Blonde Ambition
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A sneak peek at the Suited to Success sale
Australia is known as the lucky country; a country where women have the right to vote, to lead the government and to receive equal pay to our male counterparts. Yet there are more than 350,000 Australian women currently registered as ‘looking for work’. They come from all walks of life; they are in their early […]
MoreGwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
In the middle of winter, I headed back to Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat on the Gold Coast for another seven-day detox. It had been a rough couple of months and mum and I headed off for a week of healthy food, soul nurturing and a dose of the great outdoors. My first visit was last Easter […]
MoreWhat Brooke Wore
It’s fair to say I love to partake in the occasional spot of shopping. I don’t consider myself super stylish, nor do I think I’m in any way on trend; I prefer to just find stuff I like that suits me and stick with it. Earlier this year, spurred on by a lovely friend who […]
MoreDriving the porcelain bus
Aside from serving up my finger as an afternoon snack to Zambezi the zebra, I’ve recently been trying to find the perfect hangover cure after discovering that getting over a night of drinking now requires more recovery time than surgery. I’m not sure if it’s living in the Valley which has unleashed my inner party girl, or […]
MoreI was bitten by a zebra
A couple of weeks ago I was bitten by a zebra. An ACTUAL zebra. I mean who, other than perhaps a zookeeper, does that actually happen to? Bitten by a dog or a cat or even a bull ant, sure … but a zebra? WTF. I read a quote the other day that said: “Some people […]
MoreLes Bubbles, Fortitude Valley
They had me at ‘bottomless fries’. Last night I went to the opening of Les Bubbles, a French bistro in the soon-to-be Little Wick region of Fortitude Valley, on the corner of Wickham and Little Streets. Housed in what was once an illegal casino, bathhouse and brothel at the centre of the Fitzgerald inquiry of the […]
MorePig N Whistle, Fortitude Valley
A couple of months ago, I made a spur of the moment decision to break the lease on my two-bedroom north side apartment, sell almost all of my furniture and move into a one-bedroom apartment in Fortitude Valley. This was one of my best decisions for many reasons, most of all because it’s thrown me […]
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