Category: LIFESTYLE

Hotel in the heart of Hobart: The Tasman in Tasmania is taking bookings

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Posted: 21/10/2021

This December 2021, The Tasman hotel is set to bring the unique local character of Hobart to life through authentic experiences that connect its pioneering past with an unexpected contemporary culture, surrounded by Tasmania’s captivating scenery. Right in the middle of town, just metres from the renowned Salamanca Market, the new hotel offers 152 unique rooms and some of Hobart’s most spectacular suites, each accommodation offering within the hotel highlights a distinct character and experience so that no stay is ever the same. And in true Hobart style, the hotel’s all about supporting local, opting for artworks from local artists, warming fireplaces and island baths are some of the highlight features within. In-keeping with that, making an authentic reflection of the exciting local dining culture, The Tasman will host an outstanding selection of bars and signature restaurant. Peppina is a celebration of old-world hospitality and produce-focused cooking led by renowned Tasmanian chef, Massimo Mele who gives Italian inspired cuisine a local Tasmanian twist. Hidden within the deep sandstone walls of the building, Mary Mary is an intimate and sophisticated bar by cocktail extraordinaries Charlie Ainsbury of Proof & Company, set to provide an old-world drinking experience reimagined for modern times, with an inspired cocktail menu celebrating local Tasmanian ingredients. Find the Tasman Hotel at 12 Murray Street, Hobart  7000 Australia or online.

Category: AUSTRALIA, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL

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UK Coffee Week: 5 other espresso martini cocktails to try

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Updated: 21/10/2021

It’s UK Coffee Week and there’s no better way to celebrate the occasion than with some delicious caffeinated cocktails courtesy of the masterminds at The Bottle Club. Cinnamon Espresso Martini An autumnal take on the traditional Espresso Martini, a Cinnamon Espresso Martini is just the thing you need to get you through those rainy days and cold nights. Credit: Pxfuel  Ingredients  60ml Monin Cinnamon Syrup  60ml vodka  60ml espresso  1-2 tbsp cinnamon sugar  Cinnamon sticks and coffee beans for garnish How to make  Start by pouring roughly 30ml of the cinnamon syrup on a small plate and covering it with your cinnamon sugar. Then, gently run the rim of the martini glass over the mixture – your cocktail glass is now decorated and Instagram ready!  Once the all-important presentation is out of the way, it’s now time to make your drink! In a cocktail shaker, combine your vodka, espresso and 30ml of syrup and give the contents a good old shake. Finally, strain the drink into your glass and garnish with your coffee beans and cinnamon sticks.  Espresso Tonic Forget a gin and tonic, ever heard of an espresso tonic? Made from two simple ingredients, this booze-free drink will ensure that you won’t miss out on that espresso martini kick, even if you are the designated driver.  Credit: Unsplash Ingredients 100ml tonic water 50ml fresh espresso   How to make Begin by brewing your espresso in a shot glass or small jug and letting it stand. While this is happening, fill your chilled glass with big… Read More

Category: CITIES, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, LONDON, RECIPES

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Iconic Surry Hills Italian restaurant Mille Vini relaunches this October

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Posted: 21/10/2021

Stop what you’re doing. Italian wine, cocktail and dining venue, Mille Vini will reopen its doors on Crown Street this Thursday, 21 October, after an extensive interior facelift and new menu and drinks offering. With a new menu and fresh new name and look, Mille Vini’s new menu has a strong emphasis on classic recipes from all Italian regions, with handcrafted pasta. Some of the signature dishes include poached octopus salad, battered zucchini flower, truffle pecorino with blossom honey and a selection of freshly made crostini stracciatella. The food is genuine, simple and beautiful, with the goal for the venue to create an evocative combination of culinary philosophies and techniques from around the globe, while respecting the Italian classics. Mille Vini is set within a historical building from 1840s. It has received fresh interiors and beautiful design to compliment the completely reinvented food and drink offering. The ambient and elegant moody dining area layered with velvet drapery and brass and crystal chandelier, creating a luxe and romantic European aesthetic. The overall look and feel is nostalgic, sophisticated and cultured. For more and to make a booking, head to the Mille Vini website. Find it at 397 Crown Street, Surry Hills Monday – Thursday: 5pm – late Friday – 4pm – late Saturday – Sunday: 12pm – late

Category: CITIES, FOOD & DRINK, ITALIAN FOOD, LIFESTYLE, SYDNEY

What to expect this Christmas at Kew Gardens in London

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Updated: 16/11/2022

From Wednesday 17 November 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022, Kew Gardens in London is doing Christmas and it needs to be on your list of things to do to end the last two years of nightmare. Now in its ninth festive year, this year’s trail features a host of seasonal favourites alongside pioneering new light installations, illuminating Kew Gardens’ UNESCO World Heritage landscape with vibrant bursts of colour and over a million twinkling lights. Standouts at-a-glance: New installations feature stunning video design and scenescapes inspired by Kew collections Highlights include 12 Days of Christmas tree installation, Christmas Cathedral, and LED light spheres illuminating night sky 200 metres over-head Visitors can keep warm with seasonal street food, mulled wine and hot chocolate, or enjoy a Christmas dinner at newly refurbished The Botanical Brasserie restaurant Trail is supported by Montezuma’s Chocolate This year and kicking off next month in November 2021, we’ll be gifted with a first-time selection of spectacular trees from Kew’s arboretum as their canvas. Creative studio Novak will create a brand-new piece for Christmas 2021, using a stunning combination of video design, projection mapping and light to bring botanical illustrations from Kew’s archive to life, alongside a host of heart-warming festive imagery. Further, a brand-new installation, Spheric, which is a fifteen-metre-wide dome of light covered in over 2,000 individually controlled LED pixels, will sit on a reflective water pool, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in this unique mirrored illusion as they cross the lake. And as we’d hope, the favourite Christmas Cathedral returns for 2021, affording guests the perfect opportunity to capture this quintessential… Read More

Category: CITIES, FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, LONDON

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The pros of receiving a startup business loan

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Updated: 20/10/2021

Creating your own business is a significant financial commitment. Even if you plan to set up a small enterprise, the sum of all expenses might be much higher than you expected. In such a case, one of the most frequently used solutions is taking a startup business loan. Using this type of loan can help you get your business off the ground so that you can immediately start earning money. While this approach has a few downsides (especially if your credit score is not so great), it offers more than its fair share of benefits. Besides having funds to start your business, you also get to retain business ownership, protect your personal assets, and build credit. Additionally, as these loans are temporary in nature, you do not have to worry about the lender after you pay them back. Here is a more detailed estimate of the most significant pros of receiving a startup loan: Getting Funds To Start Your Business The main benefit of getting a startup loan is that it can help you get the money you need to start your business. This type of loan is especially accessible if you have a good business plan in place. You will be able to use the money to buy equipment, purchase raw materials, advertise your brand, and even pay for any other expenses that come with starting up. If you have a good credit score, you might even get a larger loan that will help you cover any unfunded needs. Protecting Your Personal Assets Getting… Read More

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Bud-to-bloom floral disrupter Floraly cuts down on waste and gives back to charity

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Posted: 19/10/2021

Receiving farm fresh flowers is guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face, but knowing you are choosing a supplier that is on a mission to reduce flower waste as well support a charity with every order is also bound to put a smile on yours as well. Floraly is on a mission to become Australia’s most loved, most sustainable flower gifting company by only sourcing flowers after an order has been placed, saving waste and also ensuring your have the opportunity to enjoy your flowers even longer. They believe in the bud-to-bloom journey, which means you’ll receive flowers while they’re still in bud.  They’ve partnered with Australia’s largest wholesalers and growers which means their flowers don’t sit around in a shop for days, waiting to be ordered.  According to the team at Floraly, uncertain demand means one in every three flowers destined for a local florist die before being bought, which is a lot of waste! But by sourcing beautiful blooms after an order has been placed, Floraly has reduced their flower waste by up to 90%, which is incredible!  The other wonderful initiative that makes this supplier even more likeable is that every Floraly bouquet order buys a meal for someone in need, through their partnership with OzHarvest. Floraly also works with ClimateCare to offset the carbon emissions generated from their operations, and give you the option at checkout to offset your own order.  Floraly is also passionate about supporting Australia’s amazing local flower growers – from Victorian tulips, Queensland sunflowers, NSW lilies… Read More

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Men’s makeup: why you need War Paint for Men

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Posted: 18/10/2021

Make up on men. To those who are unfamiliar or suffering from toxic masculinity, it might be a new/weird/foreign concept and something restricted to the practise of women, but Danny Gray and us might disagree. And here’s why. Since the UK cult men’s makeup brand made its foray in 2009, Danny Gray has been singing the praises of the power of a daily touch up and expanding War Paint’s reach across the world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WAR PAINT (@warpaintformen) From London and now available in Australia, through NIQUE clothing shops, War Paint is on a mission to normalise men’s makeup and show that it does a lot more than just cover up skin and enhance what you’ve got. Danny’s history is the driving force behind the brand – and after a run-in with bullies as a kid because of the way he looked, he developed a new way to give him the fortitude to kick goals. A skill he’s now passing on to men around the world through the medium of make up. How does it work? War Paint has a unique approach for its customers, old and new. Using a four-option skin tone tool to help estimate a customers’ new set of make up. The result? A perfectly matched haul of men’s wearable product – complete with brushes and applicators – that prepare men of all shapes, colours, sizes and sexualities with the armour they need to present as their best selves. To see the whole range and… Read More

Category: GROOMING, LIFESTYLE

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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is back in 2022 at Sydney Cricket Ground

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Posted: 15/10/2021

The Mardi Gras parade in 2021 was a success! Sure, it was no one way parade to the biggest after party the country knows, instead more circular in nature, but it worked so well, we’re doing it again. The parade falls on Saturday 5 March 2022 in Sydney and this year, the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will be bigger and better than ever! Next year’s Festival will feature a packed program of events spanning theatre, visual arts, parties, community gatherings, panel discussions and more. The full festival program will feature a host of beloved events as well as some new surprises to be announced in November. Themed UNITED WE SHINE, it’s all about signifying that LGBTQI+ communities shine brighter together and by standing up against hate and inequality as a collective, the message of love and inclusion is heard louder. Tickets for the 2022 Mardi Gras Parade go on sale Monday 15 November. Join the waitlist at www.mardigras.org.au  to receive notifications when tickets go on sale.

Category: CITIES, LGBTIQ, LIFESTYLE, SYDNEY

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Opera Australia is hosting a New Years Opera Gala on Cockatoo Island

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Updated: 15/10/2021

Can’t believe we’re here again, already in 2021, but we are and now is the time to plan what you’re doing for New Years Eve 2021. Naturally, if you’re in Sydney, you’ll be by the harbour, watching the epic fireworks every year, so why not do it in operatic style? Opera Australia has added another outdoor spectacular to its program, recently announcing the inaugural New Year’s Eve Opera Gala on Cockatoo Island. The event will present some of the country’s finest performers for a two-hour concert of opera classics under the stars, hosted by the irreverent Jonathan Biggins. Tahu Matheson will conduct a full orchestra and an all-star cast of singers including Stacey Alleaume, Natalie Aroyan, Chanyang Choi, Diego Torre and Luke Gabbedy. Tickets include pre-booked ferry transfers and a ticket to the performance with the option of adding a 3-course pre-performance dinner, interval drinks and the post-show midnight party to their booking. Alternatively more casual food and beverage options will also be available. But if something a little more classic is in your sights, then Opera Australia’s annual NYE festivities at the Sydney Opera House will include a lavish production of Puccini’s La Bohème in the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Italian maestro Lorenzo Passerini conducts the Opera Australia Orchestra and a cast of exceptional singers as they perform the much-loved bohemian tale of four friends navigating their way through their shared experiences of ecstasy, jealousy and loss. With interval timed to coincide with the 9pm fireworks and the opera finishing in time for the midnight… Read More

Category: ARTS & CULTURE, CITIES, LIFESTYLE, OPERA, SYDNEY

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Still in lockdown? Here are 4 top home workouts by Tim Robards

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Updated: 15/10/2021

New South Wales might be kicking goals when it comes to Freedom Day, but for the rest of us – and probably Sydneysiders all over again, let’s be honest – working out at home is still very much a thing. So, we spoke to Tim Robards, Medibank’s Live Better at Home Program ambassador and what’s best to do while we’re there. Here is what he had to share… How have you been maintaining your fitness from home? Like anyone, I definitely am not immune to the challenges that come with lockdowns, both physically and mentally. Now, more than ever; exercise, mindfulness, healthy eating and family time are important priorities. Personally, exercise is something in my life that really feeds my mental resilience. With gyms being closed and a lack of training buddies available, I’ve certainly had to pivot from my usual routine; but I don’t mind a new challenge! To help maintain my fitness and switch things up, I’ve been doing a mix of indoor and outdoor activities. I’ve found that indoors is great for activities like yoga and mobility-based stretching, as well as for meditation, which is something I really enjoy. I’ve been loving meditating with the Medibank Live Better at Home program, which is a great free platform that I’ve been creating some content for. In terms of outdoor exercises, I’ve been making use of my TRM rings in the park and backyard, getting in lots of walking and running, alongside some garage sessions with my adjustable dumbbells. Do you have any exercise… Read More

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