GPrawn twisties. White chocolate scones. Flaming chocolate domes. Forget the cucumber sandwiches, high tea at the Hyatt Regency Sydney is not your average affair. First off, this is not high tea, it’s Gin and Tea – a botanical-themed high tea that includes not one, but two gin cocktails, a generous tiered stand of savouries, bundles of...
Author: Lisa Perkovic (Lisa Perkovic)
Level up your DIY with Cricut
If you’re like me, lock down did all sorts of funny things to your priorities. Pantry organisation went to the top of the list, closely followed by sourdough starters, polymear clay earrings, plant propogation and gel manicures. Instagram showed me that plenty of others were able to master these tasks, but alas, I learned that...
WHOOP whipped me into shape, and not just my fitness
A few months into trying out the WHOOP 4.0 fitness tracker and I still don’t know what ‘whoop’ stands for, but I do know this device can take your life up a notch. ‘Life’ not ‘fitness’ was a deliberate word choice there. The WHOOP tracks all the usual suspects – sleep, heart rate, steps. What it does with...
Pre-theatre dining that steals the show
Let’s face it, there’s a preconception that ‘pre-theatre dining’ means quick and easy but not always amazing. Well, a lot of things changed during the pandemic and it appears so did that. Our first return to the theatre since Covid-19 also marks our first pre-theatre dining in…forever… and it came to our attention that the...
The DA 2022 Mother’s Day Gift Guide
It’s almost time for that extra special day in May, when mums get the pampering, the spoiling and the bliss that they deserve. Mums, mother-in-laws, grandmums, new mums, sporty mums, holiday mums, fairy god mother mums – it doesn’t matter what type of mum you’re celebrating, they’re all deserving of a lot of love. If...
Holiday mode activated at Palm Cove
Look, it’s been a minute since we’ve been on holidays. Like real pack your maxi dresses, bring your big sun hat, turn off the work emails, get a pre-pedicure and a spray tan, kind of holiday. Sure there’s been road trips and staycations, ample self-care appointments, and lots of wine, but there’s nothing quite like...
Why you should ditch the fruit bowl and leftovers
HelloFresh has teamed up with OzHarvest to shed some light on the food waste Australians are literally throwing in the bin each week. The stats are wild – Aussie households send 2.5 million tonnes of good food waste a year, which works out to around 20 kgs per household each month. That can notch up...
5 things we’ve learned trying My Muscle Chef’s new menu
Just because you’re time-poor, doesn’t mean you’ve left your taste at the door. And just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you want your body to take a beating. Enter My Muscle Chef. We’ve been giving their high protein ready-made meals a try and have 5 things to report back. Mix it up Heating up your...
The ChefPrep Pantry is keeping us dry, fed and very, very happy
Feeling sorry for yourself while the sky has decided to unleash a year’s supply of rain in one week? We are. Well, ok, we were, until we were suddenly snuggling in bed with bowls of Bourke Street Bakery muesli. We were toasty, the muesli was toasted, and nobody had to go out in the rain...
Valentine’s Day gifts for every special someone
Whether it’s for your girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, or hey, even just for yourself, we’ve pulled together a few fun goodies to may February 14th a little extra special. Keep it comfySlide into the holiday with a pair of these cool new slides (see what we did there?!) from Ugg Express. The Tarramarra Claude Pillow...