When you’re new to a place, you make some schoolboy (or schoolgirl) errors. Mainly schoolboy. Misreading Google Maps is one of those problems. When you want to walk somewhere and switch it on, even though the little torch icon points you in (allegedly) the right direction, I have to set off in a direction before … Read more
Here’s a quickie post! Just before meeting my old chum, Toby, on our visit to Apothecary in Adelaide, we arranged to meet up for a beveranda at a hip and happening bar in a formerly unattractive quarter of Adelaide, made over for the purpose. I was a bit early and got chatting to the bar … Read more
My friend from Anúna days, Toby Gilbert, moved to Adelaide many moons ago where he and his family have settled and I hoped I would get to meet up with him! A visit to ‘Apothecary’, one of the top-rated spots in Adelaide was it! We were first to arrive into an interesting pharmacy-inspired interior, the … Read more
Everyone knows I am no hipster, neither in demeanour nor intent, and yet I find myself drawn to cafes and eateries frequented by earnest millenials pondering whether THIS smashed avocado surpasses the unexpected finery of a spring pea guacamole at THAT vegan pop-up. Such were the online debates about the Flinders St Project in Adelaide, … Read more
‘Hey Jupiter’ is not only the name of one of my favourite songs by Tori Amos (click here), but also the name of a French breakfast joint in downtown Adelaide, much recommended. It certainly had the classic good looks of a Parisian street-side scene, if not the crowds milling past, someone smoking a Gitane outside … Read more
When I arrived into Adelaide, it was a Sunday evening and I was surprised at just how quiet the streets of the city centre were. Later, a friend explained that – at the weekends – the CBD is quiet as most Adelaidians live in one or other suburb and each of those areas has its … Read more
After a rather disappointing wine tour of the Barossa Valley (click here) and a fun/easy outing to the National Wine Centre, I wondered if I had over-organised by booking three wine trips in a week in Adelaide?! I waited outside my hotel for the bus to arrive… no bus, but a tall and heavyset gentleman … Read more
I attended a LOT of comedy on this Australian trip, more than I do at home. I think it’s because the faces are familiar, much of the comedy tickles the same funny bones and the setting of a theatre is comfortable whether you’re flying solo like I was on this trip or whether you’re in … Read more
I love a bit of comedy. Yes, I’m a picky person, but generally anyone setting out to make me laugh has a ready and willing partner, as long as I’m not picked on. Thus, I never sit in the front row! With the Adelaide Festival and Fringe Festival on in town, I was spoiled for … Read more
Let’s see if I can remember any of this wine tour! Not because it was so long ago, but – well – it involved a lot of wine tasting! Pick-up for the wine tour was a couple of hundred yards from the front door of the Ibis Adelaide. It was setting up to be a … Read more