Category: Lifestyle
MUSIC APPS; EVERYDAY THEY’RE SHUFFLIN’
Like most other people walking down the street, you’re listening to your favourite beats sounding from your headphones. But the likelihood that…
22ND – 28TH APRIL
MONDAY 22nd Art Deco Walking Tour Famous for its design in the 1940s and 50s, Robin…
THE READING ROOM AT CAFE BLAC
At face value Cafe Blac may come across as a fairly unassuming and typical suburban cafe…
HEY KEW-TIE!
Nestled in the east, just a shy 15 minute drive from the city, is a gorgeous…
15TH – 21ST APRIL
MONDAY 15TH Peter Corrigan: Cities Of Hope Noted architect, artist and designer Peter Corrigan, famously known…
FIFTY ACRES
With a name that alludes to a rather large amount of space, Fifty Acres is a…
THE REACH RULE
If you’re sitting at a cafe sipping your coffee and want to read the Newspaper you…
BAR AMERICANO
After closing down the lauded Der Raum to start Gamsei, “a produce driven Der Raum 2.0”…
KING OF THE NORTH: NORTH MELBOURNE
Only a short stroll from the CBD, North Melbourne was built by locals, for locals. Subsequently…
DAVID O’DOHERTY’S ‘SEIZE THE DAVID O’DOHERTY’
Walking down Swanston Street, it’s easy to see that the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is well…
8TH – 14TH APRIL
MONDAY 8TH Top Arts/Designs Top Arts showcases the ‘best’ work of VCE students, visit the…
ILLUSTRATOR JACQUELINE SMITH AKA AUF WIEDERSEHEN
Illustrator Jacqueline Smith aka Auf Wiedersehen is Melbourne’s diamond in the rough, her charming illustrations have…
HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A HAW-THORNED
Private school girls, the football team, ageing population and expensive real-estate are all terms you may…
TO DO LIST: 1ST – 7TH APRIL
MONDAY 1ST Afghan: Hidden Treasures Unlock the rich and gold plated history of Afghanistan and their…
TIME-TRAVEL WRITING
A consistent theme at the Australian Festival of Travel Writing was, surprisingly, about how rapidly the…
COBURG-EONING ON GREATNESS
Ah, Coburg. Famed for its density of kitschy bridal stores and Middle Eastern take-out shops, the…
GET MORE OUT OF YOUR TRAVEL
Over the course of last weekend, the travelled, well-written and young-at-heart gathered at the Kenneth Myer…
AND ALL THINGS RETURN TO NATURE/ TOMORROW
Trying to describe being taken on an explorative journey through time, space and sound through movement…
TO DO LIST: 25TH – 31ST MARCH
Monday 25th Dior & Yamamoto: The New Look 1947 was Christian Dior’s debut spring collection that…
NEW KUM DEN
Located just off China Town’s main strip, awaits Cantonese restaurant, New Kum Den. As I entered…
MEERA SEETHI IS ‘FOREIGN RETURNED’
Canadian artist Meera Seethi has launched her first major solo exhibition at Melbourne’s Sofitel as part…
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF TRAVEL WRITING
Perhaps you’re one of those people, who should be busily working, but is instead daydreaming of…
CONVERSATION PIECE
Presented as part of the Dance Massive Festival and showing at Arts House, Meat Market in…
SAN PELLIGRINO CAFE SOCIETY PHOTOEXHIBITION
With all the Fashion fanfare sweeping Melbourne during LMFF, San Pellegrino and RMIT offered up something…
PRINT YOUR FUTURE IN 3D: THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION
3D printing will be to the product industry what the internet was to information. It’s the…
CHUNKY MOVE’S 247 DAYS: DANCE MASSIVE FESTIVAL
One should never enter the doors of the Malthouse Theatre expecting ‘just dance’. The artistry and…
L’OREAL MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL CULTURAL PROGRAM
The 2013 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is in full swing, and the city’s most versatile venues…
18TH – 24TH MARCH
Monday 18th Truth Cinema Truth Cinema invites patrons to explore the ‘bigger picture’ as they showcase…
ALL THINGS RETURN TO NATURE/ TOMORROW
Taking you on an explorative journey through time and space, the double-bill show of And…
HAS OUR FOOD OBSESSION GONE TOO FAR?
