Category: Lifestyle
YELLOWGLEN COLLABORATES WITH SAMANTHA WILLS TO LAUNCH YELLOWGLEN HOUSE
New York based Jewellery designer, Samantha Wills, joined race-goers trackside at Flemington on Saturday for the Turnbull Stakes, as curator and host…
THE FLEMINGTON FLING COCKTAIL
An iconic cocktail that can be recreated at home, the signature Schweppes Flemington Fling is the perfect…
THE SCHWEPPES FLEMINGTON FLING BAR AT THE MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL
The one place you need to visit during the 2013 Melbourne Cup Carnival (aside from the…
OPENING GALA NIGHT OF THE 2013 LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
The 2013 Lavazza Italian film festival kicked off last night, with festival ambassador, Supermodel Nicole Trunfio,…
2013 LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
The 2013 Lavazza Italian Film Festival begins today with the Festival’s Gala opening tonight in Melbourne…
GAZI – STYLISH STREET FOOD
There are two things you notice when you first walk into George Calombaris’ new venture, Gazi.…
THE ULTIMAT EXPERIENCE SHORT FILM COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN SPONSORED BY ULTIMAT VODKA
ULTIMAT VODKA, one of the world’s leading and ultra-premium vodkas, is giving away over $5,000 and…
THE EFTERSKI FESTIVAL AT THREDBO – WRAP UP
The first-ever EFTERSKI FESTIVAL in Thredbo went off with a bang last weekend, with the sold…
WINE FUN AT PINOT PALOOZA
Think Wine tastings are stuffy and boring? Well, think again as Pinot Palooza hits Melbourne-town on…
TO DO LIST: SEPTEMBER 9TH – SEPTEMBER 15TH
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH Market Week Three of Melbourne’s biggest markets are banding together for a week…
LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER CAMPAIGN
Cancer is unfortunately a disease which has affected everyone in some shape or form. Whether you…
INTERVIEW: WE THE PEOPLE
Pictured left to right: Matthew Jennings (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Phillip Black (Bass, Vocals, Guitar), Jonathon Ferraro (Drums) and James…
TO DO LIST: SEPTEMBER 2ND – SEPTEMBER 8TH
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND Broadway Unplugged Comprised of two segments, this performance starts with seasoned performers and…
NORTH RICHMOND: PHONEY’S NEVER TASTED SO GOOD
The thing about Richmond, apart from the fact that it has four individual train stations on…
TO DO LIST: AUGUST 26TH – SEPTEMBER 1ST
MONDAY AUGUST 26TH Stripfest More than just a cheeky name, Stripfest is an arts festival held…
ON THE (GREAT OCEAN) ROAD
Winter is dealing its last chills and the road trip season is getting nearer. Usually this…
A TOUCH OF… HIGH TEA
Do you yearn for a simpler time when people swanned about drinking tea, eating sweet things…
TOP 5 GLUTEN-FREE MELBOURNE DINNERS
Navigating Melbourne with gluten intolerance in your back pocket can be tough to say the least.…
TO DO LIST: AUGUST 19TH – AUGUST 25TH
MONDAY AUGUST 19TH Image Chasers A showcase exhibition from Victorian photographers as they explore nature and…
WINTER WONDERLAND
Like some sort of budding annual event the Queen Victoria Market’s Luna 1878 Night Market is…
TO-DO LIST: AUGUST 12TH – AUGUST 18TH
MONDAY AUGUST 12TH The Shelvers The Toff in Town offers a big name night…
CHENNAI EXPRESS
Chennai Express, a humbling tale of life, love and relationships, follows Rahul, a 40-year-old Bachelor as…
MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL
Melbourne’s annual celebration for writers, readers and thinkers begins another chapter this month beginning on the…
AUGUST 5TH – AUGUST 11TH
MONDAY AUGUST 5TH Bennetts Lane Big Band Start your week with a visit to one of…
PICKS OF THE FLICKS FOR MIFF
The annual Melbourne International Film Festival is one of the big hitters when it comes to…
COCONUT MERINGUE CAKE
Looking for the perfect excuse to combine your love of coconut with your passion for baking……
MAKEUP FREE ME
Did you know that only 4% of women think they are beautiful? A statistic like this…
TO DO LIST: JULY 29TH – AUGUST 4TH
MONDAY JULY 29TH Filmonik This week’s Monday movies comes with a twist with Filmonik, an…
VARIE-TEA IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
Although Melbourne is the coffee Mecca of the antipodes there seems to be a strong undercurrent…
THE GLORY BOX DOWNSTAIRS
Finucane & Smith is the provocative theatre house behind Salon The Burlesque Hour seen by 45,000…
