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No doubt about it, spring is in the air. That Antarctic wind blasting down Bourke St. Melbourne’s habit of channel-flicking between crisp sunshine and torrential rain whenever it gets bored. More snow on Hotham than the Himalayas. If the seasons can’t make up their mind, what hope do you have?

​It’s almost time for the 35th Melbourne Fringe and if you’re anything like us, the mammoth showcase of over 400 excellent acts can be a little overwhelming. Don’t stress, we’ve done the hard work for you and pulled together a lucky 13 of the funniest, coolest and frankly freakiest shows you’ve got to go to.

Oh 3:30pm, we know you well. You’re that time the clock seems to freeze on after having a crazy-productive morning, and after the excitement from pausing for your lunch break has worn off. 3:30pm is often marked by three easily recognisable symptoms: firstly, you’re procrastinating (hard), secondly, you’re craving something sugary, and lastly, you need a damn coffee. 

Melbourne, you’ve never seen American soul food like this before.

Everything you need to eat, drink, see and do in Buenos Aires.

Melbourne has been in the depths of fashion fever, with Melbourne Fashion Week welcoming Spring via runways galore. Amongst the new trends on the designer runways (berets, bumbags and waist belts, FYI), the student runway stands out as a shining beacon of creativity.

This might be the most exciting collab of the year. The Astor Theatre is showing a Sofia Coppola double feature at the end of the month, and they’ve invited Supernormal Canteen along to cater. Boo-freaking-yeah.

Melbourne’s bipolar weather is still doing its thing but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy ourselves especially when everyone’s trying to coax spring out of the stormy clouds. Have the ultimate food coma at Coburg’s drive-in food truck festival or journey through the concrete jungle to Hana for a Hawaiian Happy Hour.

Cancel your plans and start saving your hard earned cash for next weekend.

Dating. It’s the fifth circle of hell until suddenly it’s not.

We know you’re busy, sometimes in between trying to look busy at work and browsing memes on Instagram you miss the odd bit of amazing news. Well, we’re here to help.

Taste of Melbourne is turning the big 10, and to celebrate they’re throwing a massive party at the MCG. But it’s not all gonna be about the food. For the first time, the team have invited designers, artists, and musos to join in on all the fun.

We’re only a week away from finding out which fertile womb Matty’s going to chain to his kitchen sink and the producers are pulling out all the stops to make sure he’s portrayed as a soulless schlep with washboard abs until the very end.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

Turns out Port Fairy isn’t the only town to enjoy a spot of Dachshund racing. This month Hophaus in Melbourne is getting in on the action by hosting their annual Teckelrennen (we’re guessing that’s German for ‘racing sausage dogs in ridiculous costumes’).

Styling your home is basically a full-time occupation now. If people come round for tea and you DON’T have a Monstera plant and a couple of vintage cameras dotted about your living room, your guests are well within their rights to mock you and then leave. Sounds harsh, but we didn’t make the rules.

This is one of the many small ways to tell that you, my friend, have your shit together.

Spring is in the air people. You can officially ditch the big winter coat and frolic down the street wearing nothing but a crown of daffodils (at least, that’s what we’ll be doing. You can use daisies if you want).

We get it—you’ve just spent the GDP of a small country on your wedding, and now you have to think about your honeymoon? It’s enough to make your accountant cry.

We have finally been relinquished from winter’s long and crusty grasp, and the smell of fresh flowers and magpies fills the air as the spring months descend upon us in all its sinusy glory *takes a breath and chokes on an agapanthus*.

This one started, as so many things do, with a friend telling us “Oh my god I just had the best vegan roast of MY LIFE last night. You have to check out this place in Carlton North.” To be honest, the concept of a vegan roast sounded more confusing than delicious. Do they just bake half a cauliflower? And what about a gravy? You have to have gravy, right? “Relax,” our friend said, “They do their own animal-free gravy, and there’s even roast beef if you hate tofu.”

Consider this your professional development (and ultimate girl power) goals.

If you’ve downed a few beers and are feeling the need for some greens, you can pretend you’re healthy with buffalo cauliflower.

Cucumber is really just water showing off.

The thing you bring your in-laws when you’re really (*really*) trying to impress (because goddamn it you are serious about this relationship and these Monkey Face Orchids prove it), there’s nothing quite like a flower. 

Yep, the calendar has flipped over to September, and that can only mean one thing—footy finals.

Big fan of Dragon Ball Z? Cheez TV basically raised anyone who watched it in the late 90’s and early 00’s, and Dragon Ball Z was a staple of this very high-quality broadcast.

Ditch that pesky social life and curl up with a good book or unhealthily addictive TV series. After all, Netflix isn’t a hobby—it’s a lifestyle choice.

Calling all wizards, muggles, squibs and humans, there’s some truly magical news coming out of the ‘burbs this week: Australia has its first ever Harry Potter store!

You'd be right to say that here at The Urban List we like to have fun and we don't take ourselves too seriously. But there are a few things we hold close to our heart and one of them is helping others wherever we can, which is why we're asking everyone to pitch in and help out now.

Winter has finally gone, Spring is here, and you can expect sunshine and beautiful days over the coming week......actually, this is Melbourne, there is only dark clouds and rain on the way.

