by Hannah on May 31, 2010
Once upon a time, I very generously shared with you the inner monologues of four female portraits. You’ve all heard of horse whisperers, and dog whisperers, and even baby whisperers, right? Well, I guess my secret is out. I’m an Art Whisperer. And because you can’t keep a good Art Whisperer down, today I’m bringing you the [...]
by Hannah on May 30, 2010
Having already chatted about the lunch celebration my Mum and I hosted for my Grandpa on his 90th birthday, it seems only fitting that I tell you about his birthday dinner at The Boathouse By The Lake, one of Canberra’s fancier restaurants. I must admit that I found the food this year a little less spectacular in innovation and execution than [...]
by Hannah on May 29, 2010
Back in April, I reviewed TCHO’s Nutty chocolate. I was initially confused by and ultimately averse to the bar, as for the first time in my chocolate-tasting life I found myself confronted with too-strong flavours of cast iron, cardboard, and wood lacquer. I was really disappointed by this, as I felt the chocolate had potential [...]
by Hannah on May 27, 2010
If I’d been a contestant on Masterchef during its “recreate a childhood food memory” challenge, I may well have considered making a Mars Bar slice. Of course, I’d have been swiftly booted from the competition had I done so, for a recipe involving three ingredients, a microwave, and nary a pellet of dry ice or edible “soil” would [...]
by Hannah on May 26, 2010
As I mentioned yesterday, today is my birthday and my main present came from a real estate agent: my very own Smurf Kitchen. I’m glad the universe was sorting that out for me, as amidst the house-sit ending, the apartment-hunting, and the ongoing anxiety about my toe*, I kept forgetting that my birthday existed. As a result, [...]
by Hannah on May 25, 2010
I have been keeping a secret about my life from you, dear readers. I do apologise. You see, for fear of jinxing anything and everything, I haven’t mentioned that a dear friend of mine and I have been searching for a place to rent together. And when I say “searching”, I mean we looked on allhomes, found [...]
by Hannah on May 24, 2010
Florence*. Florence, Italy, also known as the last leg of my four months of travelling. Now, some of you might be scratching your head and thinking “We’re in Florence now? How did we get to Florence?” If you are so scratching, I offer you some calamine lotion and then the link to this post, which [...]
by Hannah on May 23, 2010
Do you know what makes me sad? When an overseas chocolate company sends the majority of its products to Australia but withholds the best (well, my favourite) flavours from our girt-by-sea shores. Case in point? Green & Black’s, which despite selling almost its entire range of chocolate bars in mainstream supermarkets in Australia, has refused to send [...]
by Hannah on May 22, 2010
Yesterday was my Grandpa’s 90th birthday. Tonight is the big fancy-pants celebration at The Boathouse (and the food is most certainly fancy-pants… I still get smiley when I remember the dessert I had last time I was there), but for the day of the birthday itself, my mother and I cooked for those of the family [...]
by Hannah on May 21, 2010
Several days ago, the ever-innovative and inspirational Johanna of Green Gourmet Giraffe passed onto me the Beautiful Blogger and Kreativ Blogger awards, which I feel honoured to receive. After bundling these awards together, Johanna came up with the idea of also combining their memes, and so I’m duty-bound to tell you Seven Creative Facts about [...]