Last weekend we traveled to the Napa of Australia the Hunter Valley. One of my friends Julie celebrated her 30th birthday by organizing 16 f...

It rained, then it poured, then we got married…The wedding was amazing, the entire day turned out just beautifully (after the rain stopped)....

I'll give credit where credit is due and acknowledge that I stole the title of the blog from my friend (& our wedding photographer) ...

With only two weeks away to hosting our first party at our new house, we thought it might be a good idea to rip out the incredibly ancient c...

(FRIDAY FEB 25, 2006) Patty Perkins sent out the rallying call and Pistol Pete played the gracious host - another great night at the Red D...

This one’s for some of our Aussie friends. Mark is in Seattle this week on business, I am joining him on Thursday for a week and a half then...

During my time in Sydney I’ve had many firsts, first Aussie Pub, fist real Aussie meat pie, first sighting of a kangaroo outside of a zoo… t...

Wednesday 1st Feb (cont): Difinitely more comfortable arriving in Korea this time - hopped the limo bus to the city (13,000 KRW versus the...

Tuesday 31st Jan: The long plane flights are getting easier, Sydney to Hong Kong passed in no time (actually 9 hrs). I read the paper, watc...

A Meat Tray Raffle, kangaroo’s in the wild, lots of wine, an adorable B&B, 36.5 C degree heat (97 degrees F) great food and lots of laug...

A slow start to the year on the blog front - sorry. So what have we been up to? Yum Cha! What is Dim Sum in America is a big deal in Sydney....

Christmas weekend was fantastic. Friday we kicked off the weekend with Mark’s birthday, an afternoon at the beach and good ole KFC for dinne...

It is the season for many things and one of those things is “Top 10” lists. Getting toward the end of the year all the newspapers and TV new...

I simply can not understand the attraction. David Hasselhoff (or the Hoff as known in Australia) is a huge hit with the Aussies. Here are ...

It's official we've bought a house! It's a total fixer upper, just down the road from the beach (about 1/4 mile) on a quiet stre...

Today is my second and final day in Korea. We are on the red-eye back to Sydney tonight. Today I had my first Latte since I left Seattle, ...

Today is Day 1 in Seoul Korea. I am here on business at the Microsoft Korea office. Although I haven’t seen much other than the office, th...

“ Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when” I’ve never actually hoed a row or rode … (good time to stop ...

Although the mighty Huskies lost to the Cougs, last week was my Birthday weekend and I had a great time. The weather did not cooperate, it ...

It was a tough day for the Dawgs…a sad defeat. All that being said, the Apple Cup spirit was running strong in Australia…Mark and I made a b...