As a honeymoon gift, we flew the kids to Melbourne for a week during their spring break. I know they weren’t terribly excited about coming but DIL said “when else are we going to get a free trip to Australia?” I knew they weren’t up for the rigorous physical endurance I demanded from my son […]
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While DH2 was in East Timor for his birthday adventure, I had some in-town adventures myself. Little Lon is a gin distillery in a CBD heritage listed red brick cottage offering a masterclass in gin distillation. I signed myself up for that. Lunar New Year celebration performances were all over the city and even in
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Road Trip! One year we took a train, one year we flew, and in 2025 we drove to Adelaide. The goal for this trip was the Fringe Festival so DH2 arranged three talks at the various universities there. We drove the “middle route” on the way there which took us through Kingston where we played
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The art of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is currently displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Born in 1929, Kusama creates multi-media art highlighting her favorite themes of polka dots and pumpkins. In her 20’s, she wrote Georgia O’Keefe for advice about how to be a woman artist in a male dominated field.
From botanical to bottle, I got to discover the true artistry of crafting my very own gin at the Puss & Mew distillery outside of Melbourne. This masterclass gave me the overview of gin creation and I got to peruse over 40 ingredients and choose my own botanicals for my gin. We used a mortar
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