Hot to shop: Kuala Lumpur
Photo: the bewilderingly fabulous mall, Suria KLCC. Photo: AFP & Sun Herald Malaysians have two great loves: eating and shopping. Sometimes you could flip that around to shopping and eating. […]
NOTEBOOK
Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Madly Hatted, Richard does Melbourne
Where did you get that hat? Why, it’s a Richard Nylon, of course. Undeniably, marvelously kooky, the milliner Mr Nylon is hot property right now. Of course, it’s Cup season. […]
Bromance in the park
Photo: Eddie Jim, Sun Herald So I’ve taken time out from making rhubarb and apple crumble with neon-red rhubarb from someone else’s garden to do some work. Yes, really. Finally, […]
The great outdoors
An escarpment in the Kimberley. Photo: Belle Jackson Is it, like, circuitous meeja navel-gazing when media commentators start blogging on other media, only for other bloggers then to blog them? […]
Game On! A guide to Delhi
Just in case you are going to Delhi this week for the Commonwealth Games and oh, don’t have accommodation, or even a singular clue about the city, here’s a quick […]
Lattes all round at Naked for Satan
Can you choose a cafe just because you like the name? If so, a newcomer to Fitzroy’s Brunswick St should pack ’em in, with the catchy name, ‘Naked for Satan’. […]
Cleopatra’s dress bound to be a hit
The Egyptians in the crowd will love this: it’s a dress by Scottish designer Holly Fulton, which Cool Hunter has picked up in its current edition. It’s all very Cleopatra isn’t […]
The magpie and the tiger
Working through a Seoul shopping story today, I came across some notes about a reproduction of a famous Korea story about a magpie and a tiger, from the Joseon period. […]
Greenland on hold
I should be winging my way to Toronto instead of sitting here blogging in rainy Melbourne, dammit. The plan was to cruise the Artic circle on the Clipper Adventurer, but […]
Hot on the phone in Seoul
I was having a fight with Optus yesterday about my overdue phone bill. I had queries about it and they said ‘why didn’t you ring earlier?’ Because I was in […]