmarsh Island...
View ArticleThe Art of Living Fearlessly
Happenstance is an intangible thing. However, I find our mantra for living well with cancer in the most unlikely of places – The Cullen Hotel room where a colourful card had been left as a welcome...
View ArticleLove survives “minefield” of marriages
Bride-to-be Philipa Charlesworth, of Goolwa, exudes all the joy of a first-time bride as she shows off the exquisite Pacific-island design of her wedding gown which she will wear in Tongo in June. Yet,...
View ArticleRelay for life
My son, Tyson, who lost his dad in November, and his wife Vanessa are doing something very special. They have mounted a Relay For Life team raising funds for The Cancer Council of South Australia and...
View ArticleDiane von Furstenberg
Here is a gem of wisdom about design from evergreen fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. “There is design and there is art. Good design is total harmony. There is no better design than nature. If...
View ArticleVale Jackson
How valuable it is to listen to others because, my friend Jayne, told me how to say goodbye to our beloved funny, fluffy small dog, Jackson. “Take him in your arms, Nadine’,’’ she said. “Whatever you...
View ArticleFamily Fun When Felicia Turns 40
News that princess-in-waiting, Kate Middleton is staying in a hotel surrounded by her family and close friends before her Royal wedding, reminds me of my own family’s humble hotel experience. Daughter...
View ArticleFleurieu – a Treasury of Tourist Treats
Sometimes it takes someone from overseas to come to the state to confirm what we have always known that South Australia really is the best tourist destination in Australia.. Last weekend renowned...
View ArticleForever Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull must surely be feline because she has lived many lives to emerge in her later years a revered musical artist. Six years ago when I was the celebrity columnist at The Advertiser in...
View ArticleChicken Liver Pate by Chef Jean Pierre Rival
Ingredients: 500 gr cleaned chicken livers, marinated for a few hours in mix of 200ml port, garlic, 1 large onion, salt and pepper, bayleaves. Everything goes into a steamer for 20 minutes. DO NOT...
View ArticleFood fit for a chef
Renowned Adelaide French-born chef Jean-Pierre Rival knows how to throw a fabulous party and his recent 55th birthday naturally revolved around food and music. JP, as he is affectionately known, is the...
View ArticleA fairytale wedding for a thoroughly modern Kate
Wasn’t the Royal Wedding wonderful? Although I am a Republican, it would be a hard-hearted woman who did not enjoy such a rich scene and relish in the pomp and ceremony when Catherine Middleton married...
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