Evening my dear readers (mostly consisting of my lovely family and friends!). I’m going to write this post with many exclamation marks, because I want to end on a happy note and someone (you know who you are!) once told […]
Tonight I venture where many have before me, on a long-haul flight with a baby. This will be our second flight in 3 days, with this stopover in Hong Kong our attempt at splitting up …
Part 1: One night in Bangkok Part 2: Cambodian crush It's been almost four years since I walked my grubby, DEET-covered feet across the Cambodian border into Laos. I'll never forget the feeling of serenity that gently …
A few short weeks after moving into our new place, The Italian and I discovered that our apartment complex was riddled with short-stay accommodation (discovered after some snooping on a little-known website for such dwellings). …
This one is for you, Papou. Today you would have been 87. We probably all would have sat around the dining room table for lunch like we did last year ... all 20 of us, …
Sharing a birthday with an annual public holiday or festival is of mild annoyance for many birthdayees. For some, it's a happy coincidence that increases the chance of a large-scale celebration on their day of …
Last night I sat down to a very late, but scrumdiddlyumptious dinner of scrambled eggs on toast after a more challenging day with Baby G. I'm not being facetious ... this meal took all of …
Last month The Italian's mamma, affectionately known as 'Ma' (with a whiny 'ah'), arrived from Milan to meet Baby G for the first time. She had been to the Land of Oz previously, at the …
It's been a long time between meals! When I wrote on the el bloggo at the start of this momentous year, it was with grand intentions to cook and write and travel and muse more. …
One often turns to the delicious comforts of certain foods when the cogs on the life train are moving just a little too fast, or the train seems to be powering towards Vladivostok instead of …
Recipes for Serena started as exactly that, recipes for Serena, an auntie who had been living in Spain. Read more ...