Today I decided to take my parents to try a Brazilian cafe called Ovo. The waiter was very friendly and recommended that I try their specialty Pao de queijo (Cheese Bread) with their homemade catupiry.

Today I took my parents to a charming Italian restaurant called Pasta Emilia in Surry Hills. The place was rustic and beautiful. We had a very good time. For entree we shared a salmon carpaccio marinated

I decided to visit Sydney for a few days with my parents and booked a very nice Lebanese restaurant called SaltVine in Surry Hills. Dimmi had a 50 percent off deal and it was very worth it. The staff was

My friend @nextgen622 has already written about the lively and lovely dinner we had together with his family about 2 weeks ago. We went to an Italian restaurant called Brunelli that I had an entertainment

For the monthly potluck at church today I made cucumber bites with a nice dill filling that I adapted from this recipe. They were a great hit. Because I couldn't find the ranch dressing powder mix I had

My friend invited me to have dinner at an modern Australian restaurant called Bucatini a few weeks ago because she had a 2 for 1 deal for mains. I ordered their seafood stew which was very tasty. The bowl

On Sunday I went to the Royal Exhibition building for the finders keepers market. It is a World Heritage Site-listed building in Melbourne that was completed in 1880. I have never been inside the building

How often do you take time to reflect? The busy-ness of modern life in the city often means we are rushing from place to place and trying to do many things at the same time. I used this photo of a reflection

The theme for this week's shadow contest hosted by @melinda010100 is art shadows. I love making origami so I was excited to see this theme. I use origami paper that I buy from the Japanese chain store

It's that time of the week again. Taking up the challenge set by @tattoodjay. Come celebrate spring with these different flowers I spotted on my walk in my Melbourne neighborhood. Anyone know what these

I have missed many weeks of the fun shadow contest hosted by @melinda010100 but am back! The theme is duos. My Charlie Brown and Snoopy salt and pepper shakers make a great duo because they are such good

Today I made some cookies for a church event. It was my time making raisin and oatmeal cookies and the recipe I found was very good. I halved the quantity. You can find it here The shortbread cookie recipe

Talking up the fun challenge by @tattoodjay to present photos taken on a walk I want to share a few shots of spring flowers in my neighborhood. I have hayfever but still can't resist walking among the

I went for a walk this afternoon and saw a really beautiful bunch of wisteria blossoming in the neighborhood. What a stunning species! This is the biggest and tallest wisteria tree I have ever seen! Beauty

I love walking and try to go for one every day as long as the weather permits. The trail I usually take is dog friendly and I often see different breeds of dogs with their owners. The little dogs are my

I had the chance to go to Princeton, New Jersey for work in June and my friend and I decided to try a popular local restaurant called Mistral. The menu is always changing so I should have written about

When I was working in Taiwan, I used to ride my 50 cc motorcycle (some would say it is a scooter) to my workplace. I named my vehicle "Little Blue" because these types of scooters are fondly

I went for a walk today and enjoyed the brightly colored flowers in the neighborhood! What amazing colors! So vibrant and cheerful. Photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy s7.

Tonight my friend and I went to try a relatively new restaurant nearby called Red Kitchen. I found a 30 percent off deal on Dimmi and booked a table. We were pleasantly surprised that the place was very

When I was growing up in Michigan, I was very lucky to be part of an early morning strings program. It offered children in grade 4 and 5 free music lessons and we could borrow the instruments for free