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Wes’s Window on Coffee, Stone & Sydney
by wes I’m sitting in a new coffee joint in an alley just off Oxford Street called Mecca, drinking my coffee and watching a barista perform on this giant monolith of a slab of stone that is their stage. It is dramatic, slightly ridiculous and very Sydney. And I suddenly thought, bloody hell, I really…
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Wes’s Window on Carbs, Chaos and the Market
By wes I am trying very hard to eat like an adult. Not the “I had two almonds and now I am wellness” kind of adult. I mean genuinely trying. Training hard, working a lot, wanting energy, wanting long-term health, wanting my pants to not file a formal complaint every Monday morning. Simple enough, surely? Except…
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Wes’s Window on the long Queue
By wes There is a restaurant near me that I refuse to stand in line for. Every Friday night there’s a queue out the door. Twenty people waiting. Phones in hand. Looking hungry and slightly annoyed. My brain immediately decides it must be incredible. Then I drive past on a Tuesday. Empty. Same chefs. Same menu. Same…
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Wes’s Window on the promised Sunshine
by Wes I am standing in the pouring rain wearing my favourite Merry People gumboots, holding an umbrella over the photographer while he tries to photograph the front of the house. A little side note. I now own these boots in three colours because, well, Sydney is wet. There is something beautifully ridiculous about the…
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Wes’s window on the Off Days
By wes It’s 6 AM and I am standing under the squat rack negotiating with myself. Last week I lifted this weight without much drama. This morning it feels like someone secretly replaced the barbell with a small family hatchback overnight. There is a leg spasm, an eye roll and a very internal grunt because…
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Wes’s Window on Tiffany & Co
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Wes’s Window on AI and creativity
by wes It is time to write one of these again. Lately there has been a very specific question coming my way. Usually whispered, sometimes joked about, occasionally asked outright. Are these blogs written by ChatGPT? I get it. The internet is currently one big trust exercise and everyone is side eyeing everything. Even your…
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Wes’s Window on the Holiday Haze
by wes Between the giant family catch-ups, the booze-fuelled lunches that somehow blur into dinner, the long beach days, and the general confusion over what day of the week it is, there’s one thing we often forget: this strange limbo between Christmas and New Year is prime time for real estate. Seriously. While you’re sprawled…
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Wes’s Window on Surfaces
By wes Every few months, like clockwork, I get overwhelmed by my stuff. In the immortal words of Edina Monsoon: “Surfaces, darling, surfaces! I don’t want things in places.” And honestly, same. A minimal, uncluttered home looks like absolute peace. Calm. Serenity. Something that would soothe my ADHD brain and maybe make me a better…
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Wes’s Window on Headlines and Housing
by wes Like every Australian, I open my eyes in the morning and immediately doom-scroll. News app. Socials. Something alarming I definitely didn’t ask for. I’m always mildly afraid of what happened overnight while we were asleep. Some policy pivot. Some tariff threat. Some announcement made at 3am our time that now apparently “changes everything”.…
Wes's Window on Life 