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Campari Galleria launches in Melbourne

Campari has always been a household name, from a cheeky nightcap to the classic cocktail favourite, the Negroni. The ruby red Italian aperitif is also popularised through the reproduced art works that adorn many interiors from cafes to homes throughout…

Winter in Asia at The Emerson with restaurant Susie Wong

The Emerson Rooftop is known as the place to be on one of Melbourne’s perfect summer days, but its latest menu launch and Asian-inspired decor is here to remind you why it’s the perfect place to see and be seen…

Final Frontier space festival

Who else had ‘astronaut’ on their ‘when I grow up I wanna be’ list? Most of us, right? Well, this new exploration of all things space, The Final Frontier Festival, aims to take you a bit closer to your distant…

Harvey Sutherland and Bermuda at The Toff in Town

Last week I was offered the opportunity to review Harvey Sutherland and Bermuda on Queen’s Birthday Eve, not really knowing what I was in for. I am a big fan of The Toff in Town, though, so any excuse to get…

AUSTiN’s eatery opens at Mt. Erica Hotel in Prahran

AUSTiN‘s is the newly revived eatery alongside the Mt. Erica Hotel on High Street in Prahran. The restaurant gets its name from the son of the talented head chef Sunny Gilbert. The restaurant opened last week. To celebrate they invited…

Party with dinosaurs at Jurassic Nights in June

The dinosaurs are once again roaming the earth, and right here in Melbourne! That’s right all you purveyors of all things prehistoric, Jurassic World: The Exhibition is in town at Melbourne Museum and they have just launched something special for…

Good Food & Wine Show 2016: a foodie’s delight

With winter really settling in these last few days it always gets me excited for three things, hearty winter food, fashion and lots of red wine. Bringing all those three things together and we have the Melbourne Food & Wine Show….

Comedy Festival: Frank Woodley – Extra Ordinary

Just when you think summer is gone and mid March brings those cold nights in, the Comedy Festival guide is released and it’s all smiles again. For my first show of the season, it’s Frank Woodley at the Melbourne Town…

Reliving 90s Music Mania

Hoop earrings, check!  Glow sticks, check!! Reebok high tops, check!!! White denim, check!!!! I ticked off most of my mental list of 90s fashion must haves before I’d even crossed the foyer of Trak.  Obviously I’m not the only one excited…

Pretty Mama brings Caribbean flavour to Melbourne

Pretty Mama is the latest eatery launching in Melbourne’s West End. The west side of Melbourne’s CBD is going through a culinary uprising of late with many of Melbourne’s famous chefs testing the waters in uncharted territory. The home of…