It’s impossible to deny, we live in an era where cooking shows and restaurants pop up…
BEN DALTON OF HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY
With their second album ‘You’re A Shadow’ playing on iPods and radio stations everywhere, the Hungry…
THE URBAN COFFEE FARM & BREW BAR
Descriptions like ‘smooth caramel texture’ and ‘zesty aftertaste’ are the kind of uber-specific things baristas say…
TO DO LIST: 11TH – 17TH MARCH
Monday 11th Moomba: Parade Moomba is one of Victoria’s biggest and most creative festivals, it celebrates…
FLESH AND BONE; THE MEAT IN THE MFWF AND LMFF SANDWICH
Is gender becoming fluid? Or is it a sign that we are approaching equality? The changeability…
HONEYMOON DESTINATION: SRI LANKA, THE PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
An island in the shape of a teardrop, Sri Lanka has begun to prosper after…
WEDDING PLANNERS AND DECOR
Planning a single wedding is said to take over two hundred hours, so it’s easy to…
HERE COMES THE BRIDE; WEDDING TRANSPORT
They say life is all about the journey, and since your wedding is symbolic of married…
DIY: ALTERNATIVE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
As you flick through old photo albums, it’s almost impossible to not feel that tug in…
POLICE VIOLENCE: AUSTRALIA’S PLEA FOR PROTECTION
With the recent surfacing of two separate videos showcasing an altercation, and subsequent arrest, of a…
YOUR DREAM WEDDING CAKE
One of the most important components to any wedding, would have to be the wedding cake.…
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER LAURA MCGUIRE
For most couples, your wedding day will be the most memorable day of your lives. Having…
OPSM ACCUFIT
Life can get busy. Between work, family commitments, catching up with friends and exercise, the health…
BIENVENIDA A MAMASITA; A MEXICAN TOUR
On the tail end of last week and at the top of a secret staircase, Mamasita…
CATER TO YOU; WEDDING SPECIALISTS
Food for your wedding ought to be delicious, detailed and not too difficult. Fortunately, you can…
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Deciding on a suitable venue for your special day can be one of the most stressful…
AN ILLUSTRATED WEDDING
Melbourne designer Daniella Germain has a distinctively charming illustrative style that she has applied to books,…
FIVE INTERESTING WAYS TO PROPOSE
Your partner is the first person you want to see in the morning and the last…
TO DO LIST: 4TH-11TH MARCH
Monday 4th La Boheme Have you always wanted to go to the Opera but have never…
LMFF 2013 PREVIEW
With Fall/Winter fashion weeks wrapping up for another year and Sydney being the last leg of…
APPLY YOURSELF TO THE DATING WORLD
Ever considered dating online? Have a smart phone? Want to kill twenty minutes whilst waiting for…
DONKEY SKIN COLLECTION LAUNCH PRESENTED BY JESS DEMPSEY
Melbourne Central’s fashion boutique, Fame Agenda, celebrates the launch of their 2013 Resort Collection Donkey Skin…
SPEED DATING DO’s AND DON’Ts
When it comes to dating, both men and women can often be lost for what to…
DOMAINE CHANDON SECRET GARDEN PARTY
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, 200 wine aficionados gathered for a day of great wine, food…
COME ON GET HAPPY PALACE
Welcome to the Happy Palace, where a suspicious stairway leads to a hot pot that’s boiling…
ONLINE DATING
Online dating is not as scary, or as creepy as some may think. In a time…
TO DO LIST – 25TH FEBRUARY- 3RD MARCH
Monday 25th Opera in the Market A night of shopping instantly turns into a night…
LIFE AND LEARNING IN THE CITY
Alongside the insurgence of people trawling the Internet for mindless, idiotic memes is an increase in…
JUDDY ROLLER: FITZROY’S COFFEE AND CULTURAL HUB
To most Melbournians wandering the backstreets of sunny Fitzroy, stumbling across a café that’s tucked in…
THE WISE TAPAS AND WINE BAR
Sydney siders turned Melbournians, Jessica Dalziell and Gregory Young, have made themselves at home on High…
OMBRA SALUMI BAR
Ombra Salumi Bar is a fresh seedling with roots that run deep in hospitality culture. Having…
BECOME ONE HOT YOGI
I have always considered myself healthy. I eat well, maintain a fairly regular running regime and…
FREE FOOD! (EVENTS) AT THE MELBOURNE FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
Since 1993, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival have hosted annual and year round events which…
TO DO LIST: 18TH-24TH FEBRUARY
Monday 18th Dark Stars Dark Stars is a play that tells the story of two 19th…
NBHD NEANDERTHAL GETTING BACK TO BASICS
Spurring on rumours of being a married couple, Nicholas and Dax Byrne have produced their first…
DOMINIQUE PORTET WINERY
