Face to Face

Here's the second of two stories I have in this month's North & South Magazine, an interview with the amazing Elizabeth Barbalich on the 10th anniversary of her company, Antipodes Nature (click here to read).

        

Peaks and troughs

The weekend started well with a Friday night sess with the Mt Vic Vixens. Instead of our local, we opted for one of the Vixens' houses, which meant I got to channel my inner bogan by wandering down the street in my Uggs (in my defence, it was bloody freezing).

There was an early start today with a walk in the Town Belt with a mate and his two dogs and then a visit to the dreaded dentist. It's been a long time between drinks and it seemed sensible to get some stuff seen to before I leave for Europe. There was much pain, a few tears (mine) and the emptying of my bank account. There will also be a couple of encores. But it's probably best to throw a veil over the whole sorry experience and move on.

In more positive news, this parcel of goodness was waiting for me when I got home - from the luminous Elizabeth Barbalich of Antipodes as a thank you for featuring her in my DomPost Travel Talk column a few weeks back. My love for this woman knows no bounds.

Yesterday's Travel Talk

Was with the luminous Elizabeth Barbalich, founder of Antipodes skincare and cosmetics. Click here to read.

This is sixth or seventh time I have interviewed Elizabeth and my girl crush grows deeper each time.

    

My ideal Friday

There was the arranging and re-arranging of 583 words of a travel piece; it is due next week so am pleased to have made a start.

There was an hour spent peeking through the dustier corners of the internet to find the world's best luxury beach resorts for a glossy mag piece; the sighing and cursing that my surname isn't Zuckerberg was probably audible from your place.

There was a dog walk with Lorna and Dobbie and, my treat after a trying week, a facial with Marie, the glorious skin whisperer.

And then I got home to this - a package of Antipodes goodies from the amazing Elizabeth Barbalich who I recently interviewed for Stuff's Family Time series (see a couple of posts back). Doing a HUGE happy dance right now.

May your weekends be as lovely as my Friday...

       

Family Time - the beautiful Elizabeth Barbalich of Antipodes Skincare

I have interviewed this woman about four times now - including profiling her house for an interiors magazine - and today she features in the latest of my Stuff series on how to manage the eternal conundrum of work and family. It's no exaggeration to say that Elizabeth is as lovely as her divine, organic products. Click here to read  

(Pic credit: Australian Vogue)