October is the perfect month to visit San Francisco! And, the best time of year for driving north to Napa and Sonoma Valley wine country. At this time of year the city is still thick with fog that labours over the bay l
Hawaii!!! Here’s an idea! Save yourself (in NYC) and your family (in Melbourne) a 20 hour commute (and a couple of grand in flights), and catch up instead 10 hours away… in Waikiki! WAIKIKI BEACH, HONOLULU, OAHU HI Mai
Should you ever become a US non-immigrant (and you should, it’s awesome), it is a statistical probability you will at some stage experience an immense bugger-up with your I-94 (but otherwise, totally awesome). In this s
“Wintertime in New York townThe wind blowing snow aroundSomeone could freeze right to the bone,I froze right to the bone…”(Talkin’ New York!) ####Evening escapades: NYC-style pizza Vs Farm-fresh fast-foodThis is hard f
As smells of spring fill the air; as poppies bloom in corals and orange hues, and the sea salt spray permeates the soft sunny breezes from San Fran’s ocean-side Sunset District to North Beach, California Street and the S
#####Last weekend we decided at the last minute to fly to Seattle and visit our Australian friends who work and live there. The Seahawks had just come from behind to make it into the Super Bowl and it seemed like a good
######Tahoe in the Winter is like a little snow activity playground! When the snow is decent you can snow shoe, downhill or cross country ski with a choice of 18 amazing resorts. There is also snow mobiling, local beers
######For some reason, the first time I visited Yosemite I absolutely could not get around the pronunciation. I mean, it really does look like it should be pronounced like Vegemite (Yaw-seh-mite) - does anyone else have
####Obviously my first post needed to be about coffee ######I’m from Melbourne. Studies show approximately 40% of conversations in Melbourne are about where to get the best espresso (the other 60% is art, music, footy,
A guide for tragics of wanderlust - especially if your journeys bring you to San Francisco.From some Australians living there. Little by little, one travels far - JRR Tolkien. Eighteen months ago I was sitting in a café