…and speaking of the aforementioned LAX/Sydney flight, while trolling the aisles of the aircraft that evening, I walked past what I thought was the most fabulous coffin, securely seat-belted into a pod seat, and safe under the watchful eye of a careful guardian, who I naturally assumed was the son of the lovely and...
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“A man is pulled alive from rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, after being buried for 12 days, the US military says.” As massochistic as it has been to watch each tragic, hopeless night of Haiti earthquake coverage – of the gut-wrenching, primal howling of a child in pain which affects me so deeply...
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“What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?” — Elvis Costello I find myself struggling to hold back the tears while going about my evening routine, the TV on in the background, Anderson Cooper’s miffed, surprisingly flat, often emotional tone, for the third night in a row, describing the unfathomable sadness of lives lost...
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My husband is a card-carrying member of the increasingly-expanding club of air commuters – men and women who get up at the crack of dawn to catch the first flight up, down or sideways to wherever their offices are situated, forsaking health and sanity and missing literally hundreds of water polo matches, parent teacher...
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Don’t Do What I Did! Another Oops! Travel Moment. There is a deliberately unassuming little club on Staunton Street in Hong Kong called Feather Boa. From the outside, you would never know it existed. There is no sign, indeed no indication whatsoever that a popular bôite can be found within. The curtains hanging in...
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Don’t Do What I Did! Another Oops! Travel Moment. I am thrilled, though appropriately embarrassed, to introduce my first “Don’t Do What I Did” (DDWID) oops! travel moment. While this little gem is a new addition to my fairly extensive body of work, I confess it’s grown on me. One recent afternoon in Phnom...
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Boy and his Bowls
Serving up my take on life one bowl at a time
Ramshackle Chic
An eclectic state of mind
An Indian Summer