GOING GAY IN MYKONOS

July 21, 2011

If ever you had fantasies about going gay, there is only one place to experiment: Mykonos.

I’m not talking gay-between-the-sheets stuff, just living like a gay person for a little while – because gay people really know how to live well. They know the best places to eat, the grooviest bars, all the moody late-night clubs, the sexiest beaches, the coolest shops.

Our Mykonos gay experience began at the gay Geranium Hotel. We were not the only gays in the village when we arrived to meet New Best Friends, Damon and Rick, from Australia on holiday in Mykonos, already there a week before us and had done the all important gay research on the hippest places. Geoffrey, me, Damon, Rick and Another New Best Friend, Deno, made an attractive bunch if I may say so. We were up for A Big Night.

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FRANCE CULINARY TOUR

July 10, 2011

Just finished another hugely successful culinary tour in Provence and feeling very pleased.  This was our fifth tour, with nine guests staying with us in Maison de Maitresse in the tiny village of St. Maximin near Uzes in the South of France. The two week party was filled with laughter,  music, singing, dancing,  eating, drinking [...]

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France Arrival

June 27, 2011

 A huge thank you to all of you who contacted me about anxiety AND THE PILLS.   Such lovely words you all sent me and you couldn’t possibly know how much I appreciate them all.   In case you’re interested, the pills have kicked in and I’m feeling in exceptional health once again. Now, I promised you [...]

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Ann’s June Newsletter

June 8, 2011

Ann’s June Newsletter is now out. click here Forward to a friend

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Provence on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland

May 2, 2011

Sorry for the delays in between my blogs, I’ve got a few up my sleeve here from travels to Fiji, Penang and closer to home, so lots to tell you.  If you live not too far away don’t for the Noosa Food & Wine Festival is on May 13, 14 and 15 in Noosa.  Jim [...]

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Bali Visit

March 30, 2011

POTATO HEAD, GETTING OUT OF SWIMMING POOLS WHEN YOU’RE OLD, AND OTHER THINGS What, might you ask does a potato head have to do with getting out of a swimming pool?  At least I hope you’ve asked, as a curious mind will keep you young. I’m going to tell you what these two things have [...]

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SHOPPING AND OTHER THINGS IN MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE

March 20, 2011

Melbourne is definitely one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world.  I’m sure you’ll agree if you live there, and if not, hope you’ll agree anyway ‘cos I like people to agree with me. I was brought up in Melbourne in the 50s and 60s and it wasn’t so great then.  Sure, [...]

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ON BOARD THE MURRAY PRINCESS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

February 3, 2011

Every time I go on a river cruise, Mother Nature decides to turn on a heat wave.  (Germany, on the Rhine, in July last year, seriously hot, unprecedentedly hot).  I’m on the Murray River now in South Australia on board the Murray Princess and the temperature is over 40C.  After months of wet wet wet [...]

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Ann’s January Newsletter

January 9, 2011

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Ann’s December Newsletter

December 3, 2010

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