School is finished. And wow. I am now the parent of a nearly at university student. But before that happy day – hopefully – of a decent ATAR result and an offer to the preferred course – Science at UWA – the pocket money has been cut off. Now you might scream “Fair crack of [...]
Extracurricular
I don’t normally take photos of hunky blokes down the beach. Especially not ones who – lets face it – could be my sons. I’m not the cougar type. But when I spied that tattoo on his back… well! My first thought was… are you kidding me?! Who gets a smiley face tattoo. My next [...]
Following yesterday’s post on my Zumba class, I received an email teasing me about being at the back of the class and it occurred to me that my Zumba class has very clear stratification. The hard core Zumba-ists are at the front. They know the routines backwards, they are for the most part – fit, and [...]
So every Saturday – except for next Saturday – you’ll find me at the Claremont Town Hall in my combat shorts and singlet and special not very grippy sandshoes, shaking my wild thing to the Latin grooves of Zumba. I just don’t like those black legging things… Zumba is a cross between a dance class and an [...]
Friday night, Groover and I went back to the Art Gallery for the Opening of the Penny Guggenheim Exhibition. This is from her collection in Venice. Ahhhh Venice – so romantic, so beautiful. I went twice to this collection in Venice when we were there in 2005 – and we were only there for a [...]
I hate the casino. It’s a sad sad place. Banks and banks of soul destroying poker machines, and now even some of the gaming tables are electronic. Very bad fashion. We went there, Groover and I, after going to see Sleeping Beauty put on by the WA Ballet – and a fine production it was [...]
You can’t wear your vintage dress just anywhere in Perth you know. It would feel decidedly out of place (for me) in most places bar a fancy dress party and of course, Fremantle. Fremantle with its bohemian culture is a place where anything goes so I went. I only wish I had the white gloves [...]
Wayyyy back in 1991 I was involved in a radio appeal for the RFDS which involved me jumping out of a plane over the city of Perth. I was 24. The other day I found the broadcast recording. Unfortunately I’ve missed the best bit which was screaming as I jumped out the plane and then [...]
So as you know Vladimir Putin is Russia’s Prime Minister. Sadly my daughter didn’t and when she saw the name Vladimir she immediately thought “head vampire”. As you would, given her classic education which included the Twilight series. And you know… she’s 12. We were playing the Name Game – have you played it? It’s [...]
