As Winter marches on new ideas are brewing in my head about the direction of The Alexcellent Life and ideas for entirely different blogs are taking shape. In…… Read more “Edited highlights: Autumn colours, freakshakes and disco”
Category: Canberra
Edited highlights: bare trees and summer memories
On Monday I worked from home as Spider Boy had a cold. It was also time for his plaster to come off. Once we got home from…… Read more “Edited highlights: bare trees and summer memories”
Canberrafication
As a Bondi-girl I was sceptical about Canberra at first, but gradually over time, I realised I had become…Canberrafied.
Princess Mary and Me
Last Sunday night, I didn’t watch news reports about the Paris attacks. I watched Mary: The Making of a Princess, along with 928,999 other metro viewers. Apparently…… Read more “Princess Mary and Me”
Eat Drink Blog 2015… Food, fun and photo freedom
In October Alexcellent Lifestyle attended the 6th annual Eat Drink Blog (EDB15) conference. Held in a different Australian city each year, 2015 was Canberra’s turn to host over 80…… Read more “Eat Drink Blog 2015… Food, fun and photo freedom”
The trek to Tuggeranong. Or long day’s journey into night.
Spider Boy and I had a slight obstacle on the second day of Term 2 last week when the entrance of our street (a no-through road) was…… Read more “The trek to Tuggeranong. Or long day’s journey into night.”
Ordinary Joys: Donna Summer disco flowers and fancy-schmancy food.
School went back for Term 4 last Tuesday but a bad case of pharyngitis meant poor Spider Boy had a terrible last couple of holiday days and missed the first…… Read more “Ordinary Joys: Donna Summer disco flowers and fancy-schmancy food.”
Lady (and boy) in waiting: The Alexcellent guide to stalking the royals.
I got all caught up in royal fever during the recent Australian tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (and Prince squeezy-cheeks George). From the moment William, Kate and…… Read more “Lady (and boy) in waiting: The Alexcellent guide to stalking the royals.”