Lo-fi photography hits Melbourne In today’s world of expensive, high-tech jazzy SLR cameras, there’s a growing trend against picture-perfect photography – ‘lomography’. Our new love for the ‘not-quite-right’ cleverly replicates the photography of yesteryear, with colours and contrasts that make you feel dreamy with nostalgia. The mistress behind these modern technicolour dreams is a pretty,...
Month: March 2011
Home styling workshops with Sibella Court
Upstairs at the Society Inc shop there is a little studio and, in that studio, there is a secret. It’s not just any secret either; it’s the key to turning your ordinary home into an exotic paradise. Stylist, author and editor Sibella Court, who has more than 20 years of experience, is bringing her canny...
Foodie adventures to dine for
NSW, Victoria and International flavour tripping NSW – VictorsFood Regional Flavours Food Tour VictorsFood has launched a new version of its super successful Regional Produce Tour. Visit a fig plantation, a mushroom farm, Bringella Pork and Bacon and wander through an old Italian country deli sipping espresso. Learn how to cook with your fresh ingredients,...
Q and A with The Australian Ballet
If Nina’s paranoid hallucinations are still giving you nightmares, don’t let Black Swan put you off ballet just yet. Thanks to the amazingly talented crew at The Australian Ballet, you can be transported back to 1904 in Nagasaki, Japan to experience modern day love story Madame Butterfly. And just like many modern love tales, there’s not always...
On the hunt for an Aston Martin with NokiaNav
NokiaNav Sydney Challenge Sure, you’ve taken part in a few treasure hunts before. But consider this one to be somewhat epic. The treasure, this time, is your very own Aston Martin to test out for a week. Cruise around Sydney visiting your favourite spots in this Supercar. Or clock up more miles venturing further afield...
Combi Coffee parks in Albert Park
The man known for keeping keen music festival goers rocking for days, providing them with the finest Organic Fair Trade coffee brewed out of the back of the Kombi, has rolled into Albert Park – launching Combi Coffee Espresso Bar. Nestled between Absinthe and the Poets & Thieves second hand bookstore, you can’t miss this...
Stuck on mud
mud australia launches first Melbourne store You may have heard of mud australia and if you have you’ll be tres pleased about the launch of their very first Melbourne store. Finally, somewhere that stocks the entire range of mud australia’s handmade coloured porcelain; in fact all 21 colours in 35 different shapes. Home ware junkies...
Hyper about Hypoxi
New CBD hypoxi salon opens So, you know the girl that has it all ‘together’ – great career, picture perfect family, cracking social life and killer wardrobe? Today we’re revealing how she manages to fit in a fitness regime as well (we’ll cover having it all another time). It’s because she’s discovered Hypoxi. Hypoxi’s founder,...
Guide for good causes
Introducing you to the lesser-known Here’s just a few that you may not have heard of, but are worthy causes to get involved in. Have you ever considered leaving the corporate world to follow something more meaningful? That’s exactly what Hayley Morris, Cassie Duncan and Nikki Morris did. Yaubula, a Fijian word meaning ‘natural resource’,...