by Virginia Lloyd | May 29, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Well I think I’ve seen it all now – an ad promoting a reality TV show featuring none other than the never-really-was Mark Phillippoussis. In this show, called “The Age of Love”, the Poo (dubbed a “tennis megastar” but strangely not...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 28, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
A quick hello from my desk – surprise – where I have been diligently working on another draft of The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement over the Memorial Day (Anzac Day equivalent) long weekend. Being my own harshest editor and critic, all I can...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 26, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Gotta love a big boozy dinner out. My old pal John Moore and I catch up every couple of months and take turns as to whose shout it is. This time it was my turn and I turned to Ama, a restaurant I’d encountered first a few weeks ago for a business meeting. On a...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 26, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Apple Girl enjoyed a night out the theatre last night with her actress-singer-playwright friend Susan, from PlayGroup. For the very un-Gotham price of $27.50 we saw a brilliant two-hander called The Receipt, which arrived in New York direct from Melbourne’s...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 21, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Saturday was the inaugural Dance Parade which grooved its way down a slightly damp 5th Avenue to end in a dance party in Washington Square Park. Dancers in the park included Simi Linton (above left, with banner), her husband David (aka Fuzzy, above right; the roller...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 19, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
People who know me are familiar with my aversion to “hot air”, a term which I use to refer to anything that smells of hyperbole or lacks substance. My antennae are so sensitive to hot air, I was shocked to have been taken in by a steaming blast of it at...