by ARossier | Aug 28, 2017
Many parents over the last month have worked hard on book week costumes. And, at 11pm the night before my kids’ parade, I thought “I must either love my kids or love book week” because I was slaving away on a t-shirt that my daughter would wear the...
by ARossier | Aug 21, 2017
Looking for something good to read? Look no further. Here’s my pick of the books I’ve read over the last few months. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood After watching the stunning Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic story I decided to go back to the...
by ARossier | Aug 14, 2017
Flatpacking advice We went crazy at Ikea on Friday so this weekend was all about assembling furniture. My beautiful neighbours offered to help, but most of this is really a two-person job, so my response was, “No, I think we’ve got the furniture assembly covered, but...
by ARossier | Aug 7, 2017
Not many of us have the luxury of an interior designer at our beck and call, but with a bit of inspo from our favourite magazines, websites like Apartment Therapy and Houzz, and some basic design principals, we can all create a home we that’s as attractive and...
by ARossier | Jul 31, 2017
If you were to die suddenly, would you want your family’s loss to be the beautiful gain of some other mother, father, husband or wife? Would you want your parting gift to be the gift of life to someone else? This is the subject of a compelling new drama on the...
by ARossier | Jul 25, 2017
I just love movies and TV shows that have lots of strong or interesting female characters. Just to even things up a bit. The statistics are pretty depressing. Of the top 100 films of 2016, females comprised 29 percent of the protagonists. And that statistic doesn’t go...
by ARossier | Jul 17, 2017
When you google “etiquette” you get a lot of things like “A lady may wear gloves and a hat indoors, but not mittens and a cap”. Or “the best way to exit a car when you’re wearing a mini skirt”. I mean, seriously. Who cares? There are far more important points of order...
by ARossier | Jul 10, 2017
Stuck for ideas for tea tonight? Have you asked around everyone you’ve seen today (your mum, your dad, the other parents at drop-off, the woman who makes your coffee) what they’re cooking, hoping they’ll give you an idea that won’t take ages or cost a bomb? Here are...
by ARossier | Jul 3, 2017
It’s true: women feel the cold more than men. And with the cold snap we’re having on the East coast of Australia right now, women are shivering in their kitten-heels. We’re in Australia. With the exception of a few chilly places (hello to our friends in Hobart and...
by ARossier | Jun 26, 2017
I can’t stop baking cookies. It started when my husband brought home a cookie mix from the supermarket and I added an egg and butter and the house was so filled with warmth and delicious smells that I wanted to bake another batch immediately. And I thought, “It can’t...
