OK. It's 10.30am and I am ready for that highlight of the Doyle Women calendar - the Melbourne Food and Wine Show! It's a tradition that's been in place since I came here in 2005. I am ready for the challenge. The usual rules apply: Wear comfy shoes and layers - it's a tough day; Bring … Continue reading good food show 2010: in anticipation
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four years later
I didn't wake up in the morning and mourn him, but my first thoughts were of him. It has been four years and I still miss him. I wish I could hear his complaints about Irish politics, his interminable quest for knowledge, his bad jokes, the comical faces he'd pull when faced with what he … Continue reading four years later
mena’s bookstore crawl
Mena’s birthday present from me this year was a bookstore crawl. We are both serious readers, and the luxury of wandering from bookstore to bookstore with a companion equally interested in reading appealed to us both. Coincidentally, the date we chose for our day out was the twenty-sixth anniversary of Mena leaving Ireland to come … Continue reading mena’s bookstore crawl
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