Guys, I am in food heaven. I spent over a week in Ubud, and the entire time I was in pure foodie bliss. There is so much amazing food in Ubud that I often couldn’t decide where I want to have lunch or dinner! What are the best restaurants in Ubud? What’s the best food…
Category: food and drink
on the road: margaret river wineries
Let’s talk about wine! Recently, I spent two days exploring the Margaret River wineries – the most well-known wine region of Western Australia. I say well-known, but chances are if you’re from the US or Europe, the only Australian wines you’re familiar with are from South Australia. Prior to my adventures, I was like you…
five cups of coffee in adelaide*
While I was in Adelaide, I spent a good deal of time working while hanging out with my writer friend Chris at his house. Chris and I share a passion for good coffee though, and so I harangued him about taking me to good Adelaide cafes for funky coffee. He came through with these five…
five cups of coffee in melbourne
This really ought to be titled five hundred cups of coffee in Melbourne, but I’ll try to narrow it down. I spent quite a bit of time tracking down cafes in Melbourne. And, honestly, that is no small feat. Melburnians looooovvveeeeee their barista-made coffee so it seems like there is always something popping up. Plenty…
on the road: central otago wineries
Anyone who knows me at all knows that I love wine. Love to read about it, write about it, learn about it, talk about it, and drink it. Before travelling to New Zealand in 2014, all I really knew about New Zealand wines was Marlborough Savs. Fast forward to September of that year. I spent…
12 things to do in the coromandel
The Coromandel is one of the more remote regions of New Zealand, namely because its difficult to access further north than Whitianga without a car. It is a jaw dropping beauty of a place, though, and it consistently ranks in New Zealand traveller’s top ten. I feel madly in love with the Coromandel peninsula when…
travel trends: new zealand vineyards
Hey wine-lovers! This is a story for you! I realised I haven’t written anything about wine in New Zealand and holy crap that’s shocking because I have tried probably most wines from this incredible country. Alright, maybe not quite… but I’ve tried wine from every region and its all bloody good. In this post, I…
one day in glenorchy/kinloch
I feel like the luckiest person right now. I sneaked away from Dunedin again and came back up to Kinloch for the weekend – after one really fun day and night in Wanaka – and I can’t get over how stunning it is up here in the High Country. I found a station for sale…
tastebuds: kinloch lodge
Back over my birthday weekend, when I was drifting aimlessly through Central Otago with nothing concrete planned, I ended up at Kinloch Lodge, out on the edges of Lake Wakatipu, an hour and a half from Queenstown, down a gravel road near Paradise. I spent a few days here, hiking, enjoying the spa, chatting with…
travel tips: dining like a local
We are all guilty of it. You spend a long day sightseeing in a city and when it’s time for dinner, you head to that plaza near the cathedral where you saw the restaurant filled with people earlier, that had big glasses of wine and a menu with pictures of all the offerings. The service…