30 day "GO VEG" challenge

I've decided to take the 30-day "Go Veg" challenge and find out how hard it is to be vegetarian. I have three things working in my favour... 1) My new found love of marinated feta 2) Zero impact on my various addictions (morning caramel latte, 3:30pm crunchie, late night glass of white) and 3) I'm cheating a little and allowing seafood. That said, I'm quite happy for someone to argue this point. 

[Insert gratuitous picture of Jared Leto, "sexiest vegetarian alive"]

Apparently vegos and vegans (can't see that happening) live 6-10 years longer than meat eaters. Imagine how many crunchie bars I could eat in 6-10 years. Everybody wins really.  

What do you call a Canberran at the Coast?

Yogi, noun...

Visitor to the South  Coast of New South Wales from Canberra.  Derives from ACT  car registration plates beginning with Y Extract from urbandictionary.com

An Australian girl in Paris

Collette Dinnigan showing at Paris Fashion Week. 

A little bit luxurious, a little sensual and [as always] very very pretty. 

Review & collection is available @ Style.com 

Lost in Austen

Postmodern, cringe-worthy and frankly quite hilarious... 

Even Austen/Firth purists have to appreciate Amanda's polite request for Darcy to remove his shirt and take a dip in the lake. What P&P adaptation would be complete without it? Even Bridget Jones 2 sported Darcy and Cleaver "man-fighting" in a fountain. 

About halfway through the second [and final] episode, the writers decided they had quite ruined P&P beyond repair. [And they did a good job -  Jane marries Collins...]  In response, the writers choose to forgo the obvious modernist ending [pairing Lizzy & Darcy, obviously]. Instead, our modern day heroine-with-a-fringe Amanda nabs him. 

Unfortunately my FGMD (Fairy God Mother Dearest) had earlier suggested that "Darcy" smacked of Malcolm Turnbull. [A turn-off  if there ever was one...].  I can't see Malcolm in him, but I agree with Amanda, who admits "He's no Colin Firth". Quite true, my friends.   

Lost in Austen is available at ABC shops from March 19 

Dion Lee [update]

Some time ago I referred to Dion Lee & his work 

his website has recently been updated, featuring clear, clean photos of his first two collections. very nice. 

Once upon a time my fringe got stolen

by Lily Allen 

[Lily @ Chanel]

unconventional beaut(ies)

can't seem to forget this picture...

it helps to look with your head tilted slightly to one side. 

[just kidding]