Letters to Lovers: Paris

| January 18, 2012

Dearest Paris, For the longest time I have loved you from afar. You with your style and poise, never once knowing the longing in my glances, never once feeling the depth of my passion, you and I have been absent lovers for the longest of times. In vain have I struggled. Struggled to recreate your [...]

Living In Paris When You Don’t Live In Paris

| May 25, 2011

Oh, how I love having a patisserie and a bakery run by actual French people across the street and down the road. Yes, the bread is to die for, and yes the chocolate croissants are better than any other I’ve tasted before, but for me what I love about these 2 little places are the [...]

Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine

| July 27, 2009

Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine is not the sort of mag I would normally buy, as it’s ultimately about food. This July however, I could not resist as it was their annual French issue. The cover alone was enough for me to buy it, but flicking through it’s pages got me all excited for a whole [...]

Paris Beckons…

| May 18, 2009

HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE MELBOURNE AD( still the best ad on Australian TV)? If not, I suggest you watch it straight away so you can understand my next sentence. I have this long standing deal with Paris that one day our red ball of string will connect. I have floated through my life dreaming [...]