If you didn’t know fashion week is upon us, you’re obviously not a part of the Gliteratti. Trust us, we get it. Fashion runways aren't for everyone, especially if you'd prefer to be sitting at a five course degustation rather than front row at a fashion show. And if that's you, you've come to the right place. 

​Melbourne loves many things. Footy, pies, using the term ‘throwing shade’, complaining about public transport, being ironically proud of Fed Square. Oh, and markets. Especially when that spring sun is shining. Coffee in one hand, new vinyl or faux industrial lamp in the other, browsing the stacks in search of a bargain. Is there a better way to spend a Sunday morning?

​If you felt a disturbance in the Force this morning, that’s because Melbourne’s MSO just dropped the news they’ll be performing an exclusive series of Star Wars concerts in December, kicking off with the (surprisingly awesome) Force Awakens.

The Queen Vic Night Market and its pasta-cheese-wheel-thing may be on their way out, but here’s some news to cheer you up: the market is throwing an epic Brazilian festival in September.

This week we bring you quite possibly our most important recipe to date. We present, our Lord and Saviour, the sausage roll. As the embodiment of everything it means to be a pre-adolescent growing up in the late twentieth century, this little crispy meat wrap represents everything we love about year three birthday parties, third-year uni housewarmings and grand final day house raves.

We're talking bottomless meat.

​September! We made it! Up top, guys. The year’s pretty much done and dusted now. Just a few months of playing Tetris at work and it’ll be Christmas, sweet glorious Christmas. A few interesting ones for you this week—everything from a Zen-style urban retreat to mini smoked brisket burgers (mental note: someone needs to combine those).

Peanut butter isn’t a food—it’s an obsession. No bowl of porridge is complete without a big dollop of PB and if there’s no nutty goodness in that smoothie, we don’t want to know about it. It’s a jar-a-week habit.

Believe it or not, South America is one continent you actually can do on a budget.

We know you’re busy, sometimes in between trying to look busy at work and browsing memes on Instagram you miss the odd bit of amazing news.

Free brisket BBQ sandwiches from Melbourne’s premier meat smokers? Hells to the yeah. Fancy Hank’s are launching a new lunch menu next Monday, and to celebrate they’re giving away free sandwiches to 100 salivating Melburnians. 

Hands up if you like mac and cheese. *All hands raised* 

What rhymes with free? ME—well you, but you get what we mean. This September, all the free things are looking pretty damn saucy. 

Holiday season at the Drama Cabana has been and gone and all that’s left are six empty incubators and a comprehensive fertility calendar

You can officially put 2017 down as the best year in history.

We all have a soft/medium/hard spot for cheese, and this September you won’t brie-lieve your eyes as the first ever Mould A Cheese Festival comes to the cheese-loving city of Melbourne.

Oh, middle child. Being sandwiched between the perfect, cherished first-borns and can’t-do-no-wrong younger siblings often feels like you’ve been handed the shit end of the stick in life. While we know that middle children are the coolest cats out, if you’ve grown up as one, you might be left thinking that it’s the absolute worst.

Beer swimming pools might just be the greatest thing ever.

Well hello there spring, aren't you a sight for sore eyes *winky face*. It's about time you showed up. Winter's cool, but you know, a little too cool, if you know what we mean. Finally, the birds and the bees are out to play and so are we. There's sample sales, dance parties, a bakers market and way more where that came from. Check out our list of awesome things to do in Melbourne this weekend.

Planning a wedding is hard. There, we said it. It’s hard and expensive and difficult and costly, and if it wasn’t for the whole everlasting love thing, no-one would bother doing it at all. 

Vogue American Express Fashion Night Out is coming (on Friday 1 September to be exact) and so is your credit card debt. 

When the waiter asks what we’d like, the response is unanimous: “The ‘Give It To Me’ menu, please. And three Asahi Blacks.” We were always gonna try a bit of everything at Sash, Windsor’s new Japanese fusion restaurant and cocktail bar. It’s not the sort of menu where you order a pizza and call it a night. 

If you’re anything like us, your once beloved mid-week date night consisting of new outfits and new restaurants has turned into finding your cleanest (and stretchiest) pair of comfy pants, ordering UberEATS and settling in for a night of House of Cards re-runs.

Something is happening in St Kilda. 

It’s no surprise to any film buff that the ’00s fostered some of the best films to ever grace our movie screens. From cult classics to underground festival films––the ’00s are, in our opinion, one of cinema’s greatest years. In light of this, we’ve decided to round up the best of the best 00’s films that we believe are totally worth watching. Grab some popcorn, a soda, your bae, your bestie, your cat, whoever…. and endure this ultimate ’00s film festival

Maybe one day we'll quit whining. But quit wine-ing? Never. Especially when we know where to get our hands on award winning wine at prices that will definitely make you double take. Not that we're Vue De Monde-level sommeliers, but we do know our Merlot from our Shiraz and can regonise gold metal status...when we see the label.

Australians all let us rejoice, something something young and free, some other stuff and wealth for toil...um, girt is in there somewhere...If you know the national anthem better than that (and if you were paying attention at even half a dozen primary school assemblies, there’s a good bet you do) you can score a free steak sandwich today at Empire Steak’s new South Yarra store.

To celebrate International Bacon Day—for one day only—the evil geniuses at Milkcow will be introducing Bacon Ice Cream to their amazing menu.

