sam and the city

‘Sam In The City’ Name Change Mystery Solved!

8:27PM Jess McGuire | While we were researching* for yesterday’s thrilling piece about Bianca Dye’s new blog, we tried to find a link to highly respected Fairfax blogger Sam “Who Pays On The Second Date?/How Soon Should You Have Sex?/How To Text Message In A Way That Ensures A Proposal/Repeat As Necessary” Brett’s Sam In The City column online… only to discover it had gone and been replaced by something called Ask Sam. At first we just assumed it was Sam’s sneaky way of getting the punters to come up with the material as the well of inane relationship anecdotes had truly been pumped dry. But it turns out we guessed wrong! Sources tell us that the name was changed from Sam In The City to Ask Sam because HBO – the folk behind television show Sex And The City – felt it was a little too close to their big money spinner’s moniker and threatened to sue. So now you know. (We don’t want to be around when search engine Ask Jeeves hears about this.) *Okay, Googling. Which is research for bloggers, you know. We don’t need facts, it just ain’t how we roll. More »

Another “Celebrity” Jumps Aboard The Blogging Bandwagon

3:46PM Jess McGuire | Nothing makes us happier than when celebrities C-grade and upwards decide to “log on” to that strange, magical place known as the internerd and bless the common people with regular offerings containing their intelligent, knowledgeable, personalised take on life, love and the pursuit of happiness. We’d like to wholeheartedly welcome radio announcer Bianca “I Have Located My Ampersand Key And I Am Not Afraid To Use It” Dye to the blogging club. Wow, first Mia Freedman and now Bianca? Should we buy a Lotto ticket? First topic tackled by our comrade-in-blogging? Threeways. “WHAT A COINCIDENCE, I WAS CONSIDERING A MENAGE A TROIS BUT NEEDED A NOVA STAR’S PERSPECTIVE BEFORE I COULD COMMIT TO A STEAMY NIGHT OF MICHAEL BUBLE RECORDS AND DOUBLE PENETRATION!” Ho ho, dear reader. Clearly it’s your lucky day, as Bianca has some thoughts. Wow. I never thought I was old fashioned. I actually take pride in the fact that I’m quite cheeky & open-minded when it comes to things in my relationships. But I’m not sure I could imagine ever being in a relationship where I would willingly share my partner. Apparently it’s the big “thing” rite now – to “share the love” so to speak—& I have to say it makes me a little uncomfortable. It’s the big thing right now? Well, this certainly explains the spit-roast we saw in the Myers window this morning on our way to breakfast. Bianca goes on. More »