Beautiful Brisbane

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Finders Keepers in Brisbane over the weekend. It was a gorgeous event, managed so well by Alischa, Brooke and Sarah. I was too busy to even take one single photo, the whole weekend is a blur. But I met heaps of lovely people and had such a great time in Brisbane. I really loved the Easton Pearson retrospective at the Gallery of Modern Art, it was full of amazing embroidery and fabric embellishment of all descriptions.... but it's over and out from me for 2 weeks now, as I take off to Saigon for an entirely different adventure!

Frankie subscription prize

The new Frankie magazine is out today, full of special treats and guess what?

If you subscribe to Frankie now, not only do you get your favourite mag posted direct to your front door for no more than you pay each month anyway, but you also go into the draw for one of 50 States of Nature doily brooches worth $35 each. Group hugs all round!

Luke Nguyen's Vietnam

When I first read the book Secrets of the Red Lantern it combined all of the things that the beautiful cover promised me; gorgeous photography and design, insights into the Vietnamese culture, amazing descriptions and recipes for dishes I had never heard of, and a beautiful and touching family fable. 

Now the co-author of the book and co-owner of the Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney has a new show on sbs called Luke Nguyen's Vietnam which started last night. It was so great! And made me very excited to think I will be on those same Saigon streets in only a few weeks.... I have been researching restaurants and cooking schools that we will go to, and have found some cool stuff here and here.