The List – you know the one. It’s that innocent mental checklist of what you want in a partner. Depends how fussy you are but the general consensus is that it includes things like, Must Not Use Milk Crates as Furniture, and Must Have Teeth. If you’re the type to get up early to run the Bondi to Bronte or Bay Run, think nothing of swimming laps on a Sunday morning, and you’re getting excited about training for the snow season, then there’s probably more criteria on your List. fit2date is a new way of meeting other fit and healthy...
FashionFashionSydney
the hairdresser pledge
Unit, Corps, God, Country. That’s a Yankee military code representing a certain order of allegiance. Sure, the code’s priorities are debateable, but right now we’re just wondering how could they have left out Hairdresser? If you’ve ever been abnormally attached to your hairdresser, you’ll get what we mean. There’s a special bond between you and your scissor-wielding stylist, so much that if they move to another salon without telling you, it could cause an apocalypse. Enter myhairdressersearch.com.au, a website launched this week by business partners and Helmut Salon owner duo Karen and Glen O’Reilly. The online portal is dedicated to the Australian...
Eat & DrinkSydney
a nose for good wine
If you have a nose for a good drop, it’s of no surprise that you’ve sniffed out the biggest outdoor wine event staged in Sydney. This Sunday’s Good Living Sydney Cellar Door aims to show the diversity of NSW Wine and encourage wine lovers to support the Waratah Sate. Whether a Chardonnay enthusiast or Shiraz devotee, here you can expect 100 winery stalls to visit, 30 more selling provisions to keep your stomach lined, and live entertainment; all conveniently within the confines of Hyde Park South. No need for angst if you’ve already made Sunday plans. You can still dine with...
EntertainmentSydney
a few words with you
Words strung together can cut, conjure, convey and communicate. They can make you hate, love and understand. It’s only suitable that there’s a gathering to celebrate their influence, which makes Night Words’ triple bill the talk of the town. More than 20 spoken word artists will be waxing lyrical about politics, climate change, relationships, and anything else really that comes up during live session. You can witness live poetry, hip-hop, lyrics, monologues and music from veterans like Tug Dumbly, Edwina Blush, Ghost Boy, Emily Zoe Baker and Bravo. Curator Miles Merrill, expert flinger of words in rapid fire and champion of the NSW...
SydneyTravel
up the creek
With just three words, you’ve got everything you need to leave the traffic behind: low, loose and long. The experienced guides at Sydney Harbour Kayaks are explaining how to get the best out of the Eco Tour for novice paddlers – keep your hands low near the kayak, your grip loose and use long strokes in the water. If your experience of Middle Harbour is traffic winding up Military Road, this will be a refreshing change. Within a few minutes of kayaking, you’ve slipped under the noisy Spit Bridge, past colossal motor cruisers, and are paddling through some of the...
Eat & DrinkSydney
a platter of cheddar and cardinal sin
An evening of teachings on a Cardinal Sin, Stinking Bishop and Saint-Marcellin may at first seem of little appeal. But if you’re a lover of fine food and not playing truant, you’ll discover that these are all cheeses, and there are cheese tasting classes not worth skipping. The GPO Cheese and Wine Room is tucked underneath No. 1 Martin Place, hidden from city workers and tourists weaving through the CBD. Here, in sandstone rooms, you can find an impressive mix of local and imported cheeses – more than 180 types spanning cream of the crop camemberts, cheddar, stilton and parmesans, as well many...
EntertainmentSydney
a week to make waves
It’s going to be a wet and wild week. Kicking off with the prestigious Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta this Saturday, you’ll be spoilt for choice for what to do in and out of the water during Sydney Harbour Week (1-9 March). Spectators: get to a vantage point along our iconic foreshore. Cheer on competitors and watch more than 250 yachts battle it out on the waves. Competitors: paddle-up with 400 other paddle-craft, racing from the Harbour Bridge to Manly Beach in the Bridge to Beach ocean race. Swim fans will be making different strokes across the harbour, with 800 challengers in...
FashionFashionSydney
get your limited edition T
T-shirts. Their simplicity, arresting; their comfort, endless. Especially the one you’ve worn since high school, faded with mouse-bitten like holes and fraying edges, and has somehow escaped from being binned by your mother (then) and partner (now). They just don’t understand. Another monumental win for the humble T-shirt happens today. Japanese label graniph opens its Sydney boutique store at The Galeries Victoria. You can find more than 50 stores in Japan, and this will be its first outside of Asia, bringing its philosophy of ‘accessible art’ to local devotees and those that are soon-to-be. The label’s creative component comes from collaborations...
SydneyWellness
pole position
Imagine walking down a city street when, suddenly, a six-inch stiletto falls from the heavens, landing with a clatter at your feet. The forecast was for hot and steamy weather, no mention of shoe showers. Four storeys above, a pole dancer yelps because now she’s whirling through her routine, minus one stiletto. Take a peek in to the world of pole dancing. The mirrored studio looks like a dance class in session, except each student has a pole. The teacher – all professional performers, including Miss Pole Dance Australia 2007 – is guiding students through the routine with instructions like...
SydneyWellness
fight club now taking members
There aren’t a whole lot of gym work outs to get you too excited. But Total Body Conditioning, newly located in Moore Park has found a way to view your fitness regime in a different light. This boutique fitness club, with a capped membership of 2000, is designed and purpose-built. It has spared little expense to attract a discerning clientele with its fitness studio, cardio theatre, state of the art resistance equipment, two-lane indoor running track and climbing zone for rope or rock climbing. Group fitness regimes such as spin, bodypump, bootcamp and Pilates are offered Monday-Saturday to challenge, burn calories and...