WINTER CLEANSE
During the cooler months we crave hot food, soups, stews and all things warm and filling.…
KICKIN’ IT IN ST KILDA
From its heroin-charged, punk heyday in the seventies, St Kilda sure has changed a lot. A…
TO-DO LIST: JULY 22ND – JULY 28TH
MONDAY JULY 22ND Local Laughs Giggle, titter and shriek your way into the week at…
GOOD MORNINGTON PENINSULAR
When people think of winter they rarely think of going down to the beach, which is…
AUSTRALIAN ENCOUNTERS
The serendipitous moment where two people from very different worlds meet can have a profound effect…
LEAFY ELWOOD
Elwood locals enjoy that the secrets of their beautiful neighbourhood stay hidden – but where’s the…
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE PRESENTS- EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
This winter the Arts Centre Melbourne will see the revival of one of the most groundbreaking…
INTERVIEW: KAYLA BOMBARDIER
t’s hard to miss Kayla Bombardier’s classic monochrome designs. As the creative force behind Bombardier Designs,…
TO DO LIST: JULY 15TH – JULY 21ST
MONDAY JULY 15TH Twerkshop When alternative fitness takes on something as fun as dance, its time…
LORD OF THE FLIES
Kip Williams’ theatrical adaptation of William Golding’s classic, ‘Lord of the Flies’ is an interesting…
GLORY BE IT’S GLORY BOX
There are few events that really ruffle Melbourne’s feathers; we’d like to think we’ve seen…
POK POK ON THE DOCK
To the majority of Melbournians, Docklands might as well be antipodean to where they lay their…
TO DO LIST: JULY 8TH – JULY 14TH
MONDAY JULY 8TH Extra Terrestrials: What does Science say? This class isn’t just for alien adorers…
SHADES OF AUBURN
Auburn, a suburb just off Hawthorn’s eastern fringe that reveals another gem in the crown of…
THE NICHOLAS BUILDING
Nestled between Arthur Daley’s Clearance house and Subway on Swanston Street lies the Cathedral Arcade in…
PILATES
When I tell other guys that I do Pilates, I watch their faces scrunch as they…
HAZELNUT CAKE
This delicious dessert is one for summer and winter alike. You can even trick yourself into…
JULY 1ST – JULY 7TH
MONDAY JULY 1ST The Laborastory Delivering facts with flair, this performance is held on the first…
THE SPIRIT OF WINTER
If, like most warm-blooded mammals, you have been suffering through the recent icy blasts – so…
INTERVIEW: REEF IRELAND
Photo by Alex Vaughan Looking at the clean-cut young man before me, it’s hard to believe…
ESCAPE WINTER IN WINDSOR
Windsor: the other end of Chapel Street. A little hipper and almost diametrically opposed to its…
TO-DO LIST: JUNE 24TH – JUNE 30TH
MONDAY JUNE 24TH Hidden Faces of the Archibald Ever dreamed of entering a room full of…
STRETCH IT OUT
For anyone who is health conscious, stretching is a wonderful way to get in touch with…
L’HEURE DU THÉ 2013
From L to R: Shay Stafford, Kerrie Hess, Colette Werden and Pierrick Boyer One of…
CANTERBURY: EATS, SHOPS AND LEAVES
Nestled amongst the leafy eastern suburbs of Melbourne is a hidden gem called Canterbury. If you…
THE CRUCIBLE
Based upon the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690’s, Arthur Miller’s classic tale, ‘The Crucible’…
FIVE MINUTE HEALTHY BREAKFASTS
Mornings can be one of the most rushed times of our day, especially in winter –…
JUNE 17TH- JUNE 23RD
MONDAY JUNE 17TH QV Hotham Lodge This June QV has rustled up a fake winter lodge…
HAPPY TUNES FOR WINTER DAYS
As the cold weather well and truly closes in, I’ve been turning to music to keep…
THE HOBART COFFEE CONNECTION
If, like many Melburnians, you are about to make your pilgrimage down to Hobart to see…
COOL RUNNINGS
Winter: it’s dark by 5:30 and you spend your evenings wishing you had one of those…
TRUE SELF EXHIBITION BENEFIT AT GPO
Held high up in Melbourne’s own GPO, the True Self Exhibition celebrated positive self image. Commissioning…
10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA
Come and celebrate Multicultural Arts Victoria’s 10th birthday with a day of music, dancing, food and…
WHY CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU
Chocolate cravings, we’ve all had them. Whether it’s to sate an emotion-fuelled appetite or fulfil a guilty…
10TH JUNE – 16TH JUNE
MONDAY JUNE 10TH Screen Sect presents: Dazed and Confused Start the week by mellowing out to…
LITTLE BIG SUGAR SALT
Little Big Sugar Salt. What is in a name? Can a person look like a ‘Terry’?,…
