One month left for high tea at the National Gallery of Australia

The stars aligned for a day last week. Early in January, I was invited by the National Gallery of Australia to partake in high tea at their temporary Wedgwood Tea Room, which is being held in conjunction with the current Tom Roberts Exhibition. I was interested, as I’d been wanting to get to the NGA for a while – but we were away and couldn’t go. A few weeks later I was delighted to find the invitation had been extended. Last week, my husband and I were able to enjoy the experience on my husband’s birthday, kid-free! Continue reading →

‘Taking over’ the I Quit Sugar Instagram (with outtakes!)

I was recently lucky enough to be invited to be part of a ‘takeover’ of the I Quit Sugar Instagram account, with fellow IQS Ambassador Elise (@healthyfamily5). Elise and I ‘met’ each other through Instagram during the 2015 Summer round of the IQS 8 Week Program, and both subsequently became ambassadors for IQS. Late in 2015, Elise and her family visited Canberra for her daughter’s swimming event, and we arranged to catch up for a coffee and meet in person (read: I intended to interrogate her on her photography tips and tricks). I had worked with Elise online on a previous blog post, about how we transitioned our families to a low sugar lifestyle, so I was thrilled to meet her in person. Continue reading →

Want to know where to eat in Canberra? Follow the food bloggers: Eat Drink Blog 2015

I nearly didn’t register to attend Eat Drink Blog 2015. Luckily, I listened to my husband when he encouraged me to go. More specifically, as I described the program to him, he glared at me dubiously and said, “Are you MAD? Why wouldn’t you go!? I want to go in your place!”

Indeed, I would be kicking myself now if I’d given in to my introverted tendencies and stayed at home. Eat Drink Blog (EDB) is a national conference for food bloggers, held in a different Australian location each year. This year, it was held in my home-town, Canberra, and presented a perfect opportunity to meet over 70 local and interstate bloggers who share the same interest – food – but who each bring to it their own unique perspective. Continue reading →