EXPAT LIFE IN AMERICA: Right now, it is summer, and one of the busiest times of the year for town celebrations and events in New Jersey, and elsewhere in the US. As this is being written, it is just one week after the American monster party of the year for the July 4th holiday (Independence […] Continue reading →
THINGS TO DO IN NEW JERSEY: Just as Australia Day is close to many Australians’ hearts, Independence Day on the Fourth of July is a huge day on the American calendar. It is a national holiday around the USA and marked by a wide array of patriotic displays. If you have been living in a […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE: Unless you were in a coma, you couldn’t fail to notice that the biggest sales day of the year, called Black Friday (Friday after Thanksgiving) has just passed. If you missed this major retail event, it’s tempting to feel like you just missed the last train home for the night. Do not despair! […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE: About now, anyone with a school-aged child in the USA has begun their annual preparations. For what you ask? Not another hurricane but for this whirlwind time of year when one after the other, there is Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas: the Perfect Storm of Celebrations. That’s sure what it feels like. Between October and December, […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: What is summer in New Jersey like? Well in a word, humid. And hot… but not as much as you might think. Temperatures can go up to 37C (100 F) but it doesn’t occur often. The 40C+ days that you see in Sydney fortunately don’t seem to happen here. Weather extremes Mostly, the hottest […] Continue reading →
FAMILY FUN IN NEW JERSEY: Oh to be Irish for a day….. Well, almost everyone was, when we attended the St Patrick’s Day parade in Morristown, New Jersey. It’s hardly surprising though. Irish Americans are the second largest ancestral group in the US, and Northeastern USA has the most concentrated numbers of people with Irish descent. While New Jersey […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE: I don’t know whether my head is just in the clouds too much these days but it was only when I came to the USA that I noticed how big a deal that Valentines’ Day is. Sure, in Australia we celebrate it quite a bit. Restaurants back home look forward to it as a huge […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE: MLK Day is being held today in the USA. MLK stands for Martin Luther King Jr. and today’s public holiday is held annually to celebrate the life and achievements of this great man. In Australia, most people probably know Dr King, as an influential and charismatic spokesperson for black civil rights, who […] Continue reading →
FAMILY FUN IN NJ: Not only is the Fall season big here in the US but at the centre of most Fall activities seems to be the unlikely vegetable hero, the ‘pumpkin’. This vegetable is seen everywhere at the moment in New Jersey (NJ), as a decorative item on front porches, in shop windows and indoors, and as […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE IN AMERICA: Right now, it is summer, and one of the busiest times of the year for town celebrations and events in New Jersey, and elsewhere in the US. As this is being written, it is just one week after the American monster party of the year for the July 4th holiday (Independence […] Continue reading → 
THINGS TO DO IN NEW JERSEY: Just as Australia Day is close to many Australians’ hearts, Independence Day on the Fourth of July is a huge day on the American calendar. It is a national holiday around the USA and marked by a wide array of patriotic displays. If you have been living in a […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: Unless you were in a coma, you couldn’t fail to notice that the biggest sales day of the year, called Black Friday (Friday after Thanksgiving) has just passed. If you missed this major retail event, it’s tempting to feel like you just missed the last train home for the night. Do not despair! […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: About now, anyone with a school-aged child in the USA has begun their annual preparations. For what you ask? Not another hurricane but for this whirlwind time of year when one after the other, there is Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas: the Perfect Storm of Celebrations. That’s sure what it feels like. Between October and December, […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: What is summer in New Jersey like? Well in a word, humid. And hot… but not as much as you might think. Temperatures can go up to 37C (100 F) but it doesn’t occur often. The 40C+ days that you see in Sydney fortunately don’t seem to happen here. Weather extremes Mostly, the hottest […] Continue reading → 
FAMILY FUN IN NEW JERSEY: Oh to be Irish for a day….. Well, almost everyone was, when we attended the St Patrick’s Day parade in Morristown, New Jersey. It’s hardly surprising though. Irish Americans are the second largest ancestral group in the US, and Northeastern USA has the most concentrated numbers of people with Irish descent. While New Jersey […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: I don’t know whether my head is just in the clouds too much these days but it was only when I came to the USA that I noticed how big a deal that Valentines’ Day is. Sure, in Australia we celebrate it quite a bit. Restaurants back home look forward to it as a huge […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: MLK Day is being held today in the USA. MLK stands for Martin Luther King Jr. and today’s public holiday is held annually to celebrate the life and achievements of this great man. In Australia, most people probably know Dr King, as an influential and charismatic spokesperson for black civil rights, who […] Continue reading → 
FAMILY FUN IN NJ: Not only is the Fall season big here in the US but at the centre of most Fall activities seems to be the unlikely vegetable hero, the ‘pumpkin’. This vegetable is seen everywhere at the moment in New Jersey (NJ), as a decorative item on front porches, in shop windows and indoors, and as […] Continue reading →