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I’m in love with Paris says Helen Orr

My husband and I seem to end up in Paris for a week or so each year.  We don’t waver from our decision to see a new country each year (Turkey last year, Egypt this year) but convince ourselves that it...

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Boomer Blokes – A Threatened Species

If you are a bloke of a certain age, say 60-something or older, you could well be a walking time-bomb with disease (breeding for years) about to present itself. To reflect my point, right now I have...

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Relationships are Cornerstone for Healthy Men

Close relationships can form the cornerstone for a man’s whole life but friendships with other men are also an important source of support and understanding, says the Adelaide Northern Division of...

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Julia casts shadow over justice

What a great pivotal moment in Australian politics. Former South Australian, Julia Gillard is Australia’s first female Prime Minister, made even more momentous when she visited the first Female...

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Fitness for longevity

The icy wind bites right through one’s bones on this freezing June dawn and the sea is ink black as Zina Meredith begins heaving herself up off the cold, damp sand. counting her push-ups. A burly...

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A check-up in time

Mallala plant operator Robert Angus had no idea he was a dead man walking around with chronic heart disease until he made a snap decision to visit the doctor on his day off. It was the Monday before...

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Fabulous Food by Fred

Take the gourmand’s good oil of French taste – truffle and inject it between the skin and flesh of chickens and marinade . “la truffe’’ in Kangaroo Island honey. And Voila!. These titillating treats...

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women’s artistic works inspire

We women need to learn how to buy things for ourselves rather than always buy gifts for others. I mentioned this thought when I opened the latest exhibition at the Burra Regional Art Gallery which was...

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My father Frank

My father, Frank, has reached the grand age of 91, which is the first thing he tells anyone he meets. He immediately follows with the statement “I’m travelling very well for an old bugger.’’ And yes,...

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Bastille Day – Heads could roll!

French president Nicolas Sarkozy can’t seem to take a trick right now. About two out of three – 64 per cent of the French public dislike him and disapprove of his actions as President.  Not only did...

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Cheryl turns hand to paint

Fine art machine embroiderer and textile artist Cheryl Bridgart has turned her talented hand to painting following a mishap with her ankle which forced her to abandon the sewing machine. Renowned for...

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FASHION TRENDS

It must be 20 years ago since I interviewed Perri Cutten, who was still single then and I was impressed by her elegance and style. So it is not surprising to learn this week at the Lyceum Club’s...

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Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club raises funds for disabled

The Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club was a sea of French-style berets on Saturday for a fund-raiser for Sailability which featured the very chic Lisette and Her Faux Manouches. Fresh from a four and a half...

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Birdlife sets peaceful pace on Hindmarsh Island

It is deepest winter on Hindmarsh Island, but the prolific water birds, are unconcerned this chilly August morning. The swans are preening themselves, a lone pelican floats along the river, a heron...

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Building Belair

What a process it has been to reach today – the day I accept a quotation from project builder, Stellar Homes to build our retirement home – at a price we can afford. About 16 months ago, in April last...

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Wine, roses, art and un certain French flair.

The glittering gift store at Chateau Barrosa, in the Barossa Valley may well be named All That Jazz, but it oozes French style thanks to the creative flair of Lena Thumm. Lena, married to Dieter Thumm,...

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Escoffier – King of Chefs – Founder of French Haute Cuisine

French chef Auguste Escoffier was unquestionably one of the greatest chefs the world has known and is  hailed by all the best chefs today as “The King of Chefs”.  He was the genius who masterminded the...

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Red buses, red telephone boxes and black taxis

RED double decker buses, red telephone boxes on streets and countless boxy, black taxis lined up at Heathrow Airport. It must be London. The wonders of air travel dawn on me as I take a bright blue...

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London – a real life Monopoly board

Life in London is like living on a Monopoly board, stationed as we are at the Royal Air Force Club on Piccadilly for the next two days. I arrived yesterday and took a taxi from Heathrow to Mayfair...

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Gerard Depardieu – mauvaises manieres

He is probably the most famous face on French films, yet Gerard Depardieu’s recent rude outburst against fellow French actor Juliette Binoche reeks of sour grapes. The star of 50 films, Mme Binoche is...

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