The blogging is going to be patchy over the next few weeks leading up to my holiday in Europe over Giftmas and New Year. I not only have to sort out all the insurance, passport renewals and luggage weight limits,… Read More ›
blogging
the craft of blogging, interblog incidents, troll-patrol etc
Yesterday’s beach walk
My favourite shot of the morning – mum and bub were just having so much fun here (playing Harry by the Sea, where “Harry, a friendly little dog on a visit to the seashore, is mistaken for a sea serpent… Read More ›
8 photos
This is a meme going around some blogs in the States, and I haven’t been tagged for it, but I like it so much I’m going to do it anyway. It’s simple: 8 Things I Find Amazing in Picture Form…. Read More ›
Quick reminder
Sydney innerwest grogblogmeet tomorrow night from 7pm in Enmore/Marrickville. Come and have a chinwag. More details here.
Grogblog alert
Mark your diaries etc: next Thursday evening (October 12th) there will be a blogmeet in honour of the lovely and talented Kate (of Moment to Moment and Larvatus Prodeo) visiting Sydney. She’s only in town for a few days, and… Read More ›
Grogblogging about town
Last night we had a Sydney grogblogmeet at The Clock in Crown Street, with a Larvatus Prodeobloggers’ meetup for dinner beforehand. The excuse for both was Mark Bahnisch‘s venturing south from Brisvegas. I finally got to meet Mark, Shaun, Liam… Read More ›
Blogiversary! that means food, flowers, feminism and of course, catblogging
Yes, it was a year ago today that the brave ship tigtogblog first set sail! Looking back on ye auld archives, I am struck by my neglect of food and garden stuff recently. V.slack and shame-making.
Food: Truffles (thanks to ABC radio and some chaps in Tasmania who are going to make an absolute bomb now they’re getting in a good harvest – they’ll be able to send fresh “black gold” to Europe out of season). They discussed how to use truffles in cooking, and it all sounded v. finicky – grating slivers on to this and that, and needing something creamy or oily as a base to bring out the truffle flavour and spread it around. Sounds fatmaking, thought I.
But then they mentioned truffle oil.
OK, that’s a wrap
The new digs seem to be working, so it is now officially time to update your bookmarks. http://viv.id.au/blog/ is the URL of the new Hoyden About Town (note no more hyphenating) From time to time posts may appear here if… Read More ›
Well howdy!
Thanks to Larvatus Prodeo, Deltoid, Personal Political and Morgspace pimping my posts about the Sydney Bloggers’ April Fools’ Picnic tomorrow, and fellow Oz-feminists Kate and Helen getting all sisterhoodly about me on their blogs, and fashion roadkill spotter extraordinaire Spirit… Read More ›
Skepticism and Autism
The 31st Skeptics’ Circle is up at Terra Sigillata. Biotech, alternative medicine, climatology, religion and more. My favourite post is by Dick about his personal experiences with The Fleecing of the Autism Community. “These frauds sell crap, preying on the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 