Please accept our heartfelt congratulations and sincere thanks. You rock. It would seem rude not to pay homage and raise your glass to World Cocktail Day today – first recorded on 13 May, 1806 in New York in a journal called The Balance and Columbian Repository. The Martini, Mojito and Manhattan; so much to be...
Category: Entertainment
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what would you do if i sang out of tune?
As soon as you play One by U2, Hey Jude by The Beatles, or Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, where does it take you? Certain melodies transport you instantly to a different place. It could be back to your high school years, your first serious relationship, or the heart-ache of the subsequent break-up. Emotive stuff, and...
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it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock
Convincing the bouncer that you’re with the band can only get you so far. How about… I AM the band, buddy! Maybe it was on the cards once upon a time but life took over since then and it’s hardly appropriate for you, the with-it professional, to be gallivanting about on stage? Yeah? Well those...
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the need for speed
You were born with it; an able body with the need to go fast. And once a month, that need manifests in the form of going hell bent in a racing kart, F1-style around an outdoor track. True to Formula Una, you get 15 minutes and a chance to clock the fastest lap time possible. Each...
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foot loose films
The household hasn’t been the same since Jack took the well-deserved So You Think You Can Dance title. There’s been far less chatter during mealtime, and no-one has been able to appreciate your new found vocabulary critiquing Ballroom, Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary. Take heart; you can dust off the withdrawal symptoms at the biennial ReelDance...
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a white winter playground with no rules
No authority figures, no rules or regulations. A place of infinite possibilities on the side of a snow covered mountain. Want to see how the world’s skiing and snowboarding elite play? You can later this month, when Warren Miller’s PLAYGROUND tours nationally and turns the State Theatre into its playing field. This film is all about...
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piano room where the grown-ups play
kids grown-ups be good play nicely go to your bedroom! be good at it play hard take me to your bedroom? The rules haven’t changed much. But the location certainly has. Instead of the playground, you can now be found playing at Piano Room. Perched in a commanding position (a bit like the Principal’s office), you...
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the elementary punter’s guide to the races
You’ve got your ‘please don’t rain – wow factor’ race day outfit and wet weather option sorted for The Golden Slipper Festival starting this Saturday. And no doubt you’re well prepared for comment and confabulating on the spectators and trackside fashion, but what about the horse racing? There’s still time to get a basic understanding of...
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games in the garden
Throwing balls toward a target is the oldest game known to mankind. Easily accepted when you combine the universal sport of scorned women, and the good game of bocce. Post lazy lunch or pre-gastro pub dinner, the place to be seen refining your European-style bowling skills is at the Gazebo Wine Garden’s bocce tournaments held...
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go ahead, make fun of the law
You’d think that there’s no need for a debate when an opportunity to poke fun at the law and legal practice arises. Yet that’s exactly what the legal fraternity demand. Typical. The Golden Gavel is a public speaking competition that has been held annually since 1993 as part of Law Week, where ten brave competitors,...