We went in search of a quick brunch before seeing Grease, and ended up at “Brown Sugar”, a little cafe in a narrow busy Melbourne laneway called Block Place. Since visiting this cafe, I did a quick search on the internet, and found quite a few negative reviews of this place…which would have definitely put […]
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A Weekend at the Windsor
By Sarah in General Tags: Hotel, Melbourne, The Hotel Windsor, Weekend getaway
A wedding and tickets to a musical gave us the perfect excuse to experience the old world luxury of The Hotel Windsor for the weekend. I have lived in Melbourne all my life, yet have never set foot in the Windsor…and I didn’t know this renowned hotel actually pre-dates many other well known hotels in […]
Play Me, I’m Yours
By Sarah in General Tags: Luke Jerram, Melbourne, pianos, Play Me I'm Yours, Street Pianos, streetpianosmelb
When we visited the city for our recent weekend away, we came across a variety of brightly painted pianos, located in various spots around town. You would be wandering down a city street, and then suddenly the sound of a piano can be heard, sometimes being played very well! The mystery was solved when we […]
Grease is the Word!
By Sarah in General Tags: Bert Newton, Grease, Grease The Musical, Gretel Scarlett, Her Majesty's Theatre, Pink Ladies, Stephen Mahy, T Birds, Todd Mckenney
My husband gave me tickets to see Grease for my birthday….finally the date arrived, and we headed into the city to see a Saturday matinee performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. It was absolutely packed..a Full House with not a spare seat anywhere! And it was fabulous! Grease is one of my favourite musicals…and going by […]
A Union of Love
By Sarah in General Tags: Melbourne, The Treasury Builiding, The Windsor Hotel, Wedding, Wedding Reception
Every now and then, you have the opportunity to be part of something wonderful….two dear friends of ours got married this weekend, and it was one of the most beautiful and fun weddings we have ever been to. We have watched their relationship develop over the years, and were overjoyed to see them celebrate their […]
Tea Flight…to Japan!
By Sarah in General, Tea, What I am Loving! Tags: Fukamushi Sencha, houjicha, japan, Japanese tea, matcha, sencha, Storm in a Teacup, tea
We are kind of lucky that Storm in a Teacup isn’t local for us…otherwise we would spend far too much time and money working our way through the long list of teas available! It would be worth it though! But we do like to visit as often as we can, and have even attended a […]
The Joy of a Lazy Morning
By Sarah in General Tags: Hashimoto Disease, inactive thyroid, Lazy morning, relaxing, sleep in, Thyroid cancer
As I slowly begin to feel better after all the issues caused by having Hashimoto Disease plus Thyroid cancer, and the subsequent removal of my thyroid, I am now finally starting to enjoy a lazy start to the day! Unfortunately, I have to take my thyroid medication about an hour before breakfast, so I do […]
Book Review – The Light Between Oceans
By Sarah in Book Reviews, General Tags: book review, Lighthouse, M L Stedman, The Light Between Oceans, Western Australia
First off, I have to mention that “The Light Between Oceans” is not my normal genre of book…I am more into the murder and mayhem of fictional crime. So to read a book such as this is a total change of pace. However, the fact that this novel has won numerous awards, including the Australian […]