“This is your captain speaking. Don’t be scared” he whispers into my left ear. Only I can hear him. I am the chosen one. Greeting you behind the Powerhouse in Ultimo, is a couple of mysterious shipping containers that glow like beacons against the sunset and surrounding brick landscape. These are Flight and Séance, two...
It suddenly felt like the year was racing away and life was back to its hectic best (or worst?). It was time for a circuit breaker. But stuck between the need to feel new again and the lack of time to venture afar, it became clear a little staycay close to home would be the...
Tartan rugs scattered under the giant fig tree. Parents sit barefoot enjoying a perfectly brewed flat white and an open-top artisan sandwich in the dappled sun, while babies freely explore the grassy hill. The aptly named Outfield is the new Ashfield cafe bringing a sense of homely sophistication from indoors to out, to an inner...
On a rainy Saturday night we are drawn to the open and inviting corner spot of Eliza Food & Wine, the new casual but not-so-casual Darlo restaurant. The new girl on the block is welcoming and stylish, but not pretentious or exclusive. The crowd seems as eclectic as a servo pick-n-mix, just as happy in...
Alexandria, once a light industrial and warehouse wonderland, is fast becoming a destination for lattes and late breakfasts. Went to See The Gyspy (WTSTG) is one of the flashier new options in a beautiful, blonde timber-filled lofty warehouse space, once home to a dark and moody antique joint. The fit out is gorgeous and rather...
Dumplings and cocktails – in the words of a wise little Mexican girl “porque no los dos?!” (cue a cheering family and a celebratory mariachi band). That’s why the clever folk at The Drunk Dumpling, Newtown’s newest dumpling joint, have made sure that if you feel like one, or the other, or both (always both)...
