Memories of the first moon landing – where were you 50 years ago?

  50 years ago today, a whole bunch of people in America (and NASA) organised this, the first men on the moon – Here in Australia, we watched their journey, their discovery and their first moonwalks in glorious black and white, because colour TV didn’t arrive in Australia until 1975. We crowded around television sets…

Words of Wisdom Wednesday #6

When we travel our digestive system becomes disoriented and there is a temptation to eat all the wrong things… …believe me, I know. To keep up with all the new activities and adventuring the body needs simple fuel and hydration – high protein food, healthy snacks and water. It is obviously tempting to indulge in…

New York, New York – it’s a helluva town!

New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down. The people ride in a hole in the groun’. New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! Those words were written in 1944, by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, to music by Leonard Bernstein for the musical On The Town,…

A Star is Born

A Star is Born. Well, that is a catchy blog post title if ever I saw one. Actually the star to whom I refer was born 20 years ago, and has been shining ever since. This is my daughter, Georgia Belle, and I’m writing this post to alert the world (or anyone who might stumble…

Favourite Song Friday – Same Old Lang Syne

This is my final Favourite Song Friday (have a look at my others here) because it is the second last day of this year, and coincidentally my daughter’s 20th birthday, and I shall start another episodic topic next year (stay tuned for that – pun intended…) Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and people will be…

I left my child in New York city (part 3)

Every parent tries to do their best when raising their children, from the very first night they are brought home from the hospital right through all those school years and into young adulthood. Depositing them in a strange country, over sixteen thousand kilometres away (or just over ten thousand miles) may seem akin to throwing…

Travel theme: Below

On my last cruise I took numerous  photos from angles below the intended subjects; so I share some of these with you as they fit in nicely with  Where’s My Backpack’s latest travel theme: below. We flew from Melbourne to London and spent a week looking up at all the sights, including Cleopatra’s Needle and…

I Left My Child in New York City (part 2)

After several earlier inadvertent attempts at abandoning my daughter in the Big Apple, this year I nailed it and finally left my child in New York city. As she is a budding actress, it wasn’t too difficult to lure her back to New York –  the mecca of acting – where she was accepted into…

I Left My Child in New York City (part 1)

There is a delightful and wistful old song called “I left my heart in San Francisco” that many of you may remember.  It highlights the joys of San Francisco in contrast to other cities.  Included in those lyrics are these: I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan These lyrics could have been penned by…

I happen to like New York (time travel to Tavern on the Green)

TAVERN ON THE GREEN TO CLOSE THIS WEEK – New York Times Tavern on the Green – a restaurant in Central Park, at West 67th Street, Upper West Side. A landmark of New York city, an 80s movie icon – seen in Heartburn, Ghostbusters, Wall Street and, of course, Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors and New…