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HOT Chat: Kim Hurley of Marche Rouge

February 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

This week’s HOT Chat is with Kim Hurley, a visual merchandiser and organiser of the fabulous Marche Rouge market at Nicholas Buildings that I visited just before Christmas. Marche Rouge is back on next week from on Thursday 11 February and Friday 12 February from 11-7pm, and Saturday 13 February from 10-4pm, just in time [...]

HOT: The Last Picture Show, Rooftop Cinema, Level 6, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne

February 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

During summer in Melbourne, we’re lucky enough to have a number of outdoor cinema-going options – including one screen unexpectedly perched on a city rooftop. Rooftop Cinema is hoisted up six flights of stairs at the top of Curtin House and the faux lawn, stripey deckchairs and twinkling city lights create an unforgettable movie going [...]

HOT: Ricky Swallow The Bricoleur, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

February 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

NGV Australia’s current special exhibition is entitled Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur (meaning a person who constructs or creates work from a diverse range of things which happen to be available) and it comprises the watercolours and sculptures of ex-Victorian artist Ricky Swallow. The show is surprisingly small and covers only two large rooms. Frankly I [...]

HOT: MoVida Aqui, Level 1, 500 Bourke St, Melbourne

January 30, 2010 ⋅ 8 comments

MoVida Aqui is the recently opened, expanded version of Frank Camorra’s fabulous Spanish eatery, MoVida Bar de Tapas. While it’s virtually impossible to get a booking at the original MoVida these days, and there are two timed sittings in the evenings, things at MoVida Aqui are much more relaxed. The space is airy and light [...]

HOT: Outpost, 9 Yarra St, South Yarra

January 29, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Outpost. How much do I love thee, let me count the ways: The open kitchen. MasterChef has shown us that cooking can be theatre, and at Outpost you can have a front-row view of the kitchen goings-on. Great entertainment if you’re eating alone and love food (like me). Oh, and they use Aesop handwash in [...]

HOT: Melbourne By Foot

January 28, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

The centre of Melbourne, with its many alleyways and riverside walkways, is a place which is best explored by foot. Melbourne By Foot is a recently-launched walking tour run by Dave Carswell. For $25 per person he takes small groups through a three hour stroll through the city sprinkling factoids along the way. The route [...]

HOT Spots Summer Edition 2010 and Summer Serve

January 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s summer. The sun doesn’t go down till 9pm. Everyone is feeling relaxed and refreshed. So why not spend some time discovering, or rediscovering, the great things Melbourne offers in summer? If browsing through MEL: HOT OR NOT doesn’t provide you with enough inspiration, pick up Hot Spots Summer Edition 2010, a cute booklet produced [...]

NOT: Making Money from Your Writing, Centre for Adult Education, 21 Degraves St, Melbourne

January 20, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Today’s review of the CAE short course, Making Money from Your Writing, is a guest post I wrote for Wordsmith Lane, a fabulous blog about the art and business of writing that I’ve been following for a while. Check out what I had to say here. Thanks to Sarah for giving me the opportunity to [...]

HOT: Old Town Kopitiam Mamak, Level 2, Shop 11 QV Square, Melbourne

January 19, 2010 ⋅ 17 comments

If you had any doubt that food bloggers are influential people, then you’ve never been on Twitter. Forget what The Age and old media is telling you. The hottest restaurant in Melbourne at the moment is the newly opened Old Town Kopitiam Mamak at QV Square. Not one, not two but seven bloggers (to my [...]

HOT Chat: Leyla Acaroglu of Eco Innovators Showcase

January 17, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

(All photograph thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/) Just before Christmas I stumbled upon a very cool pop up shop housed in a newstand pillar – the Eco Innovators Showcase. ‘What a creative idea’, I thought ‘I’d like to know more about who’s behind it’. So today, we have a HOT Chat with Leyla Acaroglu, the brains behind [...]