I love nothing more than wrapping myself up in a white fluffy towel after stepping out of a relaxing bath. In fact, I once had dreams of writing “The White Fluffy Towel Index of World Hotels”. I saw myself travelling the world and rating all the hotels I was lucky enough to stay in purely…
Tasting the Stars
A New Year’s Promise of Plentiful Bubbles!
I do love a good New Year’s Eve Party! I love the whole anticipation of the year to come and the chance to wipe the slate clean and start again. Most of all I love the bubbles that come with it! A glass of champagne is like a promise of things to come. Those tiny…
Have yourself a Bubbly Little Christmas!
Cutting Edge – Veuve Clicquot
A voice over on the ABC news on Tuesday night showed footage of me sabering champagne and stated “It was not only the fashion that was cutting edge”. And it was probably all thanks to Veuve Clicquot. In fact, if I think about it enough, a lot of what I am doing now is thanks…
Drink Pink – La Vie en Rosé
October is a great month. While everybody is encouraged to ‘Think Pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness, I like to take that one step further and ‘Drink Pink’, and feel a little bit blue, for two causes very close to my heart. October is also Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and Monday October 14 is…
A little *CLINK!* from above
I think I had a little *CLINK!* from above on Bastille Day. I really do! I know I’ve been a little stressed lately, and some of you will now use this as proof that I have really lost the plot, but something very strange happened, and I can only think of one explanation. This year,…
When the champagne and the stars align
Sometimes the most mundane of days take an unexpected turn. This happened to me recently, and I am sure that it was the magic of champagne making the stars align. When we moved to Australia, my husband decided to set up a small import business to bring some gourmet products from France to the local…
Disaster to triumph and a bottle of Mumm
Sometimes the most highly anticipated meals don’t go quite as planned, and neither do the wines that were chosen to accompany them. This happened to me a few years ago, but I was able to turn my disaster into triumph in the most unanticipated way. And it was all a due to a rather old…