I hate the gym. I think I’ll just stay home and eat shortbread cookies. Will try again tomorrow.

So in response to my request for a tapas style meal, favourite venue of the moment has suggested serving a variety of cocktail items.
It sounds like a good idea, and the suggested number of items brings the food costs to nicely under budget. But I’m a little unconvinced that canapes will be enough food. Anyone [...]

I think it was when we were driving around the Swan Valley looking at possible venues that we decided we wanted a tapas style wedding reception. Neither of us are a fan of buffets, and while there’s nothing wrong with the typical soup – chicken/beef/fish – dessert three course meal, it does get a little [...]

I’m so in love with this wedding at Moore & Moore, shot by Samm Blake. Art! Eclectic vintage furniture! Food that is basically art! Lanterns! Fremantle! Rustic goodness! It’s everything I want my wedding to be, and a few things I didn’t realise I wanted it to be.
Unfortunately it looks like it wasn’t meant to [...]

Aren’t these the most beautiful paper plates you’ve ever seen? If I was having the kind of wedding that needed disposable plates (picnic wedding?), I’d want to use these – besides being beautifully aesthetic, they’re made using biodegradable non-wood materials like reed, bamboo and sugarcane pulp. I don’t think they’re available in Australia though, unfortunately.

An idea inspired by the fabulous wedding mentioned earlier, which The Boy seemed to think was pretty decent.
Imagine a pretty outdoor location (I haven’t been able to move beyond Matilda Bay Reserve), decked out a bit like a lounge or beer garden with some couches, some tables and chairs, and big market umbrellas for shade. [...]