Happy New Year 2013

It's been almost a year since my last post ... I can't believe it!

2012 has been an interesting year. A good one full of unexpected events
2012 marked 10 years as being an American Citizen and 3 as an Aussie
2012 brought me in 3 new countries - Singapore, Bali & Japan
2012 took me out of my comfort zone work wise which taught me a lot
2012 sealed another year with my beloved Sergio

Wishing you all a wonderful Year 2013 !

And here are a couple of new macarons photos ... I did this cake for a friends' wedding last year.

Ou la la ... macarons!

It's time for me to share with you my new culinary obsession ... the macarons.

Here are some photographs of the different batches.

Mandarin with pink peppercorns (recipe by Pierre Hermé)

Infinitely chocolate (recipe by Pierre Hermé)

Coffee macaron (recipe by José Maréchal)

Mutant blueberry macaron (recipe by José Maréchal)

Raspberry and blueberry macaron (recipe by José Maréchal)

Blue macaron with chocolate ganache filling (recipe by Inratables)

No flavour/colour macaron

Very early test .... failed :-)

Party time!

Sergio & I went to a fancy dress party for a friend's birthday. The theme was movie characters so we went as the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Heart from Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland'
The photo of me was taken by Alessandro Riberti

Our friend Mascha went as Leonidas, the hero-king of Sparta from Zack Snider's '300'

Miss Grace Jones!

Thank you to Annette for treating me to Grace Jones' amazing concert and giving me the opportunity to meet her. Truly a one off experience.

Happiness :-)

Jervis Bay (August 2010)

Some photos from our week-end away to Jervis Bay this past August

Enjoy!

Mid summer/winter news

Hello Folks,

Long time no speak as they say :)
Lots of fun stuff happened since my last post !! So here are the most important things ...

Aussie Aussie Aussie ... Oy Oy Oy !!! I am now officially an Australian citizen ! I attended a very sweet and intimate ceremony in a Jewish Center end of June, 11 of us were getting our citizenship that day. Also received my passport last week.


Sergio finished working in 'The Legend of the Guardians' click here for the trailer
Movie opens September 23rd in the US ... the rest of the world will have to wait ... as usual

His daughter Lula has been here for a couple of weeks and we took her to Jervis Bay to see the kangaroos and the white sand beaches. We shared breakkie with kookaburras and were lucky enough to also encountered dolphins on Hyams Beach !!

Last week we went up north to Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation for a few days. We also took a boat trip for a day to see the Great Barrier Reef and play with Marvin the Maori Wrasse. We saw whales on the way. Lu did her introductory dive !! Well done Lu :-)



Thanks for reading and see you next time !