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In great form

Sydney Design Festival 2009Forget awkward phases. The Sydney Design Festival, which turns 13 this August 1, is a scarily beautiful teenager.  Prodigious in every…

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I pick pocket

Empty out your pockets and you’ll find a cocktail umbrella, a crepe menu and some loose change. It seems you’ve just gotten home from…

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Aloha

Lomi Lomi Hawaiian Massage If your passport is gathering dust under a GFC cloud, there is one way to get to Hawai’i this winter:…

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Watching the clock

Wrist candy Whatever happened to good old-fashioned time-keeping? To get through the day without checking your computer screen or mobile for the time? Watches…

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A bite with spice

Alira restaurant opensPyrmont continues its cosmopolitan revival of late, with the recent addition of a watering hole and restaurant affectionately known as Alira. Not…

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Viva la France

Bastille Day soirees If your pathetique proletariat conscience won’t allow you to revel in some over-the-top decadence this Bastille Day, sure, stay home eating…

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Martial lore

Tai Chi teachingsOn the edge of the willow pond in Centennial Park, a Snake Creeps Down, a Stork Spreads Wings and a man named Neal…

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Food Safari

Gastro travels Travel opens up your mind (and stomach) to a world of possibilities far beyond the contents of the average fridge. Rats in…

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