All these Covid-19 restrictions are giving me serious cabin fever. Oh to be in Paris, if only for a weekend – no matter the season because anytime is a good time in Paris. Until then, I’ll have to make do with the memories. Sigh. Enjoy the video.
Rants and Raves
Restaurants
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Yesterday, I had the good fortune to be having dinner on Circular Quay at one of my favourite Sydney restaurants Sydney Cove Oyster Bar during the Sydney Harbour, Australia Day fireworks – they were spectacular. In fact, I was in the same spot as I was for the recent new years eve fireworks – but […]
Political and social comment
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This year Australia’s national day celebrations have been pared back as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Are we going to update that number with every subsequent year the pandemic remains? The number seems to be mocking our ineptitude to deal with it quickly and efficiently, doesn’t it?) As a result, most of the events […]
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Travel
There are only three hotels in this category and two are close to the two places I call home: Sydney, Australia and Arles in Provence in the south of France. Hence these hotels are not needed merely for accomodation. I go there because I love them. The other is a hotel that started out as […]
Food
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I’ve been avidly watching Rick Stein’s new series Secret France (ABC 8.30pm Thursday) as I, indeed, avidly watch most of his TV series. He’s my kind of guy: he loves to travel, particularly loves France, he loves to cook and takes great pleasure in eating, especially seafood and he likes his food to be more […]
Political and social comment
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I love New York and I can’t believe it was almost a decade ago that I was last there. I spent a Christmas in New York and it snowed – it was wonderful. There are so many things to see and do in New York, you could spend months discovering them all. Me, I’ve always […]