Forget extra-shot-soy-mocha-frappuccinos, it’s time to get back to basics. We’ve sussed out the most delicious chai lattes in and around Melbourne and have brought you a list of the best. We haven’t skimped on pouring gimmicks or authenticity either, so if you’re a sucker for a fancy teapot and a mini wooden paddle, then pay attention.

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, but you know what they say, when one pop-up closes, another boutique ice-creamery opens... if you live in Melbourne that is. So this week is all about new beginnings and thank God, because the three-quarter year crisis is very real and we needed a second chance at 2017, too. Here’s what you’re *really* in for this week.

In news that’s sure to make dogs all over Melbourne continue what they’re doing in complete ignorance, your favourite dog-friendly music festival is coming back in November. Yep, Dogapalooza is hitting the grassy slopes of Richmond’s Burnley Park on Sunday 12th November. Why should you care about this? First, because it’s called Dogapalooza ffs. Secondly, because it’s pretty much the ultimate dog’s day out.

Listen up, kids, we know there hasn’t been any Michael Hill jewellery ads or national ‘Best Dad in the World’ competitions, but Father’s Day is quite literally this Sunday and the clock’s ticking if you still haven’t bought him a present.

Taylor Swift is BACK… though you might not quite recognise her. Throwing the world into a frenzy last Friday with the release of new lead single “Look What You Made Me Do”, Taylor’s done anything but shake her past year of drama off. With the jury divided on the song itself, Tay Tay’s latest super subtle and lyrically ambiguous music video only proves the Queen of Snakes is in it to win it (*sarcasm off*).

Forget zucchini noodles, it’s time to get your heart a’ pumpin’ with some hardcore carbo-loaded-nara. We’ve rounded up the best eggy pasta in Melbourne, and we’ve even included the blasphemous (but equally delicious) creamy adaptation, because a lil’ cream never hurt nobody (lactose-intolerant peoples excluded).

You’ve seen the videos on your social feeds, the ads on your TV, and the hoarding up around the city spruiking the works currently underway to build the Melbourne Metro tunnel. Well, now the time has come for us to help out with naming the new 4 state-of-the-art underground stations.

With Melbourne’s crazy weather out to play, getting out of bed sucks. Working out isn’t even the picture…unless some alcohol is involved…and maybe some free ramen afterwards…just to balance it all out. Good thing all that stuff and more is heading our way in the next five days. 

Days go by quickly in winter, so we're not blaming you for being out of the loop. Here's all the news you missed this week: 

There’s nothing quite like tearing into your biscuit dough just before you turn that sucker out into little round balls ready for baking, or even when you pick up one of those pre made tubes from Coles or Woolworths—but apparently due to the raw egg present, doing any of this is a fairly bad idea.

After the success of Open House Melbourne—that annual architecture extravaganza you always forget until it’s too late and all the best places have been booked weeks ago—Ballarat is getting in on the action.

There are eight wise, Buddhist words floating around Pinterest at the moment: “The trouble is, you think you have time.” When it comes to travel, we often apply a “Oh, I’ll do it one day approach.” While this is fine and dandy, there’s much more world to see than you realise! To help you create your perfect travel bucket list, we’ve found 50 things to see around the world before you die.

Whoever’s running the NGV’s event line-up this year, give them a bloody raise. Not only have we had Van Gogh, Hokusai and an 11-metre swimming pool (just coz), we’re getting an exclusive Christian Dior exhibition. And it’s starting this Sunday.

Doughnuts, croissants, and cake oh my! The Flour Market's back for another year of good-bye-summer-bod frenzy. This year’s line-up include familiar favourites Luxbite, Cherry Cakes, and Cobb Lane, and new friends like The Pie Shop, au79, and Bistro Morgan just to get you started.

There’s nothing better than jumping on a long-haul flight. 

It has been nigh on five weeks since Matty first met all 22 of his potential prodigy incubators and though the first episode provided a few warning signs surrounding mansion moles, it didn’t even scratch the cervix of the drama that would plague the wombs this season.

We know you’re busy, sometimes in between trying to look busy at work and browsing memes on Instagram you miss the odd bit of amazing news. Well, we’re here to help.

Just when you think there’s no hope for humanity and we should all go live up a tree, something like this happens. Bar Americano in the CBD are offering patrons the chance to ‘pay forward’ their drinks; basically reserving a free drink for a total stranger. That stranger will walk into the bar, sit down, and—hey presto—there’ll be a free espresso or Euro-style aperitif waiting for them. On the house.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

Victoria has never been great at the whole Japanese-style cherry blossom thing. You can usually catch a glimpse in The Dandenongs’ National Rhododendron Gardens, but the flowers there fickle and short-lived (for best results, give them a try in late September, or early October).

There’s a nek level gin party coming to Melbourne and we’ve got the deets. Forecast: 99% chance of gin.

The Melbourne Show has come along way since we were a kid, when the most delicious thing you could buy was a Bertie Beetle showbag and a huge cotton candy thing, spun from the gossamer wings of deceased fairies. These days it’s some serious GOURMET shit, as Jules from Pulp Fiction would say.

Facebook is home to a gold mine of absolute drongos. Each and every day humanity’s greatest digital deviants and megabyte thieves honour us with statuses and comments that highlight the internet’s greatest flaw—the idiot soapbox.

There’s probably an argument to be made that mac n’ cheese doesn’t need pimping. It’s a dish that essentially comes pre-pimped. Its DNA is 94% cheese for God’s sake. If mac n’ cheese was an animal, it would have been hunted to extinction long ago. Why bother adding extra toppings? What ever happened to the concept of ‘less is more’?

To help you with your quest for consistently luscious locks, we’ve found some time-friendly, budget-friendly hair hacks. From simple pillow changes to brushing techniques that will change your mane forever.

Melbourne is basically a next level socialite, keeping its calendar full to the brim with one boozey event after another. This weekend (between laneway wine bars, gin distillery openings and brekky for dinner festivals) Melbourne's keeping itself busy with 24 art installations and Daria-themed parties. Oh and did we mention, this weekend Melbourne is turning 182 (years young, of course). You owe your city a drink...or five.

There might not be any smashed avo around, but on Friday 1 September, Melbourne Central is throwing a Millennial Pink Party for the Vogue Fashion's Night Out. It'll be all about food, farshunnn, and Elle Wood's favourite colour. 

Good news everyone, your favourite Wednesday night after-work drinks and food event’s run has been extended until Wednesday October 4.

Introducing the dessert roti (aka a food hybrid you’ll actually want to eat).

A few heads turn as it lands on our table. A huge icy fish, caught in a glass bowl, one sugary dorsal fin protruding from its back, Jaws-style. We’ve just ordered the kakigori from Supernormal Canteen, although, now that it’s here, we’re not entirely sure what it is. 

Grab your chilli spoons, Melbourne. This weekend Welcome to Thornbury is launching the city’s first ever hot sauce and chilli festival (sidenote: do these guys just sit around drinking beers and coming up with random, yes slightly awesome, crap? Smart money says yes).

Forget sixteen Big McChickens, you can now develop Type 2 diabetes with just one burger—the Deep Fried Nutella Burger.

Father’s Day gift buying is always hard. There is a seriously finite amount of Bunnings gift cards and socks you can gift, and an equally finite amount of fake appreciation your dad can share. 

Is it just us, or does this make a surprising amount of sense? Just look at it! Don’t pretend you’re not curious. Yep, St Kilda Burger Bar and The Grosvenor Hotel put their heads together and cross-bred a meat pie with a burger to celebrate the AFL finals series. The result? The Greedy Sheedy: a soft brioche bun topped with a meat patty, crispy bacon, cheese, tomato sauce...and a Grosvenor meat pie.

Australia has a proud and noble culinary heritage, which begins somewhere around the invention of the Chiko Roll, and ends on a Sunday morning outside the local Bunnings. Parisian gastronomy may turn up its nose and sniff at our idea of ‘fine dining’, but we’re guessing they’ve never tried a Tim Tam Slam, or chewed a glass of Milo with the correct milk-to-milo ratio, which is a spoon-bending 40/60.

Honestly, we'd love to deliver some news that made you feel like a walking ray of sunshine, but apparently this week the Universe thought it would be a good idea to throw everyone the astrological equivalent of a curve ball. We've only got one thing to say to you. And that's "May the odds be ever in your favour". 

Melbourne cafes just keep raising the bar when it comes to innovation in food, and you're about to learn about the latest such innovation—the doughnut snack pack.

We’re nearing the deadline for you to update your enrolment details for this ridiculously unnecessary non-binding postal vote.

There’s nothing like a bit of peer pressure to get you through a workout. By that logic, when you face off with the best personal trainers in Melbourne you’ll be sweating (crying) a river.

With Grand Final Weekend almost upon us (anyone else counting down the days?) there’s never been a better excuse to treat yourself to a long-weekend escape. 

Nitrogen is a chemical element, discovered in 1772, with symbol N and an atomic weight of 7. It also happens to be pretty bloody good at making ice-cream. If they’d mentioned that little tidbit in Year 10 chemistry, we might have paid more attention, and not spent the class trying to turn our Bunsen Burners into horizontal flame throwers.  

In the most tail-wagging news you’ve heard all week: we’ve found a doggo-friendly café that has all three.

Birds are chirping, it’s cold but sunny, and pollen’s in the air—spring is definitely on its way. And what better way to end your winter hibernation by sweeping the streets for some food truck feastin’, vego Korean dinners, and edgy AF farshunnn.

There are a few strips that come to mind when we think of Melburnian hotspots, and Smith Street is always around the top of the list. With a bunch of cool new places opening up (seemingly weekly) and its long standing reputation as a hipster hub, it goes without saying that Smith Street is a melting pot of cultural greatness. 

Just in case you were wondering what to grab for dinner tonight, this just happened.

Get ready to test the server capacity of Australia’s Jewish Museum, because tickets are now on sale for Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait. 

Ah, coffee. What would we do without you? Aside from being a tired, boring iteration of our former selves, we probably sound a whole lot less like the snob who says each of these things, because the coffee love is so, so real. 

You’d be hard pressed to find someone who believes that KITKAT’s can be made any better than they are. But then this happened.

While your Insta feed might be making it look like every single person you know has been to Spain in the last couple of months, the truth is we can't all go jetting off on European holidays at the drop of a hat. BUT, we can eat delicious Spanish paella every damn day if we please, thanks to this amazing recipe from The Wandering Matilda.

We’re four weeks into the most drama-fueled season of The Bachelor Australia to date and the cracks in the unfertilised ovum are beginning to show.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

In a world where fried chicken waffles, booze-laced doughnuts and unicorn frappes are commonplace, we think it’s high time we celebrate the finer things in life and regain some of the dignity we lost the last time we shouted “YOLO” from the rooftops.

We’ve all been there. You’re wandering the streets of Melbourne trying to find a feed after the lights have come on and your local has turfed you out.

Acai bowls have well and truly come roaring onto Melbourne's breakfast scene. If you search the hashtag #acaibowl, there are over 49,000 photos on instagram alone! Pronounced 'ah-sigh-ee', this berry is the superfood du jour, and the acai bowl has become a hugely popular healthy breakfast choice, with savvy cafes across town teaming the purple-black berries with various other fruits, nuts, seeds and superfood garnishes in artistic (and delicious) arrangements. We've hunted down some of Melbourne's best acai bowls for your breakfast, brunching or mid-afternoon pleasure.

2017 just got a whole lot better thanks to this slurptastic news. 

It’s the age-old Sunday morning conundrum. Do you stick with your local caf’, the place that raised you as a child, where everybody knows your name and they’re always extra generous with the feta...or do you try somewhere new? 

Your fave foodie events are back for Round 2 this weekend. We're talking Donut and Beer Fest, the epic Majestic Hawker pop-up, as well as plenty of new activities to tickle your fancies. Melbourne, you beautiful thing, it's never a dull moment with you. Unless we're talking about the weather, that's another story.

​In news that is no surprise to anyone who lives here, Melbourne has once again been crowned as the world’s most liveable city—marking 7 years on top of the world.

The Urban List brings you your definitive guide to where you should travel, based on your star sign. Don’t even bother doing research, just grab your credit card and book the flights.

Literally taking our transport needs next level.

The NGV just keeps on keeping on, giving us great exhibition after great exhibition. No doubt over the past 12 months you’ve managed to check out Ai Wei Wei, Andy Warhol, Van Gogh and the current Hokusai exhibition—and this week an exhibition of a different kind opens in the hallowed halls.

When heritage buildings make the news in Melbourne, it’s usually because they’re being torn down to make way for high-rise apartments, or disappearing in mysterious yet convenient fires...to make way for high-rise apartments.

​About bloody time right? No longer will you have to shell out $1m for a taxi, or catch the CBD Skybus like a chump. From tomorrow, you’ll be able to get an UberX right from Melbourne Airport. The future is officially now.

To celebrate the animated film fest, Ascot Vale’s favourite kosher, vegan, organic bakery is getting in on the action. Mister Nice Guy’s Bakeshop is throwing an epic Studio Ghibli party on 3 September, including Totoro doughnuts, Matcha milkshakes and cheesecakes, ‘soot sprite’ cupcakes and heaps more. 

Ah, the Melbourne housing market. Where would we be without the numerous takes that fill the city’s newspapers and websites on the matter?

Biscuits are great right, we’re not denying that, but no doubt in the past you’ve been keen to gorge yourself silly on the dough before it has even been cooked.

While there’s something comforting about swinging by your local breakfast institute on a Sunday morning for a plate of smashed av and a skinny cap, there’s also something infinitely better about sitting down with a fresh stack of corn fritters and a breakfast cocktail at Fairfield’s Two Fat Monks in Fairfield. Let us repeat that last bit for you: breakfast cocktail.

Ain’t nobody got time for an empty flute.

Scienceworks is backing up its sold out music event in June. They’re chucking another all-ages party this September, SYNC, and tickets are up for grabs right now.

There’s nothing like getting halfway through August to give us a little spring in our step (no pun intended). With the blossoms nearly blooming, the temperature slowly but surely rising, hey – at least we don't have to wear two pairs of socks anymore. We'll take a win any way we get one.

More bacon is required.

Seeing sites and eating your way through towns is gratifying and delicious, but is it life changing like a good adventure? The experiences that require us to step out of our comfort zone, like hiking mountains, swimming with sharks or volunteering in communities far away from home is a great way to air out the stale old routines of home and broaden our perspective a bit.

It’s easy enough to cast off the working week with a 48 hour Netflix marathon, plenty of UberEATS, and an all-round lazy demeanor. 

Sam, Sammy, Samuel, Samantha.  You’re besties with one, had a fling with one or maybe you are one. 

Nothing says it’s time for 37-degree surprisingly difficult flexible body moves in a state-of-the-art warehouse studio like a twelve-degree partly-sunny day with a 60% chance of hail. This is why we’ve put together a list of all the places you can do hot yoga in Melbourne.

Melbourne winter weekends can be a little grim, so we’re here to make yours a bit brighter. If smoky meat dinners, pumping cycle rides and designer furniture auctions don’t get you smiling, we don’t know what will. Besides, mid-week shopping and over eating are pretty much essential to get you through the working week.  

Yep, Windsor’s “elusive mistress”, Saigon Sally, is set to close its doors on Sunday 3 September. Hard to believe it opened back in 2013, eh? The year ‘twerked’ and ‘selfie’ were added to the dictionary, and Justin Bieber abandoned his pet monkey in Germany. Oh how the time flies...

As much as we rag on Tasmania, it’s only because we know, deep deep down, they do things better than the mainland. Especially in the food and fresh produce department. But if tickets for The Spirit are a little out of your price range, we’ve got some good news. Tassie’s best food and wine is coming to you this weekend, in the form of the Vin Dieman Festival.

This just in, guys. Fresh off the wires. Windsor stalwart Mr Miyagi just launched a brand new venue, Mr Miyagi Takeaway Shop, and you can start ordering (via UberEATS) as of tonight. Yep, as in tonight, tonight.

Have you ever found yourself walking through gardens, forests, or even down the street and wondered to yourself what that beautiful plant is called?

We’re three weeks into the most dramatic season of The Bachelor Australia to date and it seems Channel Ten is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to unsuccessfully steal the Dance Moms crowd over on 9Life, but hats off to them for trivialising the sanctity of marriage during such a non-topical time in Australian politics anyway.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

Melbourne icy winter poses a serious style conundrum: how to look chic AF while also being able to feel our ears.

So it turns out today is National S’mores Day. Seriously, who decides these things? It’s a time for families across the land to gather and give thanks for things like marshmallows, chocolate and gram crackers...or something. Honestly, it’s probably an idea cooked up by the Big S’mores marketing team during a vision quest. But who cares?

48 hours in a place as beautiful as Lisbon doesn’t seem like enough, and really, if you can afford an extra day or so there I’d recommend it. But as someone who did it in just over 48 hours a few weeks ago, if that’s all the time you’ve got to spare I’d wholeheartedly recommend stopping in and soaking up the beauty of Portugal’s capital city.

Everywhere worth stopping on your way to Splendour In The Grass.

Architecture nerds, this one is for you! We’ve just caught wind of a new style of Airbnb and its sole focus, other than you having a good night’s sleep, is to give you access to stunning, architecturally-designed homes across the world.

Monday will be here before you know it, which means you've got a whole three days to get busy before another working week circles back around. So what are you waiting for? There's so much to do, and not much time to do it. But if you don't end up leaving the couch, we'll try not hold it against you. Key word, try.

Winter is a nightmare for skin; from the kind of dryness that would rival the sands of the Sahara, to congestion and redness as a result from the dreaded flu, sometimes it’s hard to get on top of all the issues.

It feels like books aren’t just hanging around, they’re having a moment. And that rising literary tide is floating a few Melbourne boats. First there was Buck Mulligan’s, a moody little Irish bookstore and whisky bar in Northcote. And now – praised be – we’ve got Willows & Wine.

Nothing makes you feel old like realising it’s been twenty years since Daria Morgendorffer first smirked her way onto TV screens (and into the desolate wasteland of our teenage hearts). It was a show that changed the zeitgeist, and forced us to look up what the word ‘Zeitgeist’ actually means.  

It’s not every day you can sip a cocktail in a dry ice spa... at a bar. Unless you live in Melbourne, that is.

Today is International Cat Day and, while we would suggest celebrating your feline friend with a cuddle, chances are that he or she is probably not going to be sitting at home waiting for you.

It’s also indoors, the vital benefits of which we shouldn’t have to explain.

If Google Maps had a colour code for culture hotspot, Melbourne’s western ‘burbs would be bright red. And sadly if you don’t happen to live in the west, it’s not everyday you can just casually stroll around Footscray with plenty to do. So that’s why all you culture vultures oughta listen up. The annual Due West Festival is approaching and it’s your golden ticket to wander around the streets of the west with purpose

There are only two things people really ‘mull’: wine and complex ideas. This weekend is all about the first one. Following the sell-out success of its first mulled wine and cheese festival, Welcome to Thornbury are throwing a second one. And it’s on this Saturday.

Where to eat, drink, shop and sleep in Potts Point.

So, you’re poor. Me too. 

Congrats on surviving yet another Monday. We’d give you a medal (if we had one to give…) and if we weren’t so busy trying to make it Friyay ourselves. We know you guys really are a good bunch of eggs, so we're not sure why the Universe appears to have it in for you lot this week. But if one thing's for sure, the Universe is keepin’ it oh so real. We'll put you out of your misery. Here’s what you’re *really* in for this week.

If you’re anything like us deciding what to have for lunch can be an absolute chore.

You may know her as the Willy Wonka-style genius who created Masterchef’s ‘floating ice cream’. We know her as the lady who’s about to shake up Melbourne’s ice-cream scene. Yep, dessert Christy Tania is going to launch her own boutique ice-creamery in August. It’s called Glacé, and it’ll be popping up on Peel St in Windsor (high five to everyone who lives within 200m of Peel St, Windsor).

If you clicked on this link then you deserve the recipe you’re about to read.

If you’re in the mood for bright lights after dark, and a fine-dining master class or two, this week might just be your cup of Darjeeling. This year’s moving pretty fast: one blink and the week will be over. It’s time to start taking your mid-week thrills seriously...and stop neglecting them in favour of Bachie re-runs.

​Heads up, wine junkies. The Winemakers of Rutherglen are bringing a pop-up wine bar to Melbourne and it’s gonna be freaking amazing. From August 25 – 27 you’ll be able to sip the finest vintages from the Rutherglen wine region right, here in the big smoke.

Put your hands in the air and wave ‘em like you just don’t care. The Yarra Valley is about to be hit with some serious disco fever. Yep, it’s time for A Day On The Green.

Finding quality lunch in the CBD while keeping a slippery hold on your sanity is a challenge. 

The best kind of makeup is free makeup, obvs.

Toblerone is the actual best and if you know how to stop at just one piece, then hats off to you.

Winter has well and truly come and we’re two weeks into the greatest love story of August 2017.

We know you’re busy, sometimes in between trying to look busy at work and browsing memes on Instagram you miss the odd bit of amazing news.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

From the moment that we heard Shannon Bennett was getting into the burger game, we were excited.

Just when you thought your Spring was looking like it was packed already, there’s another music festival you’re going to need to add to your list.

Sink your nails (and tokens) in.

Okay, on the surface, sucking a cold lager while holding the lotus position would seem to demean both yoga AND beer. But think about it. Beer is already quite a contemplative drink. The slow deliberation of that perfect pour...your first sip, so crisp and refreshing...the way condensation gathers on the glass like morning dew on a meadow in springtime...

It’s not hard to find a good breakfast in Melbourne. Just close your eyes and throw a brick. Chances are good you’ll hit something delicious that’ll one day compromise your ability to buy a house. But the city’s breakfast menu is definitely an ever-moving target. In the time it takes to eat a single chilli scrambled, five new ones will have popped up round the corner. 

Since we’re well and truly in the grips of winter, you might as well take this opportunity to stash some cash away for summer (or that week-long vacay you’ve been meaning to book for the last six months). Heaven knows the savings won’t happen when the sun’s out.

Episode three was a romanticised nod to historical adultery and the objectification of women for their rich reproductive currency.

It's all lookin' up. The sun's coming out of hibernation (and so are we), we can start showing our toes again and we can even start to enjoy outdoor events without the looming potential of aquiring frost bite. It's about bloody time August showed up and it sure has hit the ground running. There's foodie festias, new markets, moussaka eating competitions and that's not even the half of it.

We may be in the epicentre of one of Melbourne’s phreshest winters to date but what a lot of Melburnians don’t realise is that this is when some of Victoria’s best getaway destinations come out to play.

It happens to the best of us. One day you’ll see something in the news, or on TV and you’ll come to that terrifying realisation—you’re old.

To make your lives easier, we’ve rounded up the three best foodie events you MUST check out this weekend. You’re welcome...

We’re well and truly in winter-mode, so it’s the perfect time to ditch that pesky social life and curl up with a good book or unhealthily addictive TV series.

Heading to the land of the Scots for the original Fringe Festival? Firstly, jealous. Secondly, mmmm that’s about it. From 4 August 2017, Scotland’s capital city will be overthrown with up and coming performers, tourists from around the world and all of the good vibes. But between all the shows, your overpriced Airbnb apartment and the madness that is the Royal Mile, one’s gotta eat, drink and explore. After all, you are in one of the most beautiful cities in the world… and whisky territory. Prepare for that hangover and a bank balance you won't like the look of.

We’re definitely overwhelmed

Here it is, check out our list of all the markets you need to go to in August.

There are mac ‘n’ cheese spring rolls, cajun-spiced chip sangas and house-made pork scratchings.

If you missed it the first time, Bongo’s Bingo is coming back to Melbourne in August. And this time it’s coming to stay. The concept is pretty simple: it’s a bingo night slash rave.

Whoever created the concept that things can be FREE deserves a complimentary massage. They’ve given all us budget-strugglers hope that we can eat delicious food and experience fun things...at absolutely zero cost. It’s not cheap, really. It’s thrifty.

Oh hey there, August. There’s nothing like a shiny new month to get us back on track. We were pretty done with July, so that’s why we’re welcoming August with wide open arms (and hopefully fewer layers). Just think about it. It's the month that ends winter, ushers in pretty blossoms and brings us more daylight (slowly but surely). C'mon people, the glass is half full!

Screaming, we are all screaming. Because Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart has gone and changed the whole game by turning their beloved tarts into ice cold soft serve.

There are two words that can make any holiday infinitely better: road trip. There is the playlist, the company, the LOLs, and most importantly, the views that pass by your window. Being the prolific road trip supporters that we are when we found this road trip we knew we had to share it with the people who would appreciate it the most—you guys!

If there’s one thing we love doing more than eating everything that Melbourne has to offer, it’s supporting local legends like memobottle. 

Dog lovers, listen up! A dog festival just for you is hitting our streets this month and it’s going to be pretty woofing awesome.

Email is a passive aggressive playground for adults, rife with hidden syntactical land mines and doublespeak, used to maintain the allure of professionalism and civility, without which society as we know it would crumble.

Some people want to climb mountains, others want to be thrown from bridges with elastic ropes tied to their ankles, and a select few of us just want to eat all of the best damn buttery, flaky pastries in Melbourne.

Holidays planned around what cocktail to sip by the pool are great and all, but there is something to be said about a holiday that leaves you ticking items off your bucket list in abundance and creating stories that you’ll be able to tell the grandkids one day.

It’s not just a Melbourne burger—it's THE (bolded, underlined, flashing in neon red) Melbourne burger.

The weeks are flying by and it appears we’ll be donning a Christmas sash before we know it.

If you’re currently engaged you’ve no doubt got a massive job ahead of you.

We know you’re busy, sometimes in between trying to look busy at work and browsing memes on Instagram you miss the odd bit of amazing news. Well, we’re here to help.

Eating healthy is the goal. It always starts off well, really. With that Sunday afternoon trip to the shops in your active wear, vegetable-heavy grocery list in hand, and (probably false) aspirations for a healthy week ahead. Except when you get home, unpack your superfood haul and settle in to catch up on your fave TV series, and can’t be bothered to cook dinner, or just settle for that bag of chocolate coated sultanas and a can of Pringles—not so #fitspo now, huh? 

Because there is just no better boost of confidence than a lashing of bold lippy and a touch of mascara to welcome the evening.

Drop the doona and put on some proper pants (your spaghetti-stained trackies don’t count).

We’re one week into Matty J’s pilgrimage to fatherhood and not one but twenty-two age inappropriate office administrators have thrown their hollow wombs at his rock hard fourteen-pack.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

With Hamer Hall playing host to the first two Harry Potter films live-scored by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s this coming November, it seems only fitting that Arts Centre Melbourne’s newest cafe/bar has popped up under a staircase.

There aren’t many winter events that can tempt us away from our favourite activity—sitting over the heating duct with our jumper over our knees (don’t judge, you know you do it too). The Gertrude St Projection Festival is one of them. We’re always willing to brave sub-zero temperatures for epic light installations and late-night food specials.

​Hello and welcome to another season of Australia’s Next Top Radio Host & C-List Television Personality. After a gruelling hour and 45 minutes of twenty-two women passive aggressively asking if they should ‘cut another woman’s grass’, we pulled together the first official power rankings for Season 5 of Jim’s Mowing The Bachelor.

In news that’s sure to divide Melbourne’s burger and soup communities, Cheeseburger Soup is now officially a thing. All the slurpy goodness of soup, combined with the meaty pickly-ness of a cheeseburger. Sounds...ambitious.

Melbourne, you big beautiful thing, you never cease to amaze us. By the looks of it, the last thing on your planner this weeked is gonna be sleep,. We've got a mimosa festival, dinner on an ice skating rink, winery pop-ups...and that's only just the beginning. 

You get what you pay for, right?. Well that phrase is hard to swallow when you've got bills, mega appetites and a less than desirable cash-flow situation. But here's the thing, sometimes spending more money on products actually means you get BETTER products. And when it comes to hair, better products can be the difference between strutting down Chapel St like you own the damn place and crying into your morning cornflakes. 

Melbourne’s laneways have become a bit of a cliché, so we’re not gonna insult your intelligence by calling these places ‘hidden’ or ‘secret’ (more of them have websites, Insta accounts and marketing teams, so you know...yeah).

Brunch is a sacred right of passage for every young Australian, however, sometimes the experience can be tarnished by people who’ve miraculously managed to escape natural selection.

​Just when you were thinking about hibernating for the rest of winter, the team behind St Kilda Festival are about to drag you back out.

​If you’re anything like me, your dog is basically your child. And just like any child, they deserve the best that you can give them.

Expect carols, mulled wined, nutella doughnuts, a gingerbread man workshop, and—wait for it—falling snow! Or at least falling chemicals that resemble snow. It’s about as legit as you’re gonna get in the southern hemisphere

Clear your diaries, Melbourne! 

Ah, life—it’s a funny thing. One minute you’re breezing through your early twenties, the next you’re convinced that being 25 (give or take) is the worst thing that could ever happen to a human. Ever.

Yep we know, there's an unprecedented amount of FOMO to be had right now. Just when we finally accepted that we're not in Europe, Splendour In The Grass just sent us into massive relapse. Awesome. But get this Melburnians, life doesn’t stop for anyone. The universe isn't interested in your European getaway or your splendid weekend in NSW. (We're not bitter at all...)

Living in Melbourne you’re never short of a place to start, or even finish your night. There are the institutions that litter our streets, and there are new hot spots that seem to open weekly.

If you’re feeling a bit of the ol’ food fatigue this winter like us, let us tell you about our discovery of what may just be Australia’s most under-the-radar foodie destination.

If you’re anything like us, you love taking everything up a notch—and glamping is a great example of this.

I’ll tell you what, there’s not much better than sitting down to a Mint Slice with your cup of tea around the 3:30pm mark. It’s about as good as an afternoon can get.

Will we ever hit peak Melbourne? Probably not. More delicious shit like this will come along to remind us that we live in a city more decadent and OTT than a full-blown Caligulan orgy. First it was the Nutella burger, then alcoholic pho, and now cocktails in a bloody cone.

This August we’re getting a nationwide showcase called Celebrating Studio Ghibli—a month-long program that’ll see screenings of all 22 Ghibli movies (along with special behind-the-scenes docos and short features) pop-up in cinemas all over the country.

Full disclaimer: this recipe takes a goddamn age to make and probably costs more to prepare at home than it does to buy two dozen at your local Vietnamese bakery two blocks from your house.

With all this rain, we now have a genuine reason to be housebound for the next month (or two). But hear us out: we know where to get discounted fancy shