Greener City Livin'
In our daily rambling through the web we stumbled across these pretty cool puppies. City living will provide the buzz, but for the smallest effort you can do a little bit for the CO2 conversion and hey if that's not calling enough, you'll might even like the green in the city and enjoy the floral smells. These cunning little designs are the perfect...
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See: French Film Festival
If silly rom-coms about cheating/bed swapping spouses starring either Daniel Auteil and/or cine-stalwart Gerard Depardieu are your idea of contemporary French cinema – think again. It ain’t all Amelie and Paris, Je t’Aime in the land of lait et miel. Waddle on down to the French Film Festival and be pleasantly surprised that not e...
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See: Ghostpatrol
Dahlink of the Melbourne street art scene and all-round artisto supremo, Ghostpatrol is headed for the walls of the swank Hugo Michell Gallery this month for ‘True Adventures’, his first solo show since 2005 – and the whole mess promises to be just swell. Drawing inspiration from Shrigley, Neckface and Beatrix Potter, Ghostpatrol&...
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Make: A Desktop Zen Garden
Have you been feeling an absence of enlightenment in your day to day life? Finding it hard to squeeze that necessary daily intake of rhythmic chanting into your already crowded schedule? Well it sounds like it’s time reconnect with Nirvana by adding that a much needed touch of Zen to your place of work or study with your very own desktop rock...
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Date: Frozen Horoscope
The Gelati + Ice cream Date When it comes to dating, nothing gives a person away like frozen dsserts. An effortless and efficient litmus test to rival the star sign, what you order is as much grounds for being pigeonholed by your newfound sweetie as your hair, music and footwear. And you don’t even know it. Merge understands wholeheartedly...
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See: It Came From Outer Space
Nexus Arts are the little engine that could. Every Fringe they come chugging up that hill pulling all kinds of glittering cargo, and this year was no exception to the routine. First up, there was From Chekov with Love, a play stitched together from a mishmash of the Russian maestro’s short stories. Some people will try to tell you that French...
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See: Bowerbird Bazaar
If you didn’t make it down to Bowerbird Bazaar last October, for shame. Yes, you hang that head. Featuring an impressive spread of goods from contemporary Australian designers, Bowerbird Bazaar is absolutely packed with just the thing you need – whether it’s for an upcoming birthday, or something to slide into that empty space a...
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Shop: Miss Gladys Sym Choon
To describe Miss Gladys Sym Choon a ‘Rundle St institution’ would be to severely understate the case. The store was originally opened in 1923 by the eponymous Miss Sym Choon, at a time when Chinese immigrants were not exactly the most beloved citizens in town. “Gladys and her family had to cut it in Adelaide society when being As...
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Taste: Macadamia Icy
The man might try to tell you that warm days aren’t the time to be drinking milk – but when’s the last time you listened to him? Prove the man wrong by finding yourself a nook at Chocolate Bean and ordering up one tall glass of macadamia-infused chocolate milkshake goodness. Equal parts chocolatey and nutty, it’s like a liqu...
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Try: Crocodile and Mango Pizza
Have a crocodile and a mango ever met in the wild? It’s a question we pondered as we set our dentine upon the cheerful-looking croc and mango wood oven pizza at The Gov. The answer: if they haven’t yet met, they should arrange it post-haste. The tangy preserved mango flavour compliments the subtly salty crocodile meat perfectly – ...
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