We were supposed to be in Bali for the June school holidays,  then Rona showed up and COVID-19 became a familiar term. The country went into lockdown and all of our flights were cancelled, so we decided to take the car for a drive in our “backyard”, around the Granite Belt & Scenic Rim. After all, Queensland is a bloody

It was noon and I was en route to a date set at Walter’s Steakhouse, my favourite steak restaurant in Brisbane. Situated in the Old Mineral House on the corner of Edward and Alice Streets, Walter’s overlooks the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens and the moment you walk in, it’s as if you have been transported to New York.  

If you asked me to name three things that immediately come to mind when Paris is mentioned, my answer would be “the Eiffel Tower, Chanel and the Ritz”. I mean, clearly there’s a lot more to Paris than those three things, but a visit to the Rietz, in my opinion, is the quintessential très chic Parisian experience. Located at the