Curious Kate
Vintage Scene
Week four - November 26, 2008
See
Glass Blowing
Philip Stokes Glass Studio
Visitors welcome to watch the glass blowers work as they practice this unique art form.
Glass products for sale.
The Mercator, 1 St Heiers Street, Abbostford
(next to the Abbotsford Convent)GALLERY/STUDIO HOURS:
Monday: Closed
Tues & Wed: By appointment
Thurs: 10am till 4pm
Fri: 10am till 4pm
Sat: 10am till 4pm
Sunday: 11am till 4pm
Public Holidays: Closed
Food
Creperie Le Triskel
Creperie Le Triskel - "Arrogantly French"
You'll find sweet and savoury crepes of all descriptions here. Soak up the lane-way atmosphere while your crepe is made on the spot.
Practice your French with the staff or read the French mags they have on offer. They serve good coffee & you might just spot a french tourist or two here!Cost is around $15 for a main meal.
Location: 32 Hardware Lane, CBD
Hours:
Tues - Thurs: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fri: 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sat: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Watch
Roman de Gare
This wonderful French film (yes it has subtitles), is an art house piece with twists, suspense and intriguing characters. Due to all the twists and intentional misleading story lines, it's a little difficult to give a synopsis, but it is definitely worth seeing while it's still showing. You wont be bored for a minute!
Where: Palace Cinemas
Watch trailer here
Go
Setting the Scene
Setting the Scene explores the sets of Baz Luhrman's Australia and as well as over 300 works that inspired the designs behind cinema classics such as Clockwork Orange, Alien, The Matrix and Cabaret.
It includes sketches, storyboards and models of some of the most well known set designs. The exhibition highlights the role and creative processes of production designers, art directors and film architects.Where: ACMI
When: Dec 4 - April 19
Late Night Thursdays until 9pm
Full $15 Concession $10
Shop
Modern Vintage Jewellery
From a young age, Anna Krauss has always loved fossicking through antique markets around the world, looking for beautiful and unique jewellery and accessories. She inherited her love of jewellery from her Grandmother, a dealer and valuer of antique jewellery and furniture. So for Anna, becoming a dealer herself was a natural attraction.
Jewellery and accessories are an expression of your personality.
More and more it seems that finding affordable, unique jewellery is becoming a rarity in itself. When do we find the time to fossick through those funny little 'off the beaten track' antique stores?Modern Vintage has taken out the time consuming work of finding those gorgeous 'one off's' by scouring fairs and markets the world over, to bring together a stunning collection of very cool, contemporary looking vintage and antique jewellery and accessories.
Specializing in affordability, Anna's mission is to make you look and feel unique and beautiful in the hottest jewellery around since the 1800's. All very vintage and very cool. The range is vast and you don't need to be an expert. All you need know is what you love...
Bambini
Parenthood Sale
Today Parenthood is having a 10%-50% off storewide 'one day sale' from 9am-9pm.
If you can get down to Bridge Road, stock up on Christmas presents for the little ones in your life or be prepared for any baby-shower that might spring up in the near future!
Location: 641 Bridge Road, Richmond
Phone: 03 9428 9400
Read
Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons is by far the best Dan Brown book (it just didn't get as much publicity because it is not as "controversial" as The Da Vinci Code). Film makers recognized it's excellence and that's why they have just finished making it into the follow up film (but in actual fact the prequel) to The Da Vinci Code. But you know what they say; the book is always better than the movie, so read the book before seeing the movie ruins the experience.
Try and look at the title on the book cover upside down; what do you see?
Listen
Paramore
This band out of the States have a haunting rock sound. Their latest single, Decode, features on the much talked about new romantic vampire film, Twilight (now showing).
After Dark
The Who Live
In the past few years it has become all the rage for bands that were big 10-20 years ago to tour the world reminding everyone they still exist. The latest band to do so is The Who.
When: Sunday 29 March, 2009
Where: Formula 1 Grand Prix
Price: $76Buy tickets here
For those of you who don't know, or can't remember, listen here
Tech Heads
007's gadgets
James Bond techno gadgets - which are real today?
This weeks poll
Do you think Melbourne has a drug problem?
- 73%Yes
- 16%No
- 11%I wouldn't know