Movie Review: A Son
A Son is a simple story about a family’s race against time to save the life of their only son. The ethical twist and turns they must travel down make…
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Movie Review: 23 Walks
What if meeting your partner didn’t involve a dating app? And what if you were in the twilight years of your life? 23 Walks offers up a gentle tale of…
Movie Review: Shirley
When is a movie neither drama nor biography? When it’s an unusual hybrid, a re-imaging of someone’s life. Shirley splices into the life of horror author Shirley Jackson, to create…
Conflict-tared
In late February I was riding my bike along a main street in the Perth CBD when I was stopped in my tracks. A massive machine was oozing hot black…
Movie Review: The Booksellers
If your idea of an ideal holiday includes meandering around the dusty shelves of a tiny bookstore then you’ll want to watch this one. The documentary peaks into the world…
Movie Review: Love Sarah
The movies are back baby! And after the gloomy time we’ve had what better than a sweet feel good escape. Love Sarah is just what the doctor ordered. Thanks Love…
Food Review: Garum Restaurant
Prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, word went out amongst my friends that Garum Restaurant had a happy hour. Situated within the gorgeous European-inspired Westin complex in East Perth, the restaurant…
Food Review: Kinky Lizard Espresso Bar
A few months back (and prior to Covid-19), the City of Perth relaxed their parking laws. As a result people could drop into East Perth for a quick breakfast prior…
Getting Lippy
Recently while watching a reality show I became obsessed with one of the participants lips. Every time she came on screen, I found myself staring at her philtrum, that are…
10 Lessons From Covid-19 About Life and Ourselves
Turns out Covid-19, the bug that crashed uninvited into our lives and refused to leave until we’d learnt our lesson, has actually taught us a thing or two. As we…
Movie Review: Hearts and Bones
While in Covid-19 lock down I managed to see Hugo Weaving’s latest movie Hearts and Bones. The movie makes a very interesting point about what we take away from those…
Covid-19 Hair
In March 2020 the Australian Government restricted haircuts to 30 minutes, making all women of Australia become more cognisant of the threadbare heads of our mostly male leaders. Clearly, it’d…
Food Review: East Cafe and Vietnamese Bistro
The past year has seen something interesting happening along the east end of Hay Street. There’s a small stretch of hole in the wall sized cafes near near the Westin…
New Book: 25 Simple Canned Tuna Recipes, plus 8 exercises
After 20+ years of freelancing I guess I’ve learnt a thing or two. One of the most important is budgeting. Finding easy ways to save money, not just once, but…
Movie List: Movies to see after Covid
With no movies or events to review life is fairly quiet. What’s a girl to do? But then I realised there’s a dearth of movie releases that’ve been put on…
New Book: Tips for Working From Home
It’s never been easier to work from home, and 20+ years’ experience has taught me you can have as much, or more success working from home, if you just set…
Food Review: Hearth Lounge Ritz Carlton Perth
The Hearth Lounge is located at Elizabeth Quay on the ground floor of the new Ritz Carlton in Perth. A few months back I popped in to catch up with…
Movie review: Photograph
A while back I fell in love with the movie The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra. Naturally then, it follows that I’d check out his latest romance movie Photograph. Thanks to…
