Flavour Of The Month (FOTM) is our nod to old-school blogging days. We’re sharing a taste – a ‘flavour’ if you will – of what’s happened in the month just gone.
Why do we do this?
There are a few reasons actually. First and foremost, we like to be able to google our lives. All too often, Christina has asked me when we did something and all I’ve had to do is search Mr & Mrs.
But we also love writing about things that either don’t really fit anywhere else or that isn’t quite a big enough story to have its own stand-alone article.
Best of all, we love sharing important moments of our lives here, so you get a real flavour of what’s happening with us in these posts.
It’s strange not having our friends here. Last week, Mona and Brendan, who live in San Diego, were staying with us. It was a lot of fun but they’ve since headed off on the next part of their trip, which means back to reality for us. Mona has two favourite drinks: Amoretto sour and sparkling … Read more
I have a confession to make. This week I watched the Lego Movie. It wasn’t my idea, but I still couldn’t stop watching it. It’s got to be the trippiest film I’ve ever seen. It’s crazy! I apologise in advance if this post’s a bit weird. Blame it on the LegoMovie. Have you seen this … Read more
Every now and then, Sydney puts on an incredible show at sunset. This evening was one of those, don’t you reckon? Let’s hope the rest of this week’s just as illuminating! And then boom! The very next day starts just as amazingly as yesterday ended! Mrs Romance is out and about early again this morning … Read more
Mrs Romance has just asked me what my favourite line from a movie is. I couldn’t really think of one at first but she’s clearly been thinking about this for a while. Hers is: “so shines a good deed in a weary world.” Pretty cool. It’s from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – the original … Read more
The view of the city from here never gets boring. Especially when I’m looking at it from my bed while Mrs Romance is out and about, running up and down the Fleet Steps in Sydney Botanic Gardens and providing our Instagram account with sunrise photos like this one! There are quite a few things on … Read more
Winter’s really set in here in Sydney now. I mean it’s no European winter – I remember reading about a place in far-eastern Russia called Chukotka where it goes to -49dC – but still, a low of 7dC is cold enough to chill your nose. It’s the one time of year that us Sydneysiders can … Read more
After the weekend’s break in Coogee, getting back to normal life’s going to be a stretch. Mrs Romance’s pic this morning has helped though How pretty is the Harbour today? And the little rotunda-pergola-Russian church-top thing (what is that called anyway?) just by the Opera House makes the whole sunrise thing look even better. Glad … Read more
Wow! what a quiet start to the week! Not that I’m complaining, of course! The most momentous thing that’s happened so far is our 3 Top Drinking Gadgets is up on site now. We’ve given the low-down on three little gizmos that we use all the time to make our drinking life at home as … Read more
Mrs Romance starts the week off with a morning run down by the Harbour. The best thing about the Sydney winter is the clear sky, and beautiful sunrises and sunsets. I’ve seen more sunrises this week than ever thanks to the early World Cup games! I don’t really know why but I feel compelled to … Read more
I always like long weekends, but they do confuse my mind’s timetable – or ‘mindtable’ if you will! On one hand it’s nice to have that extra day for the weekend, but on the other it makes the rest of the week one day shorter to get everything done! Plus poor Mrs Romance is still … Read more