It’s Christina here, taking over from Jim for this week’s IG Edition. I’ve got lots to share about my reunion with the wonderful women I met in Puglia and our plans for the holidays. It’s funny writing this week’s update now as you’ll be reading it on my birthday! Something feels different this year…the weather … Read more
Hands up who’s ready for Christmas? It reminds me of that classic scene from the English TV show The Young Ones, where Rik Mayall says: “Hands up who likes me?” I’m not ready for Christmas at all. And it’s two weeks away today. To think that in a fortnight’s time I’ll be sitting watching people I … Read more
And like that we’ve got only 2 full weekends before Christmas! WTF. I mentioned in last Friday’s newsletter last Friday’s newsletter that I liked December because it feels like a short month. I think I should probably take that back. This month is looking just a bit too short for me. But in spite of … Read more
In many ways, I love this time of year. Yes, the Christmas season means all the stress of Christmas shopping and organising plans for the festive season. But on the other hand it means summer’s almost here and you start to see invitations to all kinds of awesome parties. This week just gone definitely had … Read more
Things are a little different today as our weekly update is by Mrs Romance! We celebrate the Yes vote – a step towards marriage equality – and our first Christmas party of the season. The key to working well with your partner is to play to your strengths. That’s why you hear more from Jim … Read more
I must admit I got pretty excited at the creating of this post. But then I always get excited about visiting distilleries and writing about them. And that’s exactly what happened last weekend. We were invited by our dear friend Kathleen Davies, founder of Nip of Courage, to come with her down to Corowa, a little town … Read more
I really don’t know where this year’s gone. It feels like about a week ago that January was just over, and now it’s November and we’re staring down the barrel of Christmas. But we looked back at a few of our IG Editions over this last year and we realised that we’ve actually done quite a … Read more
OK, so ‘500 reasons’ might be pushing it a bit. But the reasons why Mrs Romance and I love visiting Adelaide are so good – we have so much fun there – it feels like we have 100 times that many. Our friends, the food, the wine, the festivals and the beach. Multiplied by 100. So … Read more
What an exciting week it’s been! With an amazing Aussie craft beer festival, a lovely drop of Champagne and a travel awards night, we’ve had plenty to do. As a result, we’ve got plenty to talk about too, so here goes! Hope you enjoy this IG Edition Jim & Christina xx Mrs Romance loves exploring … Read more
We’ve stayed Sydneyside this week and explored more of our back yard. There’s so much going on in Sydney at the moment – surely this means the end of winter? We’ve had some strange kind of false starts recently all over the world. My mum and dad in the UK are preparing for a mini … Read more