Emma's House in Portugal.

• petersham, little portugal 4 weeks ago I didn’t expect that a visit to “Little Portugal”, Petersham, Sydney would mean so much to me. I must have been infected by the condition of the Portuguese diaspora – that special form of saudades-homesickness where the sight of a proper pastel de nata induces tears. Of...
• little bay 6 months ago The One is here on holiday! We have been houseminding in a delightfully forgotten corner of Sydney, which despite owning a perfect little beach has up until recently remained unmolested by property developers. For the last 100 years half of the suburb was a hospital, originally for infectious...
• a very aussie christmas 7 months ago You can take your snow and pretty lights, your Gl
• stranded on earth 8 months ago I feel like my spaceship is broken and I can’t get back to my planet. This isn’t the first time during this go-build-a-house-in-portugal-folly that I’ve thought what a absurdly huge mistake it has been. Perhaps the first time was when I was trying to extract a building project, a...
• visiting lisbon 8 months ago Inspired by a rubbish article I just read on Hello! I’m going to say something about Lisbon. The main point of difference will be that I have been to Lisbon. When I say rubbish, I don’t just mean the spelling and bad writing, or the regurgitation of suggestions made in most guidebooks...

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