Miss Bettie Bombshell’s After Hours Cabaret Club easily makes the The Plus Ones’ where-to-go-on-a-second-date shortlist. The venue, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, is all what a jazz club should be: intimate, cozy, tables right up to the stage, relaxed atmosphere, easy access…
I’m always a bit sceptical when U.S. chains try to implement their brand on Melbourne (Starbucks, anyone?). However a recently opened TGI Fridays on level 3 of Melbourne Central (next to ABC) is a different story altogether. With a chic…
The Australian Fashion Film Awards were an elegant, modern Venetian Carnival-themed affair. Now in its second year, the AFFA was created to establish the profile of the fashion film industry in Australia in order to nurture and promote creatives within…
This summer Burnham Beeches played host to the inaugural Dal Zotto winery’s Prosecco Picnic. Situated on the lawns in front of Shannon Bennett’s latest venture, Piggery Café, the Dal Zotto family treated all picnic-goers to a fantastic feast, and some delectable…
For those who aspire to access the art market, and knowingly display it, LUMAS is a gallery to start at. The concept is clever: unlike traditional fine art galleries, LUMAS is styled as a display home with complementing furniture by DOMO….
Co-founders Michaela McGuire and Marieke Hardy have stumbled upon something truly amazing — there is nothing on earth as intimate as a personal letter. ‘Women of Letters’ follows a simple structure, whereby guest speakers are invited on stage to read a…
Sam Angelico and Rosanna Maccarron have been performing magic for over 20 years, enthralling audiences on cruise ships, at cabaret and variety shows, and corporate events. Now is your chance to see their latest show, Illusionaire, at the Mission to Seafarers…
If you have ever considered renouncing goodness and training to become a demon, The Screwtape Letters is a great place to start. Based on The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis’s popular satire, it concerns the letters between an elder…
Women in khaki. Long, hot, hours tending to the sick and wounded in a desert hospital, with scant resources. Calls home where you can’t speak to your children. The challenges of enlistment in the early 20th century in a Victorian country…
I’m writing this review from the comfort of an air-conditioned café, on a 34-degree day while flicking through dozens of pictures we took of the Royal Croquet Club’s (RCC) opening night – most of these pictures are of delicious Pimms…