The last time I ate at Pizzeria Italiana*, I stared at the crumbling walls, the plastic moulded chairs, the easy to wipe tables and thanked the pizza gods that this local haunt has remained the same over time. For over ten years, many Friday nights were spent in its surrounds,  crammed around tables, eagerly waiting [...]

I dare you to listen to the Coogee Poet and not feel a range of emotions sweep over you. It’s a wet Sunday on May 23. The Mandala Nepalese Restaurant in Randwick is closed to the public for the first performance of the season by local poet and writer, Tony Peacock. Tony is a true [...]

Anyone serious about running a website and would like to see it prosper beyond the odd hit from friends and google love is aware that it is no longer sufficient to write quality articles then hit the publish button. Build it and they come has turned into a tired cliché that no longer serves the [...]

We all love travel writing clichés. Pick up any reputable travel publication, online magazine or blog, and you’ll find they are littered with words which have become strongly aligned with travel writing that we have often forgotten their original meaning. Perched and Nestled have dominated the travel writing scene for so long that every time [...]

This is the third and final part of the series. You can catch up with A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 1: Seduction and A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter – Part 2: Relations. Separated by the safety of an LCD screen, Twitter and I sat across from one another. Over a piping hot coffee, [...]

This is the second of a 3 part series. You can catch up on the first part, A Gourmantic Affair with Twitter Part 1 – Seduction. As a novice studying twitter profiles, I quickly noted an emerging trend. There are those who seemingly follow all their followers (Following = Followers), those who appear as authorities [...]

Call it tempestuous at the best of times. We are drawn to one another like the earthy and sensual Taurus to the fiery and unpredictable Aries. Passions arise. Tempers flare. Arguments ensue. Then we retreat to our respective naughty corners for a cooling off period. Twitter has undoubtedly revolutionised online communication and has proven to [...]