10 Tips For Fringe World 2024
The wonderfully whimsical Fringe World 2024 is upon us. I’ve been attending this event for way too many years and have yet to have a bad year. Here are my…
Browsing: Inner city life
Review: How to do the Ritz Songbird Bar and Lounge
When a casual Friday night catch up with girlfriends suddenly turns into a work night, and the following day spent writing up a review, it can be incredibly annoying. Thankfully…
City Farm Cafe, East Perth
When is a cafe not just a cafe? When it’s a farm, an education centre, a wedding venue and a cafe. That’s the City Farm in East Perth. Go for…
Fringe World Festival 2019: Media Preview
My Fringe World experience kicked off with the media preview in the stunning De Parel Spiegeltent, located at The Woodside Pleasure Garden in Northbridge. There Festival Director Amber Hasler introduced…
Brika Greek restaurant review
With a myriad of Christmas lunches ahead it was nice to end November with something poles apart from the usual meat and three veg. What I hadn’t banked on was…
The Grand Orient in The Melbourne Hotel
Finally the scaffolding is down and we can re enter The Melbourne Hotel. I’d watched for weeks as the iron girders were replaced with a giant decorative ribbon wrapping around…
Review: Bistro Guillaume is ‘Me Time’ heaven
Regular readers will know my passion for making sure people get enough ‘Me Time’. A few months ago it was finally time to take some of my own medicine, besides a Crown gift card (given…
Why cafés should come with an age guide.
It had to happen. I knew the day would come but thought I might’ve had a few more years yet. Sadly, I’ve begun to realise that perhaps I’m too old…
Review: Sassy’s On The Swan now called Rubra On The Swan
Recently I’ve taken up cycling and one of my go to places each day is Sassy’s on the Swan, now called Rubra On The Swan. Usually I drop in for…
Perth Food Truck Rumble 2017 Review
With storm clouds looming the food trucks started gathering at the Perth Cultural Centre, so began the 2017 Food Truck Rumble. Having been to the past three annual Rumbles, and with…
Movie Review: A Street Cat Named Bob
When I got the call to review this movie I wasn’t too sure on a couple of counts. One I’m more of a dog person and two I’d had enough…
10 Tips To Avoid Social Embarrassment in Perth in 2017
Australia Day 2017 coincided with the long-awaited return of a good friend from overseas. Having spent several years exiled in the United Kingdom an assimilation strategy was clearly required, but…
Review: Chapas Kitchen and Bar
Chapas Restaurant, tucked away in Mount Lawley is listed as a ‘casual dining’ restaurant. While that may be the case the thought put into the interior design has clearly been anything…
Looking for a quick bite in West Perth? Dolce & Salato
Recently I’ve been doing a stint of work in West Perth where I was delighted to find a small café called Dolce and Salato, which I highly recommend.
Review of Public House: Great food with a free movie thrown
For years I’ve been driving past Public House and hoping to go inside one day. Well that day finally came. Now I’m not sure how I’m going to stop from going…
Review: Surprises aplenty at phenomenal Arcadia Perth
I have to admit the thought of going to an outdoor music festival in 36 degrees heat was making me rethink my ticket purchase. I’m so pleased I didn’t, what…
Horseplay at Perth Pride Parade 2016
This year the Perth Pride Parade had the theme of #lovewins which I can understand, less clear though was the preponderance of horses. I mean, well, first there were these amazing steeds…
Wassup Dog food bliss
The other day I was late for lunch, nothing unusual about that but what was unusual was finding a specialist café that focused on meat dishes also providing a brilliant vegetarian…
