The scene is set for the Murder on the Puffing Billy Express. The night skies let down a light drizzle, tall woods loom over the train tracks. The historic Puffing Billy steam train belches smoke as the passengers wait to…
Walk the rain-soaked streets of grey Melbourne over to a corner where dark desire and corrupt fallibility are set out for you in a passion play. When people referred to 1930s Hollywood creative James Cain as a crime writer, he…
Those that know me know I am primarily a ‘red wine guy’. But it’s Negroni Week and there are good causes involved! Running from 6 to 12 June, the Negroni cocktail is being showcased around Melbourne with events that also support the…
Sometimes lovingly referred to as ‘The Cement Doughnut’, the bagel has long since left its modest beginnings and transformed into a delicious vehicle used to transport oodles of delightful fillings into the eagerly waiting bellies of the people. My plus…
A truly unique and inspiring theatre experience is waiting for you at Chapel off Chapel in Prahran this week. Blue Saint Productions has collected a talented cast and crew to bring to life Jason Robert Brown’s ‘Songs for a New…
If beauty could be distilled and encapsulated in one image, it would surely be the vision in white of the corps de ballet in symmetrical formation at any moment of Act II in a traditional staging of Swan Lake. The…
It had been four whole days since Good Beer Week ended. I hadn’t met a brewer or devoured a single beer and food matching. Fortunately Junction Beer Hall came to my rescue with their Beer Banter series. Held on the…
If you didn’t already know, the next Australian census is scheduled for August 9, 2016. This year, I managed to sneak-peek a few questions. Goes something like this: Are you an Australian female? Are you 21 years old? Can you…
It was a full house at the opening of the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market. Circling the perimeter were dozens of vendors selling delicious foods and drinks. Underneath the historic shed was an Etsy paradise: scores of artisan vendors were…
A great north south divide exists in Melbourne. My boyfriend (and plus one for this event) proudly claims ‘Brunswick till I die’ and feigns feeling physically sick any time we have to cross the river. I’m definitely not quite so…