When Jim Maguire landed in Port Macquarie in 1990, it was a stark transition to a place that, weeks earlier, he’d never even heard of. Yet he turned out ideally suited to drive one of the town’s cultural foundations into the 21st century. This month, Susie shares lunch with our chief librarian.
Last week we were honoured to host a famous and extremely talented guest at the Mullet. That guest was Miriam Margolyes, an incredible character actress and charismatic personality who was in town to perform her one woman show – Dickens’ Women.
Some of us have the gift of the gab, and the rest of us do not (except maybe after a few alcoholic beverages).
The success of any business depends on a basic mathematical calculation – how much does a good or service cost to produce – and based on this, how much does it need (and can) be sold for in order to provide the seller with a viable profit margin.
We humans are a divided bunch of creatures. It would not be a broad generalisation, or a remote stretch of the truth to split us into two distinct camps.
The ‘have it all’ and ‘have it now’ nature of today’s society pretty much allows us to fulfil our every whim at a moment’s notice.
Watched a long-anticipated movie last night – called ‘Bottleshock’. It’s hailed as the new ‘Sideways’, with much to appeal to the senses of a wine and quirky comedy lover.
Fashion shapes our lives … Even if you’re not one to purchase every copy of Vogue and religiously adorn yourself with this season’s key pieces, and ‘must have’ accessories, there’s no doubt that trends and fads do dictate how you’ll be looking in 2009.
Along with weekend footy, taking the dog for a walk or a night out at the movies, dining out (for the most part), is what we commonly refer to as a leisure activity.
One thing for certain is that we live in uncertain times.
Emerging out of that vortex commonly known as the holiday season (relatively unscathed), my thoughts naturally wandered over to the next significant day on the hospitality industry calendar – that day of cards, flowers and undying declarations of true love.
Once we hit adulthood, most of us don’t care for it to occur any more than this!
Having just returned from a very relaxing and enjoyable trip to the USA, I am still in holiday mode.
