Bars & Nightlife
I'd need a notepad as weighty as Rik Waller to scribe all that I love about Melbourne, a new pop-up on Fitzroy's Smith Street could save me the time. Collaboration is key here, as is the creative spirit that cornerstones the city - when the local...
Design
The first in a series of temporary pavilions across the parks of Melbourne has opened its pneumatically-operated doors this month in readiness for a programme of summer events. The inaugural MPavilion design, by the international award winning...
Eating Out
Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck. So goes the rhyme, and although we're not especially inclined to believe such superstition, it can't hurt to hedge your bets and swing by Lucky Penny in South Yarra, Melbourne. You...
Eating Out
Cows in the Melbourne area won't be celebrating, but it's good news for the city's carnivores - the folks behind Richmond's American barbecue joint Meatmother have welcomed a second restaurant to the family. This new offspring is called Meatmaiden...
Eating Out
This job does test the powers of concentration and self-discipline sometimes. I just did a quick search to find out where Asian American actress Lucy Liu was born, and bang. Thirty five minutes and a few obsessive fansites later and I'm finally...
Landmarks
What to do when your art collection starts outgrowing your house, and you want the public to be able to enjoy it as much as you do? Melbourne architect Corbett Lyon and his family were facing that quandary in 2000, and decided that the solution was...
Eating Out
Melbourne's Chinatown district has more than enough eateries designed to reflect the origin of their cuisine in stereotypical style – red and gold, lanterns and dragon motifs abound – so the owners of Ruyi dumpling and wine bar asked interiors...
Shopping
As anyone who has folded themselves into an aeroplane seat for a flight from Europe or the States to Australia will tell you, it's a bloody long way away. Not the ideal place to live if you like European and American fashion brands and prefer to...
Hotels
You know you're doing pretty well when they start naming buildings after you, and that honour has just been bestowed on Australian artist Mark Schaller with the opening of The Schaller Studio. The 128-room hotel, part of the Art Series Hotel Group,...
Bars & Nightlife
When the boys from Aussie hospitality group Sand Hill Road heard that their old local was earmarked for demolition, they weren't about to stand by and watch it happen. The Terminus Hotel, known as “The Grand Old Lady” of Melbourne suburb...
Eating Out
Governor Sir John Franklin was never going to win any popularity contests with the voting public of Australia with his moves to ban small-scale alcohol manufacture in the 19th Century. In fact it was positively un-Australian of him, and as a famed...
Hotels
Reopening late last year - having been rescued from a colourful history by Melbourne hospitality big guns Icon Hotels Group - visitors to Melbourne's Adelphi Hotel could be forgiven for thinking they'd tapped their collective red shoes together...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
Dispatches
Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
Dispatches
Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...