The Rocks Markets Winter Fashion Showcase You’ve stocked up on market fresh produce, picked your delicatessen goods and have the latte in hand; all that’s left on the agenda is some rightly deserved ‘fashion time’. Get your pretty self to The Rocks Square to be enticed by beautiful wares for winter. For two days, The...
You know how we live on an island? With all that seafood on our doorstep, Melbourne’s prize catch in our already thriving restaurant scene is the very recent opening of Atlantic. It’s another jewel in the Crown Entertainment Complex and, with a cleverly moody look by Richmond-based interior designers, Blackmilk, Atlantic dishes up a special...
Dear Jean-Luc, I’m writing to you because you’re probably sitting along the Seine, painting portraits and picking at a some divine French food. You see, La Planchette has just launched its online French deli service in Sydney, and I am no longer pining for Paris. Let me introduce you to the two clever founders, Eric...
Yoga guide for April Salute the sun this autumn, create balance and be inspired with a yoga festival, workshop or 10-day challenge. Discover the perfect type of yoga to practice your asanas and get your body, mind and spirit flowing. Check out the SomaChi Yoga Festival and learn about this unique contemporary style of yoga....
Boutique inspiration for weddings If wedding bells are ringing for you or a friend, but the thought of attending a wedding expo with puffy meringue-style dresses brings on an anxiety attack, then this will please. The Portobello Bride Market, created by wedding aficionado Kim Billing, Is an independent and boutique-wedding market (not expo) for couples...
Taking big strides Spinning a yarn is one the great past times of Australian men. Often, it involves gilding the lily a little…but if we’re talking cricket legend Steve Waugh, former Olympian Grant Hackett and explorer Tim Cope, chances are these shared stories of triumph over adversity are more likely the real deal. Next week...
New dessert wonderland for adults Attention all you sweet-tooths. There’s a new destination that’s set to get your heart racing; Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio pops up tomorrow in South Yarra. The original dessert concept store is the first retail shop for UK pastry chef co-owners Ian Burch and Darren Purchese. Burch & Purchese is...
New enoteca opens Hidden in the alleyway between big sister Vini and Jared Ingersoll’s Cotton Duck, the latest addition to Surry Hills’ Holt Street food scene is a wine shop slash enoteca that ain’t no slacker when it comes to celebrating interesting wines, liquors and digestives from every region of Italy. Named after the finest...
Down one of Melbourne’s quintessential hidden streets, you’d be forgiven if you missed Tobie Puttock’s new restaurant venture, The Kitchen Cat all together. What used to be Jamie Oliver and Puttock’s joint project, Fifteen Melbourne, has reopened with a new name, new menu and thanks to architects Woods Bagot, a new fit-out. The space is...
Nikon School of Photography The egos, the catfights and the tantrums; is that really what it’s like behind the scenes of an editorial fashion shoot? Now’s your time to find out, and to learn the tricks of the trade from one of Australia’s best internationally acclaimed fashion and lifestyle photographers, Christian Blanchard. Thanks to the...
