My favorite movies of all time are without a doubt The Sound of Music and Meet Me In St. Louis (Grease is a close but not that close third). I’m obsessed. I know all the songs from both films (not surprising since I own the soundtracks), have read the behind the scenes book about The [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I love Australia, but wow do I miss Boston and America in general. Australia has loads of things to do, eat and see but nothing can replace the comforts of home. There are a slew of reasons why I’m excited to get home (which is both Boston and Syracuse, NY), but [...]

This past weekend I went on a class trip to the Hunter Wine Valley, located about 2 hours northwest of Sydney (I think). We left on Sunday morning, and it was not looking like it was going to be a nice day.  By the time we reached our first stop, Tyrell’s Winery, the rain had [...]

I am loving this song at the moment. The first time I saw it was in a vodka commercial, I think Bacardi, so I cannot claim to be one of those people who uncovers amazing music that nobody knows about.  Usually I 1. hear songs on TV/in movies and/or 2. hear it on a friend’s iTunes and then go [...]

1. Google Reader. It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have been addicted to my Google Reader for a long time, but recently I have really made an effort to find new blogs, especially food blogs.  Unfortunately, all this makes me want to do is cook delicious things, which is somewhat impossible [...]

I have been a seriously awful blogger since, well, forever. I am sporadic. I create blogs, I cancel them, I create them, I forget about them.  Sometimes it’s because I’m too busy, mostly it’s because I’m too lazy. So, to address the question, ‘where have I been?’, here is an answer: So that is a [...]