It’s hard to pick out the happiest of happy things but this is my list of 2024 highlights (excluding books and holidays). Continue reading
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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. This week, it was announced that clothing chain Katies, is closing. A bittersweet moment. Katies was my first casual job (in the eighties) – I had desperately wished I was working at Sportsgirl or Portmans or Cherrylane but alas, it was selling elastic-waisted pants to middle-aged women, that filled my Friday nights and Saturday mornings. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Hydrangeas on display at Fitzroy Garden’s Conservatory. Stunning. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Bottomless-spicy-pineapple-margs-lunch and views across the city? Dangerous! Continue reading
My Latest Listens
Air and Love by Or Rosenboim Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Kim Wilde at The Palais. She is always amazing. So many hits. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. A morning at Art4All – always terrific. I bought a small, beautiful piece woven out of palm inflorescence by Kate Symons. It’s titled ‘Lair’ but it’s a jellyfish to my eye. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Julia at the Melbourne Theatre Company. There’s a reason why Justine Clarke has had standing ovations after every performance (we were cheering for Justine and Julia). Of course, the high point is the reenactment of Gillard’s misogyny speech. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Not our usual opera venue but fabulous to see Tosca this week. It’s in my top three operas – will never tire of the music (especially act III); loved the sets; loved settling into the music again (we didn’t get any opera last year); and although the possibility of hot chips at interval was strangely appealing, we didn’t succumb!
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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Shonen Knife at The Corner. So much fun (if you don’t know them, they’re a female Japanese punk rock band who sing about cute things like jellybeans, kittens and bike rides. Oh, they were also the support act for Nirvana, back in the day). Continue reading