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Australia

Old Parliament House

July 6, 2011

I love old buildings.  So Old Parliament House is probably my favorite Canberra building.  Dark wood floors, leather seats in the chambers, high ceilings and all.  Sure, New Parly has its own special something… it’s big.  The roof is made from grass. Etc. But Old Parly has about as much history as you can find [...]

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Carrot Cupcakes

July 6, 2011

I love these carrot cupcakes with lime cream cheese icing!  I baked them the other day for the first time in aaaaages. The recipe is from Nigella’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess, and they are basically my favorite cupcake recipe. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t be able to make them again, because [...]

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Definitely American

June 8, 2011

I think I’ve always been a person that picks up little bits of accents and speech when I move abroad. I think it is from my speech and drama training as a kid. While I think my parents sent me to those lessons so I would talk properly and be a confident speaker, it quite [...]

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Watson wanderings

June 5, 2011

It’s exam time. Cue panic. Cue self-loathing. Cue punishing one’s self for not having done more work earlier in the semester. Cue setting unrealistic expectations for my academic achievement that will probably end with me in a fetal position on the floor cradling a bottle of cheap wine on the day that exam results come [...]

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Things I want right now.

May 10, 2011

- To finish my Masters with straight HDs. -To get a PhD at a fancy school (fully funded, obviously) -To get five articles published in academic journals -To get an awesome job that I love that pays well where I was rapidly promoted, yet where I could wear jeans to work on Fridays, if not [...]

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Three Canberra food tips

May 6, 2011

Three quick food tips from my Canberra explorations…. 1. Crust Bakery at the Fyshwick Markets Crust Bakery have really fantastic pies, including a lamb, rosemary and merlot one which is just FABULOUS.  Their coffee is really nice as well.  It’s always busy out there at the Fyshwick Markets, so be prepared to get in line.  [...]

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My newest school

May 6, 2011

When I say that I am currently attending my fourth university, it kind of doesn’t sound as impressive as I had hoped.  It sounds a little like I keep getting kicked out for failing (which is totally not true!  I’ve never even come close to failing a class, because I am an epic geek!).  It’s [...]

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Lake Burley Griffin in the morning

May 6, 2011

I wish I could say that I have been riding my bike a lot.  Unfortunately, that would be a lie. A combination of working weird hours over the other side of the city combined with uni has made me fairly car reliant. However, the other morning I went for a bit of a ride on [...]

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Omelette a la Canberra

April 15, 2011

In my new job, I start work at 6am, so I am up before dawn every day.  CRAZY.  I am only used to being up at that hour when I am seeing it from the other end, after a long night.  It’s really strange to be driving to work while the sky is still full [...]

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Down by Lake Burley Griffin

April 2, 2011

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Suburbia

April 2, 2011

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Black Swans

April 2, 2011

No Natalie Portman. Black swans swim in Lake Burley Griffin, near ANU. Tweet Delicious Digg Facebook Ping Stumble

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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

March 25, 2011

Very belated New Orleans linked post. Over Christmas, when I was in New Orleans, I joined the long line outside Preservation Hall on St Peter Street in the French Quarter to see a show.  The Tornado Brass Band was playing that night and I wanted to see some real New Orleans jazz in one of [...]

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Market Days in Canberra

March 25, 2011

I’m not having a good time in Canberra right now and I can list about 100 places I’d rather be living than here right now.  But I’m trying to be nice.  One of Canberra’s redeeming features is its farmers markets.  The produce is fantastic, just beautiful quality and a lot of it is local.  It [...]

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Sundown in Downer

March 25, 2011

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