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.
As we edge towards the mid-way point of 2023 and winter here in Sydney settles into its stride, we get to see a different side to a city that’s so incumbent with sun and hot weather. Winter here has always fascinated me. I’m one of those expats that is always surprised when it’s cold in … Read more
Just like buses, when travel opportunities come, they all seem to turn up at once. This past fortnight has been amazing, putting us across five states across Australia. From the sleeping on the Great Barrier Reef at Reefworld we join one of the world’s great rail journeys—the Ghan—in Darwin travelling all the way down to … Read more
There’s nothing quite like starting a month off with a bang—especially with young 2023 dragging its heels. But March has really hit the ground at a pace and is making up for some time lost. Even just two weeks in, we’ve hit a few great places in Sydney to eat and drink, celebrated Sydney WorldPride … Read more
After more than two and a half years of no international travel—we arrived home from overseas only days before Australia closed its borders in March 2020—we’ve finally left the country. Almost two months later, we’re back in Sydney. Here’s a quick rundown of where we went and what we did. This trip was ostensibly a … Read more
It’s hard to believe it’ll be two and a half years since Christina and I travelled internationally, but at long last we’re heading yonder into the big blue at the end of the month. And even though I managed a quick trip back to the UK for my dad’s birthday in May, it was a … Read more
With travel gearing back up, it feels like everyone’s heading overseas at the moment. We’re still in the planning stage, but things are coming together. In the meantime, we’re getting our itchy feet and travel bug tended to by meeting with some friends from Memphis and Hawaii tourism boards, and distracting ourselves with visits to … Read more
It’s amazing how just a couple of years of not being able to travel internationally feels like a lifetime. Especially when the dearest to us don’t live in the same country. Finally though, I was able to fly back to the UK for a quick two-week trip to see my folks, celebrate my dad’s big … Read more
A Japanese wagyu chef, an American single malt distiller and a Bangkok Four Seasons director walk into a bar… It sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? Well, it’s when only the bar itself isn’t true, you realise what a strange, fascinating week we’ve had. With Christina meeting wagyu chef extraordinaire Hisato Hamada, me lunching with … Read more
Probably as much of an understatement as it is banal, but the last couple of years have been tough. For the travel industry, we’ve had to come to almost a complete stop. But a bit like buses, all kinds of things have come together at once. Christina and I have now found ourselves living from … Read more
It’s been a terrifying couple of weeks for lots of people on Australia’s east coast recently, with so much rain and wind hitting areas. I saw a stat that said the Brisbane River received three Sydney Harbours worth of water in just a few days! But hopefully the worst of it is behind us and … Read more