Tag Archives: melbourne
A summertime heartstring tug
There’s something that’s been tugging at me of late, and it’s not just the standard level of homesickness. I noticed, as we drove in to one of the biggest malls in the world on Friday, at the foot of the tallest building in the world, that all I could think about was wandering along Beach […]
How to make pizza (or, how I miss Melbourne)
I stared into the oven, watching the cheese begin to bubble and brown. Andrew walked into the kitchen with the cat, unable to resist from the aromas of the pizzas locked inside. “You know, I think every fantastic pizza we’ve ever had has been at home,” I said, still staring at the cheese. “The ones […]
Monday Moment: The Best Coffee in the World
I live for coffee. It’s not good for me in the quantities I consume, I know, but it’s a wonderful escape and delightful motivator in the fight against to-do lists and taking in the awesomeness that is available in the world. I love Caribou Coffee’s philosophy of having coffee just to stay up and enjoy […]
Monday Moment: Like Romeo & Juliet
Two years ago, I ran away with you. Two years ago, I said I would cherish you forever. Two years ago, we stole away from the world and began something together. We did a Romeo and Juliet, without the dying part. Two years later, the rest of our families finally know that we ran away […]
Remember to Validate Your Metcard
The recorded message rang out, over and over again, at every stop. “Remember to validate your Metcard” Quintessentially Melbourne, it was a reminder of all the messages, bright lights, sounds and seductions I had so desperately missed in my leaving for Dubai. I was sitting on the train from Flinders Street to Middle Brighton, thinking […]
Melbourne’s Top Five
I seem to have a lot of places I can call my backyard these days. So when World Nomads kicked off their Blog your Backyard project, I saw it as a fantastic way to show off the best bits of the cities that I have called home. I am used to playing ‘tour guide’ to […]
Coffee for a Cause
I’m not normally one to advertise, but this is special… It happened while I was doing the dishes. Usually, like I was told by an incredible mentor, these kinds of things happen while you’re having a shower. You know them, those moments of incredible mental clarity and great ideas. This time, however, it was a […]
Some things I’m looking forward to
I’m going to be brutally honest here; I’ve got a nine-week school break coming up, and I really would love to spend it somewhere totally alien. It would be awesome. Spin the hypothetical travel bottle and plonk myself in a random country, scope it out, then wait for Andrew to join me. Cool huh? That […]
Everyone loves an anniversary
Today is an anniversary. Predominantly, it marks three years since the day I began dating the man I will spend the rest of my life with. That’s a pretty big deal, and there’s a lot more of that journey still to come, including the actual ‘getting married’ bit. It also marks the day that I […]
