by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 3, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
One regular reader asked me to clarify how copha was procured in New York in order to make chocolate crackles for my Australia Day birthday party. I confess that it was my friend Kate who successfully ordered the contraband online at Simply Australian. Go to the site...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
This YouTube video of The Chaser’s Julian Morrow asking the simplest questions of residents of America’s heartland (and posing as Honest John for part of it) has been doing the rounds of the ex-pat community following its original broadcast on ABC-TV. The...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 28, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Still recovering – literally – from a rather large joint birthday party celebrated on Australia Day with my friend Kate Veitch at her Manhattan residence (aka Phillip’s place). The photos will have to speak for themselves as my powers of articulation...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 24, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
No, it’s not what you’re thinking. Unfortunately. Dressing for winter here is a skill that I’ve realised needs some acquiring. With all the layers of clothing necessary for comfortable travel out of doors, any journey indoors means a host of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 23, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I can officially add “grant writer” to my resume – over the weekend my client Simi Linton was advised by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council that she had been successful in her application for a grant from their Manhattan Cultural Fund. An...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 22, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Wintry scenes of my immediate neighbourhood – my closest subway stop and the imposing Brooklyn Museum, literally two short blocks from my apartment. Eastern Parkway is the main thoroughfare that winds past the museum, the Botanical Gardens next door and the...