by Hannah on July 31, 2011
Thank you so much for sending your positive thoughts and support to my grandpa and family after Friday’s post; we truly appreciate your well-wishes and your kindness. Grandpa thankfully came stoically out of what was a very long and difficult surgery, and is already charming the nurses with his jokes (we, his family, have always [...]
by Hannah on July 29, 2011
There are, again, few words in me tonight. The universe has been playing silly buggers with [too many] people I care about this week, and a culmination of this is my grandpa in hospital, undergoing surgery. My grandpa, as I’ve mentioned many times before, is one of the most amazing, kind-hearted, generous, and loveable people [...]
by Hannah on July 27, 2011
As you may have noticed, I don’t do a lot of Canberra restaurant reviewing on this blog. When I do decide to showcase the gustatory delights that our local chefs have to offer, it’s usually because I’ve dined somewhere at the fancypants end of the restaurant scale for family birthdays or anniversaries. And I usually [...]
by Hannah on July 25, 2011
I know that I usually do, but I can’t tell you a story today. I know that many of you come here for laughter/lyricism/lightness and I want you to know that I love that, that it covers me in elation, like gossamer, like the crystal coating on Vienna almonds. But today, no matter what or [...]
by Hannah on July 23, 2011
One of my earliest and most staunchly supportive blog readers (who wasn’t a family member or friend from daily life) was the inimitable Louise, also known as she of many blogs. Although Louise initially found my blog through being an internet friend of my mother, we soon bonded over our love of chocolate, Paris, and [...]
by Hannah on July 21, 2011
Today, this happened: I awoke at 3am in the morning to, um, check that the pixies still had enough glitter to paint their toenails with, and when I stood up out of bed the world went topsy-turvy and I found myself crashing into the wall opposite. That’s odd, I thought to myself. I don’t usually [...]
by Hannah on July 19, 2011
This is a story about lies. Lies and frozen yoghurt. This is a story about lies, frozen yoghurt, and how, sometimes, lies and frozen yoghurt can taste very, very sweet indeed. This is also a story about my final morning in Melbourne last month. You remember my Melbourne trip, right? It was the trip where [...]
by Hannah on July 17, 2011
It’s not every day you eat a chocolate that was brought all the way to Australia from Finland, especially for you. It’s not every day you eat a chocolate that leads to the words “squoodgy!” and “goopy!” appearing in your tasting notes (yes, the exclamation marks were included). It’s not every day you eat a [...]
by Hannah on July 16, 2011
Happiness is often thought of as that which gallops into life on the back of major events and spectacular personal triumphs, such as getting the job you desperately wanted, falling in love with someone who loves you back (I wonder what that feels like?), visiting a friend who just had a baby, or winning lotto. [...]
by Hannah on July 14, 2011
We all make mistakes sometimes. These mistakes can be immediately insignificant and easily forgivable, like the time I mixed up baking powder and baking soda and served my family an utterly flat Indian Corn Pudding. Lesson learnt from this mistake: Read the recipe properly. Sometimes, mistakes can be mortifying, and it can take years for [...]