Today is all about thinking green. Now it’s possible to be environmentally responsible in every aspect of life, including grocery shopping. The rise of locally-sourced produce is a recent trend, but harks back to a simpler time of market shopping and fresh, locally-grown food. Locally-sourced fruit...

As most parts of Australia are currently in the midst of a water shortage, those currently planting would be well-advised to start looking into drought-resistant plants, as they save water and are more likely to survive if you go off on holiday and are unable to water them for some time. Many native...

Travelling is pretty costly nowadays, not to mention so hard to plan. Everyone says you can book your travels from your couch, but I argue you can also see the world too through a myriad of films. You can even have an ‘around the world’ party with different foods and movies to take up an...

Maintaining a successful long-distance relationship may seem impossible, and often times people will warn you off them and tell you they aren’t worth it. However, long-distance relationships can and do survive, seemingly against all odds. These are some things you can do that will help your relationship...

It happens to almost all of us, the dreaded or wished-for family reunion. While it may just seem a way for your distant and obscure relatives to tell you how they don’t like your new haircut, really family reunions are all about seeing those relatives who you can only catch up with annually. And even...

With an estimated 3.1% of the population opting for a vegetarian diet, and this number steadily increasing, you may be wondering what all the fuss is. People choose not to eat meat for several different reasons, but the four of the most common reasons for doing so are: religion, to protect animals, to...

I love any combination of bread and cheese. Cheese sandwiches, cheese on crackers, Italian fried mozzarella – you name it, I eat it! My favourite is the American style macaroni and cheese. You can buy boxes of Kraft or Home Brand at your store but who wants to eat powdered cheese? Instead, I have...

Many probably perceive snail-mail as being out-dated and old-fashioned, but I think it’s a timeless art and way of expression and communication. Admit it; you’d probably be more excited to receive a letter in the mailbox than one in your inbox. You can even be delighted in just the mere task of tearing...

Having just ordered a new digital camera on the weekend, I am excitingly awaiting its delivery. I am a big fan of buying things on the Internet, but I always seem to forget that you have to wait much longer than when you go to a shop. After a lot of thinking I decided to go with a higher end compact...

Our October Food and Wine Month is going fantastically well. The competition is bringing in some amazing recipe entries and the features we have for you are exploring in detail all the great things that food and wine bring. Our celebrity chef, Kim Camilleri, half of the culinary genius behind the award...

Being able to eat in the comfort of your own home and saving on high petrol costs going out for dinner makes home-made meals a much better alternative. It really helps if you can cook; it saves you from bankruptcy! If you’re wanting to move beyond buttering bread, boiling instant noodles and micro-waving...

We all know it’s important to listen to what others say, but what we don’t consider is that it’s at least as important to listen to ourselves as well. In my opinion, this is the most important aspect of pampering. No one knows what you need more than yourself, and so we must learn to listen carefully...

Being a Swedish girl in Australia, I thought it might be time to go Swedish on you all. Back home Cheap Monday have been the hip jeans brand for several years. The denim brand created by Örjan Andersson and Adam Fribergs hit the market in 2004 in Stockholm, but it started as early as 2000 when he two...

A lot of us like to drink a couple of glasses of wine at times; maybe to accompany some good food with friends or to relax after a work. The celebration of wine as a ‘drink of gods’ has been around for a long time. The Greeks and Romans both had wine gods. The wine gods were thought of as the inventors...

Sore back and neck? Tired eyes? Bad posture? Perhaps its time to exercise some good computer health by firstly setting up an ergonomic workstation. Many of us work in front of computers with little regard to the damaging effects it may have on us. We’ve all experienced getting up from a computer feeling...