A funny thing happened to me this week. I bonded with an elderly couple named John and Rosemary, who raised three children: Sam, Angus and Sophie in a rambling Federation home overlooking Balmoral beach.

Stock up on gourmet groceries or find new fruits and vegetables at this legendary North Sydney farmers market, held on the first and third Saturday of each month. Here’s just a taste of what’s on offer this weekend.

After eighteen months in hibernation, iconic dive bar The Pickled Possum is set to reopen at the end of June.

Mosman businessman Peter Carre developed a passion for medical technology when his daughter Jamie was badly injured playing representative basketball in 2011.

Nobody ever expected Mosman to become the front line of World War Two. But on a crisp Autumn evening in 1942, as the sun dipped west behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the final stage of an audacious plan to invade Australia's largest city was almost complete.

It promised premium food offerings for the time-poor and elite, but after less than 12 months, David Jones Food emporium in Mosman is about to be shuttered.