Anytime you mention a planned trip to Canberra – our nation’s notoriously overplanned and inoffensive capital – you’ll often hear a snicker or witness a raised eyebrow in response. It’s like telling someone you plan to spend your holidays doing full-time laundry. The city has a reputation for being an immensely boring place (and often […]
“There are four addictions in life: gambling, alcohol, shagging and Big Bite,” I was told by the guy in the sandwich-buying queue. “Look, I’m getting the shakes right now,” his friend deadpanned, while totally immobile. They told me their favourite filling and were a bit shocked that I hadn’t ordered likewise. “I got the Roast […]
I’ve never really spent much time at Chifley Plaza. See, on my last visit, I had to pick up an $800 ballpoint pen from Tiffany to use in a magazine shoot. This was many moons ago, when I was an editorial assistant and my minimum-wage-earning self was unable to compute how a simple pen could […]
Yep, this is a guilt post. (I’m hopeless, I know …) I wanted to sort the traffic jam in my head into something coherent and bloggable but, with a case of start-of-week tireds, that seems unlikely … So here is some eye candy. It’s a box of sugar – literally. My very kind friends Tabitha […]
Like tragic fashion choices – if you wait long enough, some things come back again. So, I was keyed up by the Potato Pizza Revival at Bourke Street Bakery. The topping made a blink-long appearance earlier this year as a special, but luckily, the other week, it got properly added to the new menu. I […]
Sure, it’s hibernation weather right now, but it’s worth bracing snap-freeze temperatures to secure a take-home hot chocolate pack from Boon, Darlinghurst. For $8.50, you get a little bag with two ‘hot chocolate popsicles’. Melt the choc in half a cup of milk and add the remaining half-cup when the choc starts slinking off the […]
It’s easy to miss the kilometre of string above your head as you enter Yulli’s in Surry Hills. Cleverly lit and lined in graphic red rows, the thread looks nothing like a daggy sewing basket staple. This visual trick is by architect Joe Snell, who was asked to create a striking interior effect on a […]
I know Adriano Zumbo in Balmain is so heavily blogged about but I couldn’t pass up the chance to use these eye-stunning pictures. A few weeks ago, Will rang me to ask which food items he should shoot for his last photo lighting class. Without a beat, I knew where he had to go. Adriano […]
Over the years, I’ve kept circling back to Satellite in Newtown. It was Tabitha who introduced me to this cafe, many menus ago. During my uni days, many sleepy weekends were jumpstarted by the mega pile-up that was Satellite’s vego breakfast option. (The mountain of toast and sides was impossible to scale, let alone finish […]
I was lucky to recently receive a Japanese care package from Amy who runs the wonderful Pretty Pretty Yum Yum – a sugar-dazed blog full of the colour and hyper-charm of Osaka’s food and fashion scene. She also sweetly asked me to review some Kitkats that she kindly sent through, so if you’re choc-curious, you […]
