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  • Flower Drum, Melbourne on Nov 17, 2009 in Melbourne eating out Asian

    I went on an overnight weekend jaunt to Melbourne. Straight from the airport to Flower Drum, which they say is one of the best Cantonese restaurants in Australia. We had a fantastic and giant lunch:Shanghai beerScallop dumplingsPearl oyster meat with...

  • Toad heels on Nov 15, 2009 in fashion

    I would totally buy these.

  • Marion Godart jewellery on Nov 11, 2009 in French fashion

    When I was in Paris, I bought a giant multicoloured disc necklace and a big red plastic rooster brooch from a cute little boutique. They were both by French designer Marion Godart. I love these two pieces a lot at the moment. My next task is to find...

  • Masterfoods commercial on Nov 8, 2009 in TV Australia

    Julie from MasterChef is starring in a couple of TV ads for Fountain Sauces and Masterfoods Australia. Is it just me, or are they both deeply tragic and embarrassing to watch? In the one where she tells her boys to take the bins out, one of her sons...

  • Lunch feast at La Ferme de Mont St. Michel on Nov 1, 2009 in travel French seafood

    We visited Mont St. Michel. It was lovely, but crowded, hot and full of tourists. I learned during this little expedition that the Mont is the second most-visited tourist site in France, after Paris. Not surprising then that basically the whole lower...

  • Paris supermarket on Oct 31, 2009 in travel French Paris reviews

    Curious about what those fancy-pants Parisians have in their shopping trolley? Some of it ain't that fancy. Frozen paella, mini-pizzas, frozen vegetable medleys Teissiere fruit syrups, to be added to mineral waterGreen mint, grenadine, glacial mint,...

  • Reese Witherspoon looks terrible on Oct 31, 2009 in fashion flowers

    Seen the new Avon perfume ad starring Reese Witherspoon?She looks nothing like her usual fresh glowing self. Her face seems to be a whole new puffy shape and she totters over the bridge like a 19-year-old slapper wearing her first pair of race-day he...