48 hours: girls weekend in Melbourne

When one of my interstate girlfriends called telling me that her Californian best friend was coming to Australia, and asked if I could organise a Melbourne weekend of fun for them it became my mission to plan one blow-your-stockings-off itinerary. View Post

Hawker Hall: the most exciting Melbourne restaurant opening of 2015

Being a Prahranite, I stalkerishly watched as construction took place on the fourth sister restaurant in the Chin Chin, Kong and Baby family. Finally the restaurant-come-beer hall, located on the Windsor-end of Chapel Street, has swung open its big glass doors to the public. View Post

Restaurant review: Orange, Chapel Street, Windsor

Last weekend, I decided that I wanted a night off organising dinner and announced to my husband Jude that it was his turn. This is how we ended up at the Windsor and Chapel Street-institution that is Orange. View Post

David’s: a surprise bag of Shanghai found in a Prahran laneway

David’s is a wonderful surprise package, proving that I need to throw safety to the wind more often and venture down some poorly lit Melbourne laneways. View Post

5 of Melbourne’s best café offices

Given a sink full of dishes and a basket of washing doesn’t exactly encourage my unsocial friend creativity out of hiding, I went on a mission to find Melbourne’s best writer-friendly cafés. View Post