The proud family tradition that is the Melbourne Good Food Show came around again yesterday. Mena, Amy and I meet every year to spend a full day grazing at the food and wine stalls, and it is one of the highlights of the year. We were in and getting our bearings by nine-thirty as usual. We … Continue reading Good Food Show 2009
melbourne
city courtesy
Three scenarios from the past hour: At 10pm on a city street, I am caught up briefly in a gang of young men, screaming like young girls as they fly past me. One pushes another deliberately on top of another young man sitting on a street bench. He flinches but doesn't react. He is of … Continue reading city courtesy
a mid-week weekend
Two days off and it isn't even the weekend. Marvellous. How many things do you think I can squeeze into 48 hours off that doesn't have anything to do with work? I wake up at the normal time - Orlando still has to get up for work. I lie in bed, savouring the space, the … Continue reading a mid-week weekend
very lazy day
Get up without being jolted into consciousness by an alarm clock. Have a leisurely coffee with Orlando. Drive fifteen minutes on empty roads (note to northern hemispherieans: summer holidays) to one of the best day spas in Australia, right in the city centre. Sip on a cup of posh green tea with Lee whilst filling … Continue reading very lazy day
Máiréad Doyle 