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High Adventures in the Great Outdoors - Part 2

Blog — June 24, 2018

Protein Yup. Need to get it in, especially when being on the road in places less traveled. Let’s look at the basics. Aight, protein is one of the pillars of your humanly vessel, being an integral component of literally every cell you are made of with …

Sydney Film Festival 2018

Blog — June 25, 2018

Sydney Film Festival 2018 Winter in Sydney is not devoid of event highlights: ViViD Festival is blossoming in all its glory illuminating the Sydney in all its glory literally and with a high calibre of an eclectic international festival line-up. Then there is the Sydney Film Fest …

Hearing Protection: Installment 1

Blog — June 30, 2018

Hearing protection EarPeace   Music. Enjoyment. Loud amps in your face. Regular exposure to loud noises might have catastrophic consequences if hearing is not protected proactively. With hearing being a complex system, there are a myriad of complications that can arise from constantly …

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors - Part 3

Blog — July 1, 2018

Swimming and How to Layer Up in Style If you swim more regularly, you will be aware that the materials your gear is constructed with can greatly improve not only comfort but also your performance and of course the longevity of your swimwear. As far as fabrics are …

Open Frame: Room 40 @ Carriageworks

Blog — July 5, 2018

Open Frame: Room 40 Carriageworks Sydney, Australia June 28-29, 2018 2018 saw the third place Carriageworks bringing back the biannual Room 40: Open Frame Festival, centred around curated offerings rooted in experimental, avant-garde and electronic boundary pushing music and, more interestingly, noise. Two evenings …

Ammo Books

Blog — July 7, 2018

Eames – Beautiful Details Ammo Books   One might question that need for frivolous ornamentation and luxury furniture, that is until you have planted yourself in an original Eames lounge chair, which was originally created in 1956 – a pleasure I’ve recently had in Helsinki. With …

The Essential Goethe

Blog — July 8, 2018

The Essential Goethe Princeton University Press   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. German writer, statesman and one of the most virtuous pioneers of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, whose influence not just on the literary landscape cannot be done justice enough. Apart from what he is …

The Architecture Concept Book by James Tait

Blog — July 9, 2018

The Architecture Concept Book An Inspirational Guide to Creative Ideas, Strategies and Practices James Tait Thames & Hudson   Ah Architecture – visual art at best and the ultimate yearning for timelessness. Architecture can give one a real sense of the place you are …

Brew A Batch by Christopher Sidwa

Blog — July 13, 2018

Brew A Batch Christopher Sidwa Murdoch Books   Unless you are a teetotaller, who does not like a good brew, be it a regional Lager, Pale Ale or a Craft Beer with more exotic ingredients? Right –so how about taking it one step further, i.e. …

Smash Brothers in Kogarah

Blog — July 14, 2018

Smash Brothers Kogarah, Australia “Break room” in a nine-to-five existence might be limited to the confines where lunch and coffee is had and the latest office gossip is spread. Smash Brothers took it more literally: A room where one breaks things to release stress, let off …

Water of Life: Lark Distillery

Blog — July 15, 2018

Water of Life Lark Distillery Over the last seven years, Tasmania, i.e. antipodean Hobart, has become a home away from home. What started with a flirt with the last stop before Antarctica and then morphed into a full blown love affair with everything remotely connected to what …

Water of Life: Sullivans Cove

Blog — July 16, 2018

Water of Life Sullivans Cove If you are remotely anything whisky related, the name Sullivans Cove alone will probably give you goose bumps make your hair raise in the best way possible with the World Whisky Awards having awarded the distillery an array of well-deserved accolades …

ADWA tasting event @ The Oak Barrel

Blog — July 22, 2018

ADWA tasting event The Oak Barrel Sydney, Australia July 13, 2018 Glass ceilings. Those unseen, yet unbreakable barrier that keep minorities and women from rising to the upper echelons of the realm of their professions and crafts, regardless of their expertise and qualifications. …

Sonos House - Sydney

Blog — July 27, 2018

Sonos House 40 Queen St Sydney, Australia July 10-21, 2018 Music. Sounds. Sonic pleasures. High-fidelity. How do you listen to music? Why would you want to invest in gear to enjoy music at a different plain? The people …

Men's Society book

Blog — July 28, 2018

Men's Society Guide to Social Protocol, Necessary Skills, Superior Style, and Everything Else That Will Set You Apart From The Pack Murdoch Books   Men’s Society, founded by Hugo and Bella Middleton in 2012 in London, is an accolade-decorated product design brand from the United Kingdom …

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - In concert

Blog — July 30, 2018

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - In concert with the SSO ICC Theatre Sydney, Australia July 27, 2018 Given the immense attention to detail and curation of the Star Wars soundtracks, presenting screenings of the classic incarnations along with the power, nuances and intensity …

Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica

Blog — August 4, 2018

Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts) T.J. Clark Princeton University Press   Unsurprisingly enough, there is no shortage of books and view on the one of the most prominent artists of the modern art era. However, …

Glenmorangie and Modus Operandi Boilermaker Dinner

Blog — August 5, 2018

Water of Life Glenmorangie and Modus Operandi Boilermaker Dinner Webster’s Bar Sydney, Australia August 1, 2018 Zanzibar, the ole faithful Newtown institution and after hour haunt, was a reliable drinking hall that had its doors wide open for the remnants of late nights. Its …

Speed Rack Australia competition

Blog — August 6, 2018

Speed Rack Australia competition Marble Bar Sydney, Australia July 29, 2018 Speed Rack, huh? What comes to mind? Sports? Rollerderby? A completion of sorts? Speed Rack provides a forum to showcase female talent in a male-bro dominated bartender domain: Per …

Rev-Ale-ation – A Symphony of the Senses

Blog — August 10, 2018

Rev-Ale-ation – A Symphony of the Senses Mosman Art Gallery Sydney, Australia August 5, 2018 Changing perceptions. Expanding horizons. Reimagining stories. Inspiring enthusiasm. Diminish stereotypes. This and more what the entity known as Beer Diva has set out to accomplish …