Sydney

Up in smoke

Our directly-across-the-road neighbours’ house burnt down tonight.  We heard thuds… people talking on the usually pretty...

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Gig review- CODA live at the Factory in Enmore

CODA are pretty cool.  Their tunes are catchy, despite there being no vocalist in the band.  A fusion of orchestral strings,...

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Scattered.

I’m in a scattery (is that a word?) sort of mood.  At work, I was dropping in and out of conversations, going to the Daily Tele...

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It’s all about appearances…

As I sit here wondering if I am swish enough to get entry in to the swish bar at King St Wharf where a work friend is having her farewell...

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Mothers Day at Maroubra

I went to Maroubra Beach yesterday. Not for any reason in particular, just to go somewhere I hadn’t been before.  A mini escape...

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Loco about Lomo

I’ve always admired photos that look like they were taken on an old Lomo camera.  They kind of have that Soviet-chic thing going...

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Betty is a graduate

I had my university graduation on Tuesday.  Got to wear the funny hat and hot gown, complete with the hideous burnt orange sash that...

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Logies! Argh!

Out of sheer boredom I have flicked on the Logies.  Australian television’s shite of shites. It’s hideous.  So...

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I love it when…

…random cool things happen.  The other day I was out doing a story on a local gelato maker, and I got free gelato (which was...

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Say hello to your friends…

Last night we had a fabulous dinner party at my friend Heather’s house (part birthday thing, part "I can’t believe we...

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Bad blogger

Betty is a bad blogger. My poor blog has sat neglected for well over a week now, despite fervent promises to regularly update it. I wrote a...

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Sydney Park

This post was more lovingly composed the first time around, but then when I hit "publish", it vanished. I drive past Sydney Park...

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