Do you share your birthday with a famous celebrity? I do, turns out Taylor Swift was born on the same day I was! But as fun as that little bit of trivia is, I doubt I’ll ever get to share a Birthday party with ‘Tay Tay’. Taylor Swift is ok I guess, but I was so much more delighted to…
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I promise this post is PG rated, although I do admit that one of the reasons I frequent Massive Wieners is that this hot dog stand’s name is such a deliciously amusing double entendre; almost as delicious as it’s hot dogs! Massive Wieners is an old timey American style hot doggery on Chapel st in Prahran with a simple menu…
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Brought to you by Cats the Musical In 1981, well before the internet LOL cat phenomenon, the world got it’s cute cat fix from a little stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber called Cats, you may have heard of it? It’s hard to believe from my youthful appearance that I was around in the 80’s when Cats first premiered in…
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It’s pretty rare that I head into the Melbourne CBD to do my Christmas shopping, lugging stuff around on public transport is a pain and parking can be super expensive. But I just got an exciting email that I wanted to share with you because it’s totally going to change the way I enjoy the city this Christmas. Emporium Melbourne…
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I’ve been walking past 39 Station Street for many years, I’d stroll past with Emma in her pusher and wonder about the history of this amazingly preserved shop front. It was empty for a while and then Melbourne Vintage Audio moved in, I like to think that the building found the prefect tenants, rather than the tenants finding the building….
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Getting arrested on a Friday night may not be your idea of a good time, but I think you’ll change your mind when you hear what The National Trust of Victoria has planned. On Friday 16 October the Old Melbourne Gaol is throwing a Gin Pop-Up bar, it’s the last for the year and this time there is a twist…
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A friend who has recently returned to Melbourne after living in Perth for five years told me that she’d love to pick my brain and find out about all the cute and quirky shops I love to visit, you know, the ones in out of the way places that you accidentally stumble across because you took a wrong turn. It…
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Time for your kid to unleash their inner Super Hero! The Good Guys and Circus Oz have teamed up to create the Super Hero Academy, two hours of fun, circus activities for primary school age kids – and it’s free! Emma and I headed to the inaugural workshop at the Meat Market, a beautiful heritage venue in North Melbourne which…
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Southsiders rejoice, the food trucks have finally arrived! No longer do we have to cross the river to get our little piece of street food action, now that Hank Marvin Market has set up shop in Alma Park, St Kilda East. As the sign clearly states, South Side’s Starvin’,and if the turn out last weekend is anything to go by,…
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“Brought to you by Telstra” If you are in the Melbourne CBD this weekend you’ll notice the city has gotten just a little bit brighter. Telstra phone booths all over town are shining beams of light up into the night sky to celebrate the launch of Telstra Air, a new service that transforms the humble public phone into a Wi-Fi…
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