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• Mary Poppins at the Capitol Theatre Sydney Review

  

  News Flash: Mary Poppins has landed in Sydney with the help of her highly fashionable, yet mysterious, umbrella... and sporting a harness with strings barely... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE, EXPAT, THEATRE & OPERA, TRAVEL

• Costco Sydney, Australia Wooo Hooo Man.

  

  The rain here has been torrential, so as I pulled into the house at 8:45 this morning, I assumed it would be a cold, quiet day at homem, catching up on the... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2011 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Our Australia and New Zealand Cruise Adventure

  

  We got off the plane and collected our luggage at the Sydney Airport International Terminal. Our discombobulated family of four approached the Australian Custom... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Australian School Uniforms and Swearing in Australia, Bloody Hell Dammit

  

  Pop into the shops in most Aussie suburbs between the hours of 3 and 4pm, and you will most likely be quite entertained as you see kids of all ages gussied up i... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 EXPAT

• Dine and Dash, Or The Night We Almost Went to Jail

  

  My American friend is here visiting, let's just call her, "The Playroom Keeper", because what happens in the playroom stays in the playroom. That being said, w... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Australian Prices Vs. American Prices

  

  People living in Australia- natives, expats, whomever... are well aware (or if they're not, they should be) that Aussie prices are OUT. OF. CONTROL. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2011 EXPAT

• Yum Cha Restaurants in Sydney

  

  Back in Dallas, Texas, when our oldest child was six months old, we forwent the traditional first food of rice cereal, opting for a more exotic "introductory... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Yum Cha Restaurants in Sydney

  

  Back in Dallas, Texas, when our oldest child was six months old, we forwent the traditional first food of rice cereal, opting for a more exotic "introductory... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 TRAVEL

• Telstra Sucks, And If They Had a Complaint Department I Wouldn't Have Had to...

  

  Warning: This is a long, angry rant. If you would prefer to see something more entertaining and less hateful click here. Everyone else, proceed below. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Puppy Love

  

  She was older, wiser-- she'd been around the block... many, many times I might add. He was young. Innocent. In an unfamiliar, new place. For several days, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Eczema and Alkaline Water and Epsom Salt

  Being that we're in Australia, formerly an established penal colony for convicts, I wasn't that surprised to see "Wanted!" posters displayed in school classroom... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• I Love The Sydney Opera House

  

  A few nights ago, I sat in bed with my husband and watched Oprah climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge-- and it was surreal... it felt like Oprah was here living... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Our Australia and New Zealand Cruise Adventure

  

  We got off the plane and collected our luggage at the Sydney Airport International Terminal. Our discombobulated family of four approached the Australian Custom... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Three Year Expativersary

  

  This was the cake from our going away party in 2007. Three years ago today we left our cushy life in Florida and embarked upon the biggest adventure of our... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Mexican Restaurants in Sydney

  

  So this one time in band camp... No, let me start that again. So this one time in Florida, I was having a Cinco de Mayo party and I printed up these cute... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Australian Food and Lingo, and Other Amusing Australian Expat Things

  

  My refrigerator and pantry is absolutely, inexplicably Aussified... so there you have it, MATE. I know that "Tasty" cheese is actually Cheddar-- even if no one... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2011 EXPAT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Our Experience With Rutland Manor Labradoodles

  In December 2002 we moved from Florida to Dallas and were considering adopting a puppy. In our search for an allergy friendly dog we found a website in Australi... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Cupcakes in Sydney

  

  I never let my children paint in the house, in fact they're lucky they get to use textas (that's Australian for markers). I know it's wrong and all un-motherly... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Oprah Oprahfies Australia Woooo-Hoooo!

  

  Have you heard? Oprah is coming to Sydney, Australia! Sydney is about to be Oprahfied, and I am so excited. And I am so, so on it. I must get tickets to Oprah a... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Festival of Dangerous Ideas

  Warning: If you are easily offended by controversial topics and/or worried that you may burn in hell if you don't love Jesus, you may want to stop reading and... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL