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HOT – Urban Bloom Floral Delivery Service

By CazM ⋅ February 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s something a little different – no coffees, no cakes, no booze or burgers. Instead, it’s a review on a local, home grown subscription based floral delivery service. Urban Bloom is bringing sexy back to homes and boardrooms alike in the Brisbane city and surrounding suburban areas; from small arrangements as a beautiful centre piece [...]

HOT – Ole Restaurant, Shop B12 Little Stanley St, Southbank

By CazM ⋅ September 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Only a couple of weeks since opening, Ole Spanish tapas restaurant at Southbank seems to have already made quite a name for itself. With great tasty food, smiley friendly service and a beautiful outlook, it’s no surprise that tongues around town are madly wagging already. Ole’s opening week couldn’t be timelier – smack bang in the [...]

HOT – Beautiful Noise (Brisbane Festival 2011) – Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

By CazM ⋅ September 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you haven’t noticed, Brisbane’s putting on a bit of show at the moment! Kicked off with RiverFire last weekend and now in full swing with nightly laser shows, cultural events, music, dancing, drinking….the list goes on. One of the many performances on the agenda for Brisbane Festival 2011 is Beautiful Noise, playing at the purpose built [...]

NOT – Campo Dei Fiori – 278 Junction Rd, Clayfield.

By CazM ⋅ August 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Campo Dei Fiori had come highly recommended to me, not only for their filling, home style Italian cuisine, but also their great selection of Italian wines. Unfortunately this little house of flowers didn’t stack up to its reputation on this occasion, their food and service being very bland and underwhelming. MM and I were on [...]

HOT – Surrealism Up Late – Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane.

By CazM ⋅ August 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Squishy eye balls, phallic imagery, animalistic tendencies….just a few of the key words and imagery that come to mind when I recall my evening at the Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams exhibition, currently on show at the Gallery of Modern Art. Thanks to Brisbane Marketing, I was given the opportunity to explore and grow the [...]

Hot: Montra Thai Day Spa – 117 Annerley Rd, Dutton Park

By Brek ⋅ July 19, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

What better way to celebrate the start of my four day working week than wth a traditional Thai oil massage? I am a sucker for small business and have ridden or driven past Montra Thai Day Spa, a stand alone shopfront, almost everyday since it opened not too long ago…certainly within the last year. The road may [...]

HOT: Fiji in the Winter

By CazM ⋅ July 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

While there have been plenty of HOT places to talk about lately, things are getting a little cool in Brisbane for my liking. We’ll be taking a small hiatus from blogging to refresh and recharge the batteries, with a little help from the Fijian sun…

HOT – Brisbane Alpine Winter Festival – King George Square, Brisbane CBD.

By CazM ⋅ June 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The words ‘Brisbane’ and ‘alpine winter wonderland’ don’t exactly go together like franks and beans, but this winter every attempt to bring these things together like birds of a feather has been made, as the Alpine Winter Festival comes to balmy Brisbane for the month of June. King George Square has been converted into a [...]

HOT: Green Papaya – 898 Stanley Rd, Woolloongabba.

By CazM ⋅ May 13, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

It’s almost starting to wear thin, this constant and enduring search for a Thai restaurant in Brisbane that really blows my mind. Time and time again I stumble across venues that do your stock standard (read: mediocre) red curry, or chicken satay with minimal innovation and not a lot of love in its creation. Sure, [...]

HOT: The Lido – 120 Racecourse Rd, Ascot.

By CazM ⋅ May 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In a spur of the moment decision to venture out for dinner on what was otherwise supposed to be a lazy Saturday night in front of the tele, MM and I decided to hit one of Brisbane’s la-di-da strips – Racecourse Rd in Ascot just for something different. Friends of ours had recommended The Lido [...]