My brother was one of the first people I told I was pregnant. I asked him when I should break the news to Mom. He reminded me, “Just know that once you tell her, that’s all she’s going to want to talk about.” It was good advice. Talking about doing … [Continue reading] about What We Talk About When We Talk About Not Talking About It
Folly
Gigi Hadid is an American supermodel and is the face of Seafolly, an Australian swimwear company. Seafolly ads featuring Gigi Hadid are all over Perth in magazines, at bus shelters, and on billboards. There’s just no way around it. Gigi Hadid is drop … [Continue reading] about Folly
One Time at Band Camp
We are an American family living in Australia and we are trying new things. This week, some of us tried walking to school by ourselves, and some of us tried going to work when we were sick. Some of us tried parking in a lot where in order to exit you … [Continue reading] about One Time at Band Camp
Beep
Few things make me sadder for the state of the human race than self-checkout at a grocery store. If someone had told me self-checkout was alive and well in Australia, I may have decided not to move here. I was too busy thinking about schools and … [Continue reading] about Beep
Everything you can imagine is real.
I can be a little grumpy about museums. Going to a museum creates a sense of stress in my body, like visiting a dog shelter. Look at all of these glorious things, stuck behind locked doors. There’s too much to see and it’s sterile and crowded. But … [Continue reading] about Everything you can imagine is real.