A watery obsession….go fish
How do you know when your obsession with all things beachy is getting out of control?thanks Vic DeLeonWhen it’s raining outside, you’re alone, and you find yourself lured in by I Fish,…
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Surviving Monday-itis (Job Satisfaction #2 Byron style)
Monday morning. You’ve made it through the morning madness of married life and family fiascoes. You’ve even tackled the tedious traffic trials and tribulations. You’ve made it into work and…
Soya Sauce Ice Cream (Robert De Niro’s Nobu restaurant Perth)
What would happen if you took Japanese food and added a dash of Peruvian influences? Nobuyuki Matsuhisa decided to find out, and quickly became the owner/executive chef of 25 highly…
Snowball survives hell
At the beginning of the year, when I ventured into Amanda Kendle’s UWA Extension course, I had no idea how much it would impact on my life. If you’d have…
The Whistling Assassin (Job Satisfaction #1)
Two hours later hundreds of bees were buzzing in the wall cavity and I was opening the front door to my savior, Mike from Bee Advice, or as I like…
The Queen Bee …literally
The scout bees having done their job on Friday, signaled the all clear for the Queen Bee to arrive. © The Ponder Room© The Ponder RoomBut as any diva knows…
More arrivals join the Spring Dance
Let’s see now, so far this Spring I’ve witnessed fly by ducks and obsessive compulsive kookaburras, what next you ask? Well……© The Ponder RoomAs I sat at my desk today,…
How does a first time film director lure a Hollywood heavyweight into his movie? (Willem Defoe in The Hunter)
While Academy Award nominee Willem Defoe, knew where Tasmania was, he’d never heard of the Tasmanian tiger, so how does a distinguished Australian television director, Daniel Nettheim (Rush, All Saints),…
Nonsurgical facelift unveiled at Perth Fashion Festival (Story by Tang/Maurice Meade)
I can’t imagine a time when I’ll willingly lie back and let someone introduce my face to the cold steel of a scalpel. Call me crazy, but baring an accident,…
Fashion dilemma solved with the power of celebrity (Perth Fashion Festival 2011)
© The Ponder RoomFollowing is a lesson in Fashion Marketing – the power of the celebrity endorsement.Imagine you’re going to see the Story of Tang, one of the hot ticket items…
Pool showdown ducked with a careless giggle (Australian wildlife)
© The Ponder RoomThis morning the ducks stood no chance, as I found a solution to my pool duck dilemma (duck dilemma)The day began with the usual visitor, however…
How ducks may hold the key to good health
Recently I came across a piece of research about the perils of desk dwelling, which resulted in some heart palpitating pondering on my part.According to Mark Hamilton from the University…
The Great Carrot Cake Valentines Day Deception
While we’re talking about Fly in Fly Out mining jobs….Years ago I went out with a Fly in Fly out mining exec, no surprise there after all I grew up in…
Changes in the sandpit (Impact of the WA Mining Boom #1)
thanks fotologicIn the past the big boys in the world’s sandpit were content playing with each other, spending their days driving around in oversized trucks, occasionally crashing into each…
Mothers resolve beats interrogation
Junior MasterChef judge Anna Gare, recently alluded to a childhood dish called ‘shit on a plate’, which consisted of fried mince and tinned spaghetti on toast. Hardly surprising her mothers…
Staying in the dance of life after 911
My recent ash cloud experience gave me a minuscule glimpse into one aspect of 911, namely the phone calls made on the planes (Ash Cloud experience)Thanks to dixie-lawIn honour of…
A childhood of brown food proves no barrier to cookbook author Anna Gare (MasterChef)
On a beautiful spring-like day family and friends gathered on the Fremantle Arts Centre lawn, to help celebrity chef Anna Gare launch her first cookbook Homemade: simply delicious food. Interviewed…
Chilli Sex (Fremantle Chilli Festival)
In honour of Fathers Day I thought I’d let you into a little secret I recently discovered. Wandering around the Fremantle Chilli Festival, I stumbled across a little known fact….…
