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Live from New York 20 Aug 2013 | 07:26 am
It’s been more than two months since I left Australia and moved to New York City, with a week stay each in Japan and Pennsylvania in between. We got an apartment in West Harlem in less than a week an...
The Trip Unplanned: Going with the Flow in Japan 19 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
When Brendan and I left on our five-day honeymoon to Japan after permanently departing our home in Sydney, I naturally harbored fears that we would end up unable to communicate or get anywhere. The ma...
Goodbye My Australia 29 May 2013 | 10:31 am
Believe it or not, I wrote an entire goodbye Australia post last night. It was draining, and writing it before bed probably contributed to a restless sleep. Somehow, even though my blog posts usually ...
On Not Really Liking Darwin 20 Apr 2013 | 07:06 am
When Brendan surprised me with a trip to Darwin for Christmas — our last getaway alone before getting married — I was pumped. Lonely Planet had ranked Darwin as one of the top global destinations to v...
Mountain Biking with Olympian Caroline Buchanan 11 Mar 2013 | 01:40 am
When I found out I’d be mountain biking as part of the Adventure stream for Canberra’s Human Brochure, I elected to be put in the beginner category. There were two words that kept popping into my head...
Sitting on Top of the World 24 Feb 2013 | 04:12 am
When I was selected from a pool of more than 31,000 for the second weekend of ACT Tourism’s Human Brochure, I’d heard rumors a hot air balloon ride was part of one of the streams. But after the first ...
Confession: Wedding Planning Kind of Sucks 13 Feb 2013 | 03:13 pm
In the months before I moved to Australia, my friend Nicole and I became obsessed with the reality show Bridezillas. I couldn’t turn my eyes away from such extreme bitchiness, craziness and wastefulne...
Win a $50 Voucher from Groupon 24 Jan 2013 | 03:46 am
We all know the months after the holidays can be tough financially with all that money spent on gift-buying, traveling and parties. I’ve found that it’s a bit easier to hunker down and save money back...
Tips for Visiting the Whitsundays 28 Dec 2012 | 06:09 am
Among all the recommendations people have given about my time in Australia, the recurring one has been to stay and sail in Queensland’s Whitsunday islands. The only problem is, it’s a friggin expensiv...
Doors Unlocked and Open 10 Dec 2012 | 03:33 pm
Our close friends in Sydney, a couple from the U.S. East Coast, had their first child in April. They are our first friends in Sydney to have a baby, and the occasion consumed both me and Brendan with ...