TOP PICKS FOR WINTER FLICKS
Winter is here and whether you’re a born local or fresh off the tarmac, you’re going…
A WICKEDLY GOOD GIVEAWAY
Award-winning songstress, actress and Broadway star, Kristin Chenoweth will be appearing before her first Melbournian audience…
WINTER WELLNESS
It’s safe to say that winter is here. We’ve swapped our sandals for boots, tanks for…
BY THEIR OWN HANDS
It is not very often that independent theatre companies get full curatorial freedom to perform their…
JUNE 3RD – JUNE 9TH
MONDAY JUNE 3RD Toff Talks: Fashion – More Than Runway and Frocks? Creation, innovation and the…
‘TRUE SELF’ AT MELBOURNE’S GPO
As the home for a totally unique retail and leisure experience, it only makes sense that…
SHATTERED: THE ALL AUSTRALIAN TERRORIST
After nine years and thirteen productions, Jessi Lewis takes to the stage once more with SHATTERED,…
KWENCHER PALE ALE: THE REMEDY FOR WHAT ALES YOU
Hidden in the heart of the Moroccan Mountains, a couple connected over peach iced tea and…
ADENEY MILK BAR
There are a couple of things that make up a great cafe in Melbourne. Location, atmosphere,…
MAY 27TH – JUNE 2ND
MONDAY MAY 27TH Like Someone in Love at ACMI Following the success of Certified Copy, master filmmaker…
BENJAMIN LAW
In light of the…
ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL’S OPENING NIGHT: LIGHTS… CAMERA…
Thursday night saw the opening of the 30th annual St Kilda Film Festival, where attendees saw…
NORTHCOTE: THE FINAL FRONTIER
Northcote: the final frontier of low-budget, high-culture, community living. They say it’s the new Fitzroy –…
EMERGING WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2013
Melbourne has a plethora of different film, art and cultural festivals that celebrate the breadth of…
MONDAY 20TH- SUNDAY 26TH MAY
Monday May 20 Cheap Mondays at Cinema Nova Carlton Feel like a night out without three…
THE PERFECT FIT(ZROY)
Now everyone likes to think they know Fitzroy and I’m sure you’ve has brunched at Breakfast…
BAYTE – MIDDLE EASTERN BRUNCH IN MELBOURNE’S NORTH
Brunch in Melbourne, whilst delicious and one of the most important weekend meals, can get a…
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE GREY FROM PALM BEACH COLLECTION
I’ve always loved scented candles. Not only do they make your home smell amazing, but they…
CLINGING TO SANITY AND SURVIVING THROUGH STRESS
As winter closes in and university exams loom closer, I can almost feel an impending sense…
MULLED WINE GUIDE
With the mercury dropping, at a fairly rapid rate in Melbourne, it’s time to say goodbye…
ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL 2013
The St Kilda Film Festival, big brother of all Australian short films festivals, is almost thirty…
MONDAY 13TH- SUNDAY 18TH MAY
MONDAY 13TH Insomnia Cat Came To Stay Obsessive, poetic, lyrical and deeply funny, performer Joanne Sutton…
MOTHER’S DAY OUT
‘Tis that time of year again, when we celebrate our mothers by treating them to breakfast…
DUKES COFFEE ROASTERS AT ROSS HOUSE
Melbourne is littered with both large and hole-in-the-wall coffee shops; a cup of caffeine available at every…
MIZZ NINA
If the runways, the blogs and the streets are anything to go by, Asian pop-culture has…
I AM ELEVEN DVD LAUNCH
Whether you were a brainy bookworm, a class clown or a solitary schoolyard curiosity, there’s a…
MONDAY 6TH- SUNDAY 12TH MAY
MONDAY 6TH Chapel off Chapel; An Afternoon With Ron Elisha Local artists, writers and creative thinkers…
INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL MELBOURNE
Hungry for a taste of Indian culture? Well, you’re only a $1100 ticket away from the…
LUCY MCINTOSH
Lucy McIntosh, the girl with the world at her feet. During her most recent trip…
TONIC HOUSE CELLAR LAUNCH
The air grew a little cooler as Melbourne’s Tonic House opened its cellar doors last week,…
SI SENOR POP-UP TAQUERIA
Got a free Friday or Saturday night in the next couple of weeks? Well, grab a…
MONDAY 29TH APRIL – SUNDAY 5TH MAY
MONDAY 29TH Victoria: On Record It’s Public Record Office Victoria’s 40th anniversary and to celebrate they’re opening…
NEON FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT THEATRE
Melbourne’s inaugural NEON Festival of Independent Theatre begins in May. The Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) has…
SIMON GRIFFITH’S SHEBEEN
A few years back a couple of young volunteers sat on an African beach and sipped…