My friend Miss Pink is playing the part of Aunt Julia in a production of Hedda Gabler. I was excited by this because I studied Ibsen at school and Uni. I remember thinking Hedda and A Doll’s House was great stuff. Now, I’m worried that I might have ruined the Ibsen experience for myself in the last fortnight....
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I had my birthday last week and my parents treated me to a yum cha lunch. Whenever I have yum cha, I reflect that this method of noshing is proabably best enjoyed by those better at hitting the ’stop’ button than I am. ...
read moreWe’ve all heard the meme. It’s the 21st Century – where are the jet-packs? ...
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I was raised in the hospitality biz. My people are itinerant restaurateurs. Travelling from Perth suburb to Perth Suburb they established restaurants and a lunch bar. My mother had a knack of making good food, which continues, but only domestically these days. Her prime time eatery days are behind her....
read moreEating out has become too simple – too ‘easy’. Okay, maybe not for Bear Grylls, but for the rest of us, it’s something we do almost without thought. What I like about Fong’s Kitchen on Canning Highway (Palmyra-ish opposite the MacDonald’s) is that they have a separate takeaway section that is essentially a narrow, bleak corridor. It’s a place that invites...
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I discover that I’m middle-aged. I’d been living in denial of this fact. But when a friend cast me as an extra in his film and I discovered that my part was ‘middle-aged man’ I decided it was time to embrace my new status. I’m over youth. Apart from health and attractiveness it has so little to recommend it. For a start you don’t know anything. You greet every...
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Saw this when out walking along the South Perth foreshore yesterday....
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The diversity of reading material at my local chippie. Sonia Kruger on four covers. Count them. Four. ...
read moreFor reasons that I don’t wish to fully disclose, I’ve only had two and a half hours of sleep (that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care). I pulled a massive all-nighter and worked on a project for 32 hours straight. Because I’m an idiot, that’s why. And as I worked and occasionally cat-napped over my computer, I found the effects of sleep deprivation were interesting. Interesting...
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