Our school excursion

WE went to Hogwarts for dinner on Monday night. This is the kids' nickname for St Patrick's College in Manly, a majestic and imposing structure with a distinctly Hogwarts-like ambience, mostly due to its cavernous rooms and long hallways, timber panelling

Mussel in on Kiwi supremacy

I LOVE the Kiwis, really I do. Well, maybe not the Crusaders rugby team, but the rest of them are pretty good.

Raw or not? the great cheese debate

FOR the past decade or so the great cheese debate in this country has revolved around the merits of the time-honoured, artesan way of raw milk cheesemaking, and conversely, today's universally preferred method which uses only pasteurised milk.

3 TOP DROPS

Recommendations from the wine expert.

Six boats per year: Buizen quality can't be hurried

HAVING your yacht win the marine industry's prestigious Boat of the Year award might seem a sure way of firing up demand and production levels.

Change of baton at Humphrey's

WHEN landmark Manly business Humphrey's Newsagency unveils the results of its 10-week, $1million refit this morning not all the changes will be cosmetic.

Golden opportunity at Games

AUSTRADE has had a secret weapon in its ambitious plan to host up to 3000 Australian and Chinese business people through the Government's official international business program for the Beijing Olympics.

See sport, talk trade

AT the Sydney Olympics Business Club Australia had a prime position at Darling Harbour. This year it will also be well positioned in the heart of Beijing at the Hilton Hotel.

Sometimes it takes courage to sit still

WHEN you wake up in the morning and find the New York stock market has crashed overnight you feel like a kangaroo caught in the shooter's headlights.

Poseidon boom again?

IS the famous Poseidon boom happening all over again? As I write half way through the afternoon the stock has risen 40 per cent from 89 cents to $1.28 on a turnover of 7.5 million shares worth about $8.5 million.