Aussie Joy's Life

Yesterday, April 25, was ANZAC day.  We had had a great show in Macon, Georgia the night before at Christ Chapel and I was driving the Alabaster Box tour van home.  Everyone was in the back watching movies or sleeping when I remembered that there was an “Australian Bakery” in Atlanta somewhere.   After some quick consultation [...]

Saturday night I had the privilege of joining my room mate, Theresa and her famous ‘Aunt Gretchen’ at one of America’s premier fondue restaurants, ‘The Melting Pot’.  Its basically ‘fondue’ heaven.  Our new friend, Aunt Gretchen ‘shouted’ (treated) us. The first thing our great waiter Brad, wanted to know was the reason for our ‘special’ night [...]

Yesterday we experienced a little American culture.   Our lovely host from Highlawn Baptist Church, Jason took us to Hillbilly Hotdogs!  This place was pretty different…. behind the doors I am opening in this pic is literally two outhouse toilets facing each other… I’m not sure I would want to eat in there! I guess [...]

I will admit it… I’m a chocolate snob.  I get in trouble all the time voicing my disgust at the taste of America’s Hershey’s Chocolate or the Hershey’s Chocolate bars packaged in Cadbury wrapping.  I guess if you haven’t tried Cadbury from New Zealand, England or Australia you probably wouldn’t realise the difference.  It’s just [...]