HOT: Speakeasy Cinema, 1000 £ Bend, 361 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne
on Nov 16, 2009 in bars, clubs and pubs films and cinemas melbourne cbd restaurants and cafes under $20 Speakeasy Cinema is one of the newest cinema experiences in Melbourne and I loved its hip, low-fi aesthetic. A ramshackle collection of mismatched chairs. Nostalgic lolly bags and ice creams for sale. Milk crates to steady your drinks. The whole expe...

HOT: Tour of the Obsure, Church Street Enoteca, 527 Church St, Richmond
on Nov 15, 2009 in fine dining restaurants and cafes richmond One-hat Church Street Enoteca is one of the more notable Italian restaurants in Melbourne’s inner city, so I was very excited when Ron O’Bryan, the head chef at Church Street Enoteca, offered myself and other bloggers (My Food Trail, Melb...

HOT Alert: Week of 16 November 2009
on Nov 15, 2009 in art and design books and libraries brighton fitzroy free stuff melbourne cbd shops and markets talks and tours HOT being the operative word. Lordy me, I’m definitely not a hot-weather person, hopefully this week gives us all some respite. Anyway, a bit of sweatiness isn’t going to stop this week’s social calendar: Free reader event to launc...

HOT: MTC Garage Sale, 129 Ferrars St, Southbank
on Nov 14, 2009 in art and design clothing and fashion homewares and furniture secondhand and vintage sewing and craft shops and markets southbank theatre I’m an early-bird but there’s not many events that would have me bounding out of bed, grabbing a stupendous strawberry, white chocolate and coconut muffin from Proud Mary and lining up with hundreds of other people at 8:45am at Southbank.

HOT: Carringbush Hotel, 288 Langridge St, Abbotsford
on Nov 13, 2009 in abbotsford bars, clubs and pubs restaurants and cafes under $20 My friend J was once part of a radio station competition where the audience had to call in to guess her nationality based on what she said and how she spoke. J spent 5 minutes discussing how confused she was by the popularity of chicken parma. She co...

HOT: Wabi Sabi Salon, 94 Smith St, Collingwood
on Nov 12, 2009 in collingwood mid-range restaurants and cafes takeaway What happens when you gather two bloggers together on a blind friend date? You get three cameras, two iphones and lots of chat about writing, coding and stats. But this post isn’t about the first meeting of Miss Kish and Jetsetting Joyce –...

HOT: Jolly J’s Curry Shack, Port Phillip Arcade, Shop 8, 232 Flinders St, Melbourne
on Nov 11, 2009 in melbourne cbd restaurants and cafes takeaway under $20 A friend (who had heard it from a Sri Lankan colleague) tipped me off that Jolly J’s served authentic Sri Lankan food. That’s not immediately obvious from the picture menu propped in front of the no-nonsense wash-and-wipe down restaurant –...

HOT: Jungle Juice, 20 Centre Place, Melbourne
on Nov 10, 2009 in bakery melbourne cbd restaurants and cafes sandwiches takeaway under $10 When you type ‘friand’ into Microsoft Word, the spellcheck automatically turns it into ‘friend’. Rather appropriate really – friands and I are definitely friends. Recently my human friend B informed me that Jungle Juice made the best friand...

HOT: Genova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton
on Nov 9, 2009 in carlton films and cinemas under $20 On the surface The Boys are Back and Genova are both films are about men who lose their wives in tragic circumstances and have to cope with being a single parent to two children. However, I’ve been trying to work out the differences between the fil...

HOT Alert: Week of 9 November 2009
on Nov 8, 2009 in HOT Alert collingwood films and cinemas melbourne cbd sewing and craft shops and markets talks and tours Jetsetting Joyce’s diary for this week. Mon – blank Tuesday – blank Wednesday – blank Thursday – blank Friday – blank Of course not! This week I’m searching for Beethoven, time travelling with Eric Bana, discussing acoustic folk pop wit...