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Give It To Me Baby (Part II)

Posted on August 27, 2010 by admin

And this is how they do it… Check out the markdowns – difference price if you buy in different months. As a result I buy almost nothing full-priced (I appreciate the quality/ design, but especially knowing how they mark down … Continue reading →

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Give It To Me Baby

Posted on August 26, 2010 by admin

Goodbye Spring/ Summer 2010 Collections… You’re still my favorite mail ad campaign… Self Explanatory… (Jimmy Choo is available at the Ap Lei Chau warehouses btw… a girlfriend from Singapore recently went nuts… it’s a lot more expensive in Singy, apparently) … Continue reading →

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Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Posted on August 25, 2010 by admin

Autumn catalogues from Lane Crawford are in… Unimpressed Rockstar Yesterday, 7 am: We land back in Hong Kong after a 9 hour night flight 9.30 am: Rockstar, newly cleaned up and fed, is reacquainting himself with his books and toys … Continue reading →

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In A Perfect Hong Kong World

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

In a perfect Hong Kong world: 1. You would be able to see the stars more nights. (After being away 2 weeks we can smell the difference in the air when we exit the airport. Sad, cos otherwise we were … Continue reading →

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The Price of Nesting

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

A picture says a thousand words… Those are in square feet and HKD dollars… Kings and I were in the banking industry for a bit over 10 years. While we didn’t make the obscene amounts everyone reads about other bankers … Continue reading →

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Frailty Thy Name Is Woman. Not.

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

It’s Election Day Eve in Aussieland, an added bonus to a West Wing enthusiast who has been turning up the radio/ tv when the attack ads from both Liberal and Labor parties come on. (Though it might all be over … Continue reading →

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The Family Inc. Annual Offsite

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

Years ago, Kings and I struck a bargain: After marriage, whichever of us made less would switch career paths. (We didn’t think both of us on the “sell side” of investment banking would a marriage make – we’ve had bosses … Continue reading →

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Significant Conversation #94

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

3 degrees Celsius this evening in Mornington and the hot water in the shower dies. I join Rockstar in his bath. After he’s washed my hair, I jolt. “Did you just pee in the bath?” “No. <Grave shaking of head> … Continue reading →

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Healesville

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

Oh gosh. There is a place on God’s earth that doesn’t have warp-speed Wifi. Innocent Bystander, who posts the only wifi sign I can find, makes their own beer and bread. They’re a big, high-ceilinged restaurant with color magna-doodle that … Continue reading →

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The 5-Star Dog Hotel

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

JD’s opinion: While we’re away, she is living in a maximum-security prison with 24-hour surveillance. She will get to socialize with other inmates twice a day before repairing to her completely secure cell. Our opinion: We’re paying thru our nose … Continue reading →

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