The Casita Motel, located on NSW’s South Coast in Batehaven, is retro-modern, dreamy, and just the spot for your weekend getaway from all the things. A peaceful, easy feeling We’re here for a weekend, and on the itinerary? Not much. Not much at all – and I can’t wait for it. I’m armed with a...
And here we…sitting on the balcony drinking a glass of rose surveying our kingdom like a smug seagull. My ears are tuned into the rhythm of the waves. As the sun dips the Norfolk pine trees stretch their shadows. An orchestra of voices rises from below; a shriek of laughter, the odd woof, babble of children playing, chatter - life.
Partnerships can be a magical thing. Taking two different experiences and combining them in one. Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the ultimate partnership between the elite and premium Melbourne Sofitel hotel, who have partnered with the NGV. They are currently exhibiting the most mind-blowing exhibition of its kind, bringing 3000 years of history...
Tucked away in a shady stretch of Pitt St, Accor’s latest hotel opens up like a glowing box of jewels. Step inside the Hotel Morris – Handwritten Collection to find yourself in an Italian-inspired, Art Deco bar/reception, adorned with rose marble and twinkling chandeliers. The Restaurant Situated in the entrance lobby, we grab our seats....
When Asian-based Ascott Group decided to launch their first Co-living venture in Australia (brand lyf), they wisely chose none other than Collingwood in Melbourne, home of the recently voted Coolest Street in the World: Smith St. No wonder with it’s rich, gritty, working class history now rather gentrified but remaining fiercely loyal to it’s roots....
I walk right past it the first time – so well does it assimilate into the busy Surry streetscape. Google Maps yells at me, and I backtrack. There she is. Tucked quietly behind a controlled access door, there’s no blazing signage to indicate that within this smart space lies Surry Hills’ newest urban respite; thus...
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...
This past year the bright lights of New York have never felt further away. With every lockdown and border opening delay, the days when we’d jet set to the Big Apple and bask in the glow of hot new restaurants, fabulously luxe hotels and new season runway looks feels more and more like a distant...
Smug. That’s how it feels to stay at the Crowne Plaza Sydney Coogee Beach. There’s a slew of other words I could use – relaxed, refreshed, pampered, well-fed, and watered. The list goes on. But there’s a resounding smugness that permeates my two-night staycation from start to finish. I’m no more than 15 minutes drive from...
Forrester’s Pub on the corner of Riley Street in Surry Hills has been a much loved watering hole for almost 100 years, it’s seen different owners, changes of prime ministers, generations of friends and family along with periods of being laid ‘fallow’ to rest.
It took hospitality favourites, Applejack to rescue this local gem and bring it back to life. A budget of $1.5m doesn’t get you much these days but the renovation its both sensitive to its history and of this era, reflecting a new, more feminine, organic and lighter approach to interior design.