There’s nothing more romantic than a day spent ankle-deep in a vineyard, sipping on some of…
WHAT TO DO THIS VALENTINE’S DAY
Ah, Valentine’s Day, It’s awfully romantic strolling through the city and observing lovers juggling red roses,…
MELBOURNE’S BIKE FEST
If there’s one thing that truly sets Melbourne apart, it’s our love for bikes. We’re pedal-pushing,…
MELBOURNE’S SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL
Climate change, saving the environment and making green choices seem hard when living in the big…
11TH-17TH FEBRUARY
Monday 11th Torafu Architects Exhibition Forget boring brick buildings and simple structures. Since 2004, Koichi Suzuno…
A NOSEGAY OL’ TIME AT SPRING STREET’S POP-UP POSY SHOP
Gertrude Street’s Mr Lincoln Florist may have closed its doors recently but owner Sarah Nolan…
ASTA
After winning the Triple J Unearthed High competition in 2012, 19 year old singer/songwriter Asta has taken flight…
SHOPHOUSE RAMEN POP-UP RESTAURANT
Lately the pop-up store phenomenon has been moving from the world of fashion into food. Taking…
JANET WONG’S MINI WONDERLAND
If you’ve ever nodded off at the office and dreamed about being somewhere far, far away,…
4TH – 10TH FEBRUARY
Monday 4th Gusto! A Culinary History of Victoria Curious about Victoria’s cooking history? The State Library…
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY; MELBOURNE’S INDIE PUBLISHERS
There are people who dedicate their careers to shining a little bit of light on the…
THE PAPER KITES’ CHRISTINA LACY
Since being ‘unearthed’ by Triple J, the Paper Kites have had a whirlwind of success. Recently…
TO DO LIST: 28TH JANUARY – 2ND FEBRUARY
Monday 28th Hotbox Yoga Using infrared rays and thermal energy, Hotbox Yoga is excellent for your…
MELBOURNE’S SO FRENCHY SO CHIC
Some of France’s finest musicians and cultural tid-bits graced the gardens of Werribee Mansion for the…
HEIDE AND SEEK: MELBOURNE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY TRIP DESTINATION
Just a short 30 minute drive from Melbourne’s CBD, Bulleen is home to the stunning Heide…
PRIMAVERA GELATO AND SPRING ST GROCER
Spring Street’s Grocer is the opening act of John Brisbane’s and Con Christopoulos’ budding community centralised…
SCREENWISE’S DENISE ROBERTS
Denise Roberts is an iconic Australian actress. Best known for her roles in Home and Away, Headland, Packed…
THE BRUNSWICK MESS HALL
The Brunswick Mess Hall opened last Wednesday night (16th of Jan) with a bang. Brunswick’s first…
21ST – 27TH JANUARY
Monday 21st Pop Up Patch Pay a visit to these luscious vegetable lots, or better yet,…
ACT A LADY
Have you ever toyed with the idea of gender bending; put on a pair of men’s…
HANNAH DUPREE AND HER ARTISAN TEA
Storm in a Teacup is celebrating its first anniversary with Smith st after snuggling into the…
THE POP UP PATCH’S MAT PEMBER
The boys from The Little Veggie Patch Co, who have successfully helped countless Melbournians in setting up…
BERNARD CALEO OF GRAPHIC NOVELS! MELBOURNE!
Photo by Anna Brown Bernard Caleo is, in the largest of understatements, a comic book enthusiast.…
THE 25TH ANNUAL MELBOURNE MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL
It’s the middle of Melbourne summer and between you and me, there’s a little bit of…
FED SQUARE LIVE
During these glorious warmer months, Melbourne is abuzz with a multitude of events and entertainment. Fed…
SUMMER TEA PARTY MUST HAVES
Tea parties have been all the rage since your great-great grandmother’s grandmother could knit a doily.…
TO DO LIST: 13TH – 17TH JANUARY
Monday 14th Take More Photos And I don’t mean with your iPhone. Dust off that digital…
BY JOSEPHINE’S JOSEPHINE
An exciting new French patisserie shop has just been piped into Sydney Road’s busy network of…
CANDICE BREITZ’S THE CHARACTER AT ACMI
Internationally renowned, South African born and Berlin-based artist, Candice Breitz, is currently exhibiting her first major…
ROCKY ROAD RECIPE
It’s your cheat day, your treat day! The day you allow yourself to let go a…
WHAT TO WATCH
Because you can’t spend the whole day swimming, tanning, shopping or playing footy in the park,…
SUPER FOODS FOR SUMMER
We hear the experts talking about ‘super foods’, but which ones are actually super? Here are…
TO-DO LIST: 7TH – 13TH JANUARY
Monday 7th Jeff Wall at NGV Dubbed the ‘modern storyteller’, the National Gallery of Victoria is…
OATMEAL, SULTANA AND PISTACHIO BISCUITS RECIPE
Christmas wrapped up nicely and the new year has ticked over without a hitch. People are…
SO FRENCHY SO CHIC
The mere mention of summer festivals can make some of the strongest of us squirm. Hideous memories arise.…
NEW YEAR’S DAY HANGOVERS, ARE OVER
New Year’s Day is often spent restlessly trying to sleep off the effects of a big…