Cajun dance workshops
Who wants to learn Cajun dancing? We do! Ruki and I wrangled up some friends on Monday night and hightailed it down to The Testing Grounds for some live music and dance lessons. It was a perfect random Melbourne night….
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The Plus Ones’ Guide to Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival
Paris. London. New York. Milan. And…Melbourne.Just because we’re on the opposite side of the planet to the fashion capitals doesn’t mean we can’t put on a world-class Fashion Week. Re-launched and re-vamped this year as the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion…
Zhou Zhou bar launch
“I’m going to bar launch,” I posted on Facebook, en route to Zhou Zhou. “I’m going to a bar launch, bar launch, bar launch. / Let’s start a nuclear war…at the bar launch, bar launch, bar launch.” (That’s to the…
Burns Night: whisky, poetry, and haggis
Bagpipes, whisky, haggis, tartan, ceilidh dancing, and poetry recited in broad Scots accents. What’s not to love about Burns Night? Burns Suppers/Nights have held around the world since 1802, commemorating the life and times of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet…
Wok+Wine: prawns and vino galore
Wine and prawns. That’s the simple formula behind Wok + Wine, which started in New York by a Kiwi expat and is now around the world. I can’t recall how I originally came across it (somewhere in my vast internet…
January’s Best Events in Melbourne
Events every night of the week. Sometimes two. It’s a hard life writing The Plus Ones, but Ruki and I are dedicated. We’re intent on bringing you, dear readers, reviews of the most worthwhile events in Melbourne. And making it…
Yelp’s Negroni Club at New Gold Mountain
I love winning. And Ruki and I were definitely winning at life at Yelp’s Negroni Club last week. With cult CBD laneway bar New Gold Mountain all to ourselves, we were treated to a mini lecture by NGM’s bartender — a…
SantaCon Melbourne
Around the world, hundreds of Santas band together, spreading joy and merriment throughout cities as they go on their merry way. This explosion of Santa-ness is known as SantaCon, and in 2013 they had 323 events in 44 countries….
Laneway Learning Christmas Party
A room full of the most creative, smart, and inspiring people in Melbourne, all bouncing ideas off of one another over glasses of wine? Count me in! Tuesday night saw the first of the — hopefully annually — Teachers’ Christmas…
Yelp’s Makeup Masterclass at Miss Fox
Who doesn’t love bubbles, chocolate, and makeup? Okay, some guys might not be raising their hands right now, but I was pretty darn excited when I read Yelp Melbourne’s description of the event they were throwing: Join us for a makeup…