by Teresa Carnegie | Sep Mon, 2019
If you read this site, you know I enjoy hot chocolate. I don’t drink coffee or tea. So, I am always on the lookout for a good one. I Googled to find a new place to try, and 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters (website) came up. Apparently, people absolutely love their...
by Teresa Carnegie | Sep Tue, 2019
I wasn’t super excited by the options available for the FabFitFun Fall 2019 subscription box but I also wasn’t hating them. There were some fun items, and I really enjoyed several of the ones everyone received, that were not part of the customization. My Mom gets the...
by Teresa Carnegie | Aug Tue, 2019
As with every other place I visited in New Zealand, I didn’t do a lot of research before going to Wanaka. I didn’t even know it is a small town sitting on the edge of Lake Wanaka. Nor did I understand it is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream. I knew it is on the South...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jul Tue, 2019
I’m not a big fan of small towns, I prefer big cities. The larger the better. So, while I loved the country of New Zealand and the people there, I felt a bit uncomfortable. Until I arrived in Auckland. It was my favourite location in the entire country. Not because I...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jul Wed, 2019
I first found Tartine Bread & Pies (website) when I was enjoying the #cookiechallenge in April 2018. I went there for the interesting cookie they were offering, but once I visited and saw their pies, I had to try more than that ‘everything but the kitchen sink’...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jul Mon, 2019
While I didn’t stay in Queenstown, it is a very touristy city with heaps of things to do there. It’s quite busy, and it is where I flew in to from Auckland. It’s also where I rented a car so I could drive from Queenstown to Christchurch. I had been in Wanaka so I...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jul Mon, 2019
Going through Thrifty Car Rentals I found one of their car relocation rentals to drive from Wellington to Auckland. It gave me two days to drive, see part of the North Island, and experience what I could. I had only done a minimal amount of research before I left...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jun Mon, 2019
I’ve been hearing about it for several months but after I saw a spoiler, I decided the CauseBox Summer 2019 subscription box was the one I had to try. I was also able to sell the idea to myself as a birthday gift to me, which was an added bonus. CauseBox (website) is...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jun Mon, 2019
Recently I had my 12-year-old niece visit and stay with me for a few days. We discussed several things to do while she was here and one place she wanted to visit was Catfé the cat café (website). She likes cats and didn’t think she’d be able to have one anytime soon....
by Teresa Carnegie | Jun Mon, 2019
I was visiting New Zealand only a few months after they experienced a major earthquake in the northern part of the South Island, that was also felt in Wellington in the North Island. Unfortunately, amongst other things, this earthquake closed the #1 which is the...
by Teresa Carnegie | Jun Tue, 2019
Doing the customization of the FabFitFun Summer 2019 box made me extremely excited. Not only did I love something for each choice, I ended up adding two other items because there were so many things I wanted. If you would like $10 Off to subscribe to FabFitFun...
by Teresa Carnegie | Nov Fri, 2018
Most people probably know Brisbane as the huge tourist destination it is in Australia, where all kinds of theme and water parks can be visited and fun can be had by the entire family. That wasn’t what I wanted to do in Brisbane and even though I found a lot of...
by Teresa Carnegie | Nov Sat, 2018
Probably my best and favourite memory of Brisbane in Australia was visiting the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (website). Apparently the world’s first and largest koala sanctuary. I had really wanted to visit a sanctuary when I was in Alice Springs but unfortunately the...
by Teresa Carnegie | Nov Sat, 2018
I loved Australia. I know, I saw a cockroach in Alice Spring’s that made me question everything I knew about life (you can find the link to that interesting story at the bottom of this article). And yes, bugs ate me like I was a free buffet they had never tasted...
by Teresa Carnegie | Nov Thu, 2018
The final destination on The 2016 European Museum Tour was actually the first place in Europe we arrived. London, England. My favourite city. After living in London years ago, I always jump at any opportunity to go back and visit. I love the feel, the history, and the...
