Wardrobe clear out, pretty views & lots of food.

Monday 15th May:

Thursday 18th May:

Friday 19th May: 

I figured I would continue with this 'guide to a city' thing... Seeing as Seattle is definitely in my top 5, I thought I would start a mini series of a few of my favourite cities around the world.
So here's Seattle:

I'm in a total lull at the moment. I'm lacking creative inspiration to come up with new content for you gals, and it's causing me to lack motivation to write new blog content for you each week. I know that this may not seem like a real problem to many of you, but this is not only my job but was started as a creative outlet for me. We're just over a week off celebrating three years of constant blogging, and don't get me wrong I don't want to stop blogging (for now anyway) but I definitely need to reinvent...

By the end of this month, two really exciting things will have happened. Conquer With Coffee will celebrate three years as a running blog (yippee) and I will have finished yet another semester of university (leaving three semesters to go until graduation... oh shit!) I figure if I can get through the next few weeks of content, once I'm on uni holidays (and travelling again) the content will be a lot better!! I promise :) 

I know this post is absolute rubbish. I just want to be honest with you all and not post something that I wasn't happy to be sharing or that I wasn't proud of. Within the next two weeks, I will stick to my schedule by doing more fashion or beauty posts and then the content will come back to normal in early June. 

Thank you all for being so lovely and kind when sending emails; you're all amazing and I wouldn't be able to do what I do with you. 

much love, 

XO

Flying home, doing assignments & being sick.

Monday 8th May:

Tuesday 9th May:

Wednesday 10th May:

In addition to the footage in the Monthly Vlog for May, I took my GoPro over to Singapore and took a bunch of footage throughout the few days I was over there. 

much love, 

XO

I received a couple of emails over the past week regarding Singapore and what to do while you're there. I figured instead of answering a bunch of emails individually, I would do a post on My Guide to Singapore. [You can click on hotels, sights and malls to go to their website.]

Travel 
Once you're in Singapore, the easiest way to get around is by the MRT (Singapore's subway/underground rail). While rides on the MRT are super cheap, there is an even better option for tourists. It's called the Singapore Tourist Card and for $20 (for three days) you can ride the underground and above ground trains, as well as all buses. Also, I never waited more than 3 minutes for a train, which is a bonus!

Accommodation
When I've gone to Singapore, I've stayed at Swissotel on Stamford or Parkroyal on Pickering. But, there are heaps of other places throughout the city that beautiful and quite affordable. I would recommend staying near Chinatown, City Hall or Orchard stations.

Sightseeing 
This could take forever, there are so many places that I have to recommend throughout the city!! If you're only in Singapore for a short stop-over, I would highly recommend going down to the bay area (use Bayfront MRT station) and check out Gardens by the Bay, the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands (it's a hotel as well as a shopping mall). Other great things to see are the Singapore Zoo (I would recommend doing the Night Safari), you definitely need to go and walk around Little India and Chinatown! Another great place to visit is the Raffles Hotel, it's famous for their Singapore Sling (a delicious drink) and beautiful architecture.

Shopping 
There are so many malls that I would recommend!! Marina Bay Sands, Raffles City, Vivocity and Orchard Road are some great ones (just to name a few).

Food

When over in Singapore, eat like the locals. There are crazy food courts all around the city for you to try local delicacies like chilli crab and loads of different style of rice. While it's not specifically specialised in Singapore, I lived off iced 'bubble' teas and I would definitely recommend giving one a try while in the city.

much love, 

XO

Food, sunsets and Singapore.

Monday 1st May:




















much love, 
XO

I'm currently over in Singapore for a few days, so here's a post I've prepared earlier :-)
[Just letting you know that because I will be landing back in Australia on Monday night, The Weekly Bit will be uploaded on Tuesday morning at 6am(AEST). This is so I can upload the photos to my laptop on Monday night]

For my northern hemisphere readers who are entering the Summer season, I thought this post would be fitting. For my southern hemisphere readers, it's still totally acceptable to have a garden party or friends over for a few cocktails any time of year ;) Here are a few of my favourite cocktails for any occasion. I've got all of these ideas from Pinterest over the years and have a board dedicated to my favourite (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) drinks; you can find it here.

I like to play around with measurements and differ the amount of alcohol or soda that goes into the drink depending on the time of day or crowd that I have over, so I've left the measurements out for you to decide. And the measurements I have given (for sugar or other flavours) are for one drink :-)

Elderflower & Gin

All you need for this cocktail is gin (my favourite is any from the Four Pillars range), elderflower liqueur, a dash of lemon juice and Prosecco.

Blackberry & Bourbon 

This one takes a little more time (and ingredients); you're going to need bourbon, a dash of lime juice, muddled mint leaves and blackberries, a tablespoon(ish) of sugar and soda water.

Early Grey Martini 

Again for this one, you'll need some gin. You will also need cold Earl Grey tea, a dash of lemon juice, a teaspoon of sugar and half an egg white.

Tequila Honey Bee 

(I usually switch out the tequila for vodka)
You will need tequila (or vodka), a teaspoon of honey, a dash of lemon juice and some Angostura bitters.

White Peach, Rose and Raspberry Sangria
This is one of my favourites!! I use Prosecco, peach brandy and rose water. And then I throw in a handful of raspberries, some finely sliced peach and a few rose petals.

much love, 

XO

[all photos are sourced from Pinterest.com]

This month way a lot more chilled out than last month. I spent most of it engrossed in uni assignments, so I rarely vlogged anything. But what I did get on camera I made into a very short video; enjoy!

much love, 

XO

Sunsets, lazy days and a picnic.

Monday 24th April: 

Tuesday 25th April: 

Starting the morning with some writing :)

 Friday 28th April:

I have this bad habit, where I let my car get super dirty and only get it washed once every 6 months or so... ooops.

I bought new linen sheets, a linen quilt cover and quilt on Saturday... And after throwing them in the washer/dryer I threw them on my bed and didn't want to get out!

much love,
XO