Dining alone does not mean you should hide in a corner. Being able to stand your own company is perhaps the one true sign of being an adult - so sit ostentatiously up front of the restaurant, order something nice, and wear something to match.
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The biggest difference between travelling for business and travelling for pleasure is the tax-deductible nature of the former. However, travelling from Adelaide to New York or London for any reason requires a pretty thorough business plan for survival.
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It’s a good thing to be invited to the boss’ place for dinner, but it’s also terrifying. Strike the balance between too fun and too professional with our advice, and set your career on the fast track.
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Jump on the six-hour direct flight from Adelaide to Singapore for a whirlwind business trip and wear out some shoe leather in the little country that could.
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Maybe it will be a relative, or your friend’s inaugural offspring or, maybe, your own baby’s best-friend-for-life’s fifth birthday. These events might seem casual, but there’s a lot at stake – if you get it wrong you could be labelled “boring”, “smelly” – or worse – for life.
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Never in the year do you come so close to counting down to your own death than New Year’s Eve. Dress for this sombre occasion with a sense of reckless abandon and silence all the silly little voices in your head that tell you not to wear exactly what you want and not to dance exactly how you want.
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The beach is for summer and the sea for winter. The wine-dark ocean’s foamy churn beckons to the adventurer at the heart of everyone. Heed the call to rod and reel while preparing your wardrobe for squid ink and scales.
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The lazy autumn sun, warm but without summer's scolding heat, is the perfect invitation to go outside and get dirty. A garden, whether it be in pots on the balcony or in the courtyard of your cottage, is a place to be alone among your plant friends, so make sure you dress to impress.
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The season for extended lunches with your favourite (and sometimes forgotten) cousins, aunties and uncles, nephews and nieces is upon us. Each summer we wonder why we don’t do it more and then bickering breaks out all about, but at least this year you'll do it in style.
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