Five for Friday

Five life tips from a mother. Not tips about being a mother

20 bars and restaurants open in Brisbane over the Easter long weekend.

The world needs more love letters; a beautiful idea.

15 amazing words courtesy of the Swedish language.

The simple pleasures in  life: a Puppy pinwheel.

We all hope you have an enjoyable long weekend! Be sure to try a cocktail or two...

 

Because Easter is all about cute photos of rabbits and ducklings.

 

Five for Friday

I'm sure you've all heard of this instagram feed, but you must take a look. A Russian guy who loves to travel has met his perfect travel companion / girlfriend and snapped photos of her around the globe, pulling him by the hand to new and wonderful places. You do not need an instagram account to look at this. Murad Osmann's instagram feed.

 Images courtesy of Murad Osmann. 

Everyday People Cartoons; Cartoons about women, and the people who love and annoy them.  

One high-flying woman's perspective on work/life balance.  

50 best photos from fashion month.

One of my good friends (who blogs here) is putting together a team for the Gold Coast Colour Run 'The Happiest Run in the World'. It's a fun day out in support of being fit, healthy and happy and also supporting The Ponting Foundation. 

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A small list of ways you can help with the flood recovery effort across Queensland:

• Donate to the Red Cross 
• Join the state-wide Mud Army 
• or register as a volunteer
• Check out the Queensland Government Emergency Services website for more information and updates. 

11 life lessons from Liz Lemon. 

This week is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, which is one of my favourite books ever. Here is a little look back on 200 years of book covers. I still cling to the 1995 BBC adaptation and have never seen the 2005 film adaption. The trailer made me nauseous.  

Mean Girls: the Musical is in development.

Image courtesy of Boo You Hodor. 

The Federal Election has been announced for 14 September 2013. That makes the campaign 227 days in length. Can we, as a collective nation, stand that much campaigning? I doubt it. But it does give me a link to share this photo of PM Julia Gillard, which she posted herself on twitter. I'm not a huge Gillard fan (though I loathe Tony Abbott) but I like seeing little things like this that are humanising of our politicians and public figures.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, one person's 16 reasons you shouldn't vote for Abbott.

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Hair Romance: hair tutorials that normal people can do. Found through my gorgeous friend Kirsten.

 30 braids in 30 days. Image courtesy of Hair Romance. 

A brewing company is about to open in Teneriffe! 

For anyone who likes food photography porn, What Katie Ate is a blog for you.

 Black forest butterscotch trifle with mascarpone cream. Image courtesy of What Katie Ate. 

A book of whimsical inventions to‘improve’ our lives.

10 ways to change your life at any age. 

These are a few of my favourite things

I went on holiday with an old friend a few weeks back and he asked me a question: what are my 5 favourite things? He asks this question of his friends from time to time and as the years go by, their answers change. But it is an interesting to pose to yourself.

What 5 things – anything, any item, activity, anything – in the World – are you 5 favourites at this moment?