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Ask the Doctor: Best Italian in town

October 5, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Help me Doctor!: Where can I take my father for his birthday? He likes Italian. – Huy L Your prescription: Holy moly. My brain almost exploded when I received this question, as there are so many incredible Italian restaurants in this city. To make my task easier I’ve kept it to CBD venues, but let [...]

Ask the Doctor: French restaurant for my mum

October 2, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Help me Doctor!: Where can I take my mother for her birthday? She likes French and I took her to France Soir last time. – Huy L Your prescription: Huy, evidently your mum and I are kindred spirits, as my favourite cuisine is French! As soon as I received your question my mind pinged with [...]

HOT: Social Media Club, Mr Tulk, State Library, 328 Swanston St, Melb

October 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This week at the Social Media Club breakfast I met Michelle Lambert, from SIRF Rt. SIRF Rt organises collaborative roundtables for corporate organisations to share their knowledge management processes, information, experiences and insights. Corporate member organisations ranging from Medibank, National Australia Bank, Australian Unity and Telstra gather together four times a year at Melbourne Zoo to talk [...]

HOT: Who’s That Chik?, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

September 30, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Candy Bowers wanted all the critics to introduce their reviews by saying that Who’s That Chik? features ‘a girl in skin tight dance pants’. So if you’re expecting crisp white linen suits and the perfect diction of God of Carnage, you’re in the wrong theatre. Candy B’s self-written, autobiographical show is billed as ’a hip hop [...]

HOT: Social Media Club, Mr Tulk, State Library, 328 Swanston St, Melb

September 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Another Friday, another Social Media Club breakfast at Mr Tulk. Having attended three breakfasts now, I’m starting to realise that there’s a bunch of regulars who I see every week but to whom I’ve never had to chance to introduce myself. So next week’s aim is to say hi to all those familiar faces. This [...]

HOT: The Toff In Town, 2/252 Swanston St, Melbourne

September 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever since I read Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, I’ve wanted to go on a glamorous train ride. Not for the murder bit, of course, just for the opportunity to swan about in jewels and feathers as a grandly decadent train transported me to exotic lands. The closest thing to the Orient Express [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 21 September 2009

September 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Apparently this week there’s some sort of football grand final happening? I will be one of maybe two people in Melbourne nowhere near the MCG or a big screen TV: Tweeters of Melbourne unite. Tweetupmellers are having their next meet up on Thursday 24 September at The Social in Windsor; Another Friday, another Social Media [...]

HOT: Jamie T & The Pacemakers, The Hifi, 125 Swanston St, Melbourne

September 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

On the way home RM and I had a discussion about where Jamie T, the hot new indie rock singer/songwriter from the UK, might come from. Sharing the same intelligence and rakish charm as the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and with his ‘orright guvnor’ geezer accent, we guessed the north. Maybe Leeds or Manchester? Or [...]

NOT: La Boheme, Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melbourne

September 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It really seems like every time I head to the cinemas for my dose of opera and ballet it is raining. Which just makes it a perfect match. This rainy Saturday afternoon it was the production of La Boheme from Teatro Real Madrid. As much as I love the Puccini opera I have to admit [...]

HOT: Birdman Eating, 238 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

September 19, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

With the queues of brunch-goers snaking their way up Gertrude Street every weekend, I was expecting big things from Birdman Eating. Did it stack up? In short – kinda. The sleek cafe is a narrow, crowded space dotted with funky decorative elements, from the bunched light globe chandelier made by the owner to the miniature [...]