Have you ever had that thought that your dining table would be perfect if you could only change it? Just a bit? Well, for those of you design inclined, NOMI is here to help. This online furniture store allows customisation of size, shape, and colour. Obviously the designs have to start somewhere, and they start...
Author: Amy Collins (Amy Collins)
Northland Fashion Lounge brings fashion to you
Fashion Week, now known to us as Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF), can often be a whirlwind. Runway shows here, new looks there, Champagne and canapés everywhere. But this can often be limited to the inner parts of the city, in the form of booked-out shows. Northland Shopping Centre, in the city’s inner north...
Smith and Daughters goes vegan
We can feel you mourning your cheese and pulled pork already, but stay with us on this one. Smith and Daughters have opened its doors, and we’re suggesting you go. On Brunswick Street, this newbie is from Shannon Martinez, former head chef of The Sweetwater Inn, South and The Gasometer Hotel, and Mo Wyse, brains behind the...
Feast of Merit does good
We coffee drinkers could easily spend $4 in the morning, $4 in the afternoon, and whatever it might cost for a lunch when we’ve forgotten to be prepared at the office. Sound familiar? What if that money could be going towards your coffee habit, and youth education in Rwanda or Cambodia? Don’t give up on...
Arkwright & Co brewing now in Carlton
We are a city that loves our coffee – we’re good at it too – but sometimes you just want a nice cup of tea. Well, the people at the newly opened Arkwright & Co have got your back. Bryce Ritchie and John Arvanities, known for their construction work with Seven Seeds, El Chino and...
Zhou Zhou Chinese Drinking Den
Drinking boutique beers and munching on dumplings has never looked so good. Chapel Street has welcomed Zhou Zhou found above Oriental Tea House, with open arms. From David Zhou and he team behind Oriental, you can expect the food offering to be solid. And you’d be right. But the other draw card here are the...
International Film Festivals coming to Australia
When you can’t afford a trip around the world, just wait, and the world might just come to you. In our International Film wrap up we help you kick off your year with a myriad of International film festivals that are doing just that. Alliance Française French Film Festival For the 25th year, the French...
Jabili’s Kitchen Pops Up on Smith Street
Do you ever get that feeling when you’re sitting in a bar and you’re craving African food? Ok that specific craving may not have actually happened, but we bet you’ve been craving some sort of delicious street tucker? Tacos? Burgers? Or maybe something a little left of centre? Well, the team at Los Barbudos and...
Bared Footwear
Sometimes they say fashion before comfort, or no pain no gain, right? As women who wear heels almost everyday, we can all relate to that. Well, now it’s time that you can indulge in some serious style too, while keeping your feet pain free. Bared Footwear has your back, or feet, if we’re being exact....
Hello, Taxi Kitchen
Taxi Dining Room sat above Melbourne in Federation Square for 10 years. It wined us, it dined us, and we felt all the better for it. It saw many birthdays, anniversaries, long business lunches, and we can only hope proposals. But sometimes a good thing needs to do things a little differently. And that’s why...