Curious Kate

Kate's Curious Fix 2

Week two - February 6, 2008

• See

  Da Wheel Da Wheel!

  The Giant Skywheel lights up our city at night in true carnival style. Hitch a ride on this ferris wheel and see Melbourne from a whole new perspective. A hop, skip and a jump from Federation Square, it's the perfect activity for a night out with your better half or a fun way to end a dinner with family or friends.
  Deals available if you go with a group.

  

• Food

  Let's Do Lunch

  Join more than 1200 people at The World's Longest Lunch. Sit at one long table, next to Flemington's home straight, for a three course meal accompanied by Brown Brother's wines.

  Friday 29 February, 12-3pm
  $110 (includes drink on arrival)
  Regional long lunches also being held in various towns around the state.

  

• Watch

  Andy's Superstar

  Factory Girl (2006) is the story of Edie Sedgwick, a rich, stylish socialite who became Andy Warhol's muse, much to her detriment. It touches on her past, her relationship with Andy and her brief affair with Bob Dylan.

  Starring Sienna Miller as Edie, Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol & Hayden Christiensen as Bob Dylan. Available to purchase on DVD.

  YouTube

  

• Go

  The Year of Rat

  With the Olympics being held in Beijing this year, it's all about China at the moment...so why not celebrate The Chinese New Year on Feb 9 by dining with friends at a Chinese restaurant; what a great excuse for some San Choi Bao or some Peking Duck.

  You might choose to par-take in the weekend festivities including: arts & crafts, food stalls or watch the dragon parades, chess and karaoke competitions. Soak up the atmosphere of singing, dancing, families and fire crackers.

  Located in Lt Bourke St, Chinatown, Melbourne.

  

• Shop

  Sales Alert

  Sales Guide is a notification that comes to your inbox informing you of all the worth while sales happening in Melbourne.

  One of the sales currently featured is at the Liquid Stores, located at 258, 229 & 353 Brunswick St., Fitzroy.

  Reductions on labels such as: Diesel, RARE, Nolita, Custo, Just Cavalli, Yen, American Vintage, De Puta Madre..., Nicola Finetti, Zimmermann, Alice McCall, JessieHill, Lisa Ho, Third Millenium, White Suede, Nicholas Morely, St Augustine Academy and Life with Bird.

  Open from 10.30am to 6.30pm daily.

  Sign up & be kept up to date on great future bargains. Salesguide

  
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• Bambini

  Two Many Cooks...

  Kids Cooking Parties and Lessons.

  Are you over cooking for the family? Maybe it's time the kids learnt how to fend for themselves in the kitchen. Gourmet Kids in Malvern offers after school or casual weekend cooking lessons for the kids and creative kids' parties combining art and cooking. Suitable for ages 2-15 years, it's the perfect place for them to get experimental and messy and the bonus is you won't be doing the cleaning up!

  

• Read

  Don't Let Her See Me Cry

  Set in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, this autobiography by Helen Barnacle tells the story of an incorrigible heroin addict. When her habit leads to her incarceration (the longest drug related imprisonment ever given to a woman in Victoria), while struggling to get clean she discovers she is pregnant and goes on to fight to raise her child in prison. This book is amazing, never have I read such a detailed portrait of drug abuse and what it takes to overcome its grasp.
  Buy it here

  

• Listen

  M.I.A.

  This female British hip hop artist is the best and most original thing to come out of the U.K. of late.

  You can listen and watch her videos & check out her MySpace page.

  She's surely gonna be huge; Marc Jacobs even used her in one of his campaigns!!

  

• After Dark

  Insane in the Membrane

  Latin American hip-hop group Cypress Hill will be serving their rap-rock rhymes to lucky fans in Melbourne on:

  Friday 15 Feb, 8.30pm
  Palace Theatre (formerly The Metro)
  20-30 Bourke Street, Melbourne

  General Admin Tickets $77.50

  Ticketmaster
  Purchase Greatest Hits here

  

• Tech Heads

  Liquid Tunes by Liquid Force

  Finally a waterproof stereo for your water sports activities, from surfing & wakeboarding to swimming laps. Liquid Tunes has released an affordable exclusive MP3 player, the first in the world of electronics to be 100% waterproof. No extra casing necessary, all you need is the player, your headphones and some wicked tunes. It is simple to operate, shock resistant, lightweight, durable and has 40 hours of playtime per re-charge. Contact Katani to purchase.