Dining Out: Penny University, Kingston, Canberra

There have been a raft of new restaurants opening up across Canberra in the past twelve-months; and living as I do now in the wilds of Belconnen, I wasn't even aware that half of them existed.

This was the case with Penny University. I discovered it through reviews on Tara and Rachi's Blogs, and then fatefully a dear friend visited this weekend and the opportunity to check it out presented. I did not, however, foresee that I would be at Penny University twice in under 24-hours!

Daily Outfit: Casual Friday means shorts and tie

Shorts for Casual Friday continues while the weather is still warm enough to do so, and no one has told me I’m offending them with my blindingly white legs!

Daily Outfit: Cool blues for warmer days

Things are heating up again here in Canberra, and it looks like our two days of respite coolness will give way to a warm weekend. I've enjoyed the opportunity to sleep under the covers again and to go so far as wearing boots to work yesterday; but it seems as though that will be shortly lived for now as we head back into the high thirties next week.

50 things I did in the past 500 days:

There was a meme floating about the ether of the interwebs a little while ago called 50 in 500 – and it essentially challenged people to do 50 things in 500 days. I was going to do it, but like many other projects of mine, it fell by the wayside when something shiny distracted me.

However, I thought I’d get back in the saddle of Blogging by sharing with you 50 things that I did accomplish in the past 500 days, to give you an idea of some of the things that I have been up to in my hiatus.

1.     Travelled overseas for the first time in my life, to Japan for eight days with my boyfriend.

Daily Outfit: Orange is my new Black!

I've never worn as much orange as I have in the past 18 months! I used to be convinced that as a colour it made me look washed out and drawn, and that it was to be avoided at all costs. Then one day I just said "To hell with it! I love the colour orange!" and in all honesty I haven't looked back.

Daily Outfit: Versace for a Monday

As I’ve mentioned here before, I feel like the way that I dress on a Monday will directly influence the way the rest of that week plays out. It’s a little superstitious and silly, but at the same time I’m both superstitious and silly, so it makes sense to me.

Dining Out: 86, Braddon, Canberra

As you've no doubt gauged from my Rubenesque figure; I freaking love food.

A key passion of mine is fine dining, not just having dinner at a restaurant, but the whole palaver of silver service, crisply presented wait-staff, and food that could easily be mistaken for some sort of post-modern floral arrangement.