GG started working from home earlier in the year. Took the brave step of going out on his own and so far, so good. Actually he’s done exceptionally well. I’m very proud of him 🙂 But there have been a few occasions when he’s been so busy that he’s had to work all through the weekend. […]

I really love Italian food. The indulgence of fresh pasta, the delight of a proper Italian pizza – generally light on the toppings but big on the taste, lovingly prepared tomato sauces, the rich flavours of osso bucco, delicious anti pasto – from cured meats, arancini, cheeses…. the list of decadent Italian cuisine that I […]

I feel like I’ve been on quite the Italian food bender of late….. Ginos, Christina’s and most recently I organised a catch up with an old uni pal of mine, we’ll call him Skip, at Lalla Rookh. Lalla Rookh is a new Italian addition to the CBD restaurant scene. Now I’ll admit that I was […]

Many moons ago I visited Christina’s in Vic Park for a work dinner. It was a while ago but my one recollection of the place was that the servings were giant. So when a return visit was proposed for a catch up with a few friends recently I was curious to see if my memories were correct. […]

Gino’s Spaghetti Bar has been one of those places that I have driven past about a zillion times and always meant to visit. It’s so close to home and despite hearing some really positive things about it I’d never managed to get there. Recently though a friend asked for a few ideas for local Italian […]

Recently a fellow from work was having a birthday do at the Byrneleigh in Nedlands. Now the Bryneleigh is a lovely spot that I have visited before, but it can also be nice to try somewhere new and from reading a fellow blogger’s peachy blog I had my heart set on somewhere just down the road […]

Many moons ago…. And we’ll say back in the day when I was spending the majority of my days in the Physics Department at Curtin, a good friend of mine and I used to be particularly partial to the gnocchi sorrentino from Siena’s in Mt Lawley. I had fond memories of our visits there over […]

I was well overdue for a good chat with bestie, Mrs M, so we lined up a dinner to remedy this obvious oversight. She suggested a local Italian restaurant in Inglewood that was one of her new favourites – Il Pasto. Looking at where this place was on the map I realised I had been […]

I went to pick GG up from his friend’s house the other week after he had spent the day with his work crew in the Swan Valley for their Christmas party. His friend’s house was in Landsdale and when he arrived another couple there had mentioned they were headed to a local restaurant for dinner. […]

All these bargain voucher websites can be a wonderful thing….. until you sort of forget about one and it’s a mad rush to squeeze in a dinner before the expiry date. Such was my quandary recently with a Rifos voucher I had purchased. I had initially gifted it to my brother but he hadn’t had […]