You’d have to be living under a rock to not know its grand final season. For some of us, it’s the best time of the year. For others, not so much. If you love to watch sport, read on. If your boyfriend loves to watch sport and you don’t, read on. If you want to...
Year: 2014
Oh, Sweet Evelyn!
Freshly baked cupcakes are special. A little treat flavoured with anything and everything perfectly portioned and wrapped. It’s something from the heavens. Sweet Evelyn, the café and micro bakery next to Miss Marmalade in Brunswick is baking these treats daily, along with an all day breakfast menu. Doesn’t get much better than cupcakes, eggs and bacon....
Carwyn Cellars Opens a Bar Out Back
There are people who know booze, then there are people who know good booze. The people at Carwyn Cellars know their grog and have been selling it for a while now. But they’ve decided to start serving it too, in glasses, like a bar. Well actually, that’s exactly what it is. They’ve turned their storeroom into...
Delicious Doughnuts Are Just a Shortstop Away
A new doughnut café that knows a thing or two about round treats has opened on Sutherland Street in the city. Everybody remain calm. We’re pretty serious about our treats, but we have to give it to Anthony Ivey and Sinye Ooi, owners of Shortstop Coffee & Donuts; they might be ever more serious....
Cider, Sunshine and the Long Weekend Festival
The October long weekend is just around the corner – that one extra day takes a normal weekend to a whole other level. The last thing you want to do is waste it. This year we’re heading to Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel for a Cider Festival. The three day event kicks off on Saturday 4th...
Art Meets Luxury Hotel at The Larwill Studio
What do you get when you combine an art gallery, a wellness retreat, and all the fancy amenities of an upscale hotel? You get the brightest addition to the buzzy Art Series Hotel family, and a reason to go to Parkville immediately. (Hello, race season.) If you’re familiar with Art Series, the basis remains the...
Go to the Black Market
Pop-ups do well in Melbourne. We have a need to constantly be trying something new, and we’ll often forget about it once we have. We can be a fickle bunch sometimes. So Black Market pop-up on Smith Street will not be short on hungry customers. The people behind this one know a thing or two...
The Fat Duck Melbourne Sets a Date
The Fat Duck, the three Michelin starred restaurant from Heston Blumenthal, has finally set a date for its opening on our humble shores. Tuesday February 3 2015 will see the famed restaurant open the doors to the 50 seat venue for a short, sweet, six-month stay, within Crown Melbourne. Bringing with it the entire staff,...
Premium Performance Gets a New Home
Pilates, like yoga is becoming a very important part of active people’s lives. Whether you use it for recovery, or to train that booty of yours, or even just to stay active in a non-intensive way, Pilates is there for you. If you’ve ever been to a Pilates class and had no idea what you...
The New and Cool on Sydney’s Pub Scene
What’s old is new again and at the pub, that means out with the pokies and in with the chic and sleek. Sydney’s pubs are a part of our past but over the last few years plenty have been given a new lease on life. Here’s our guide to a few of the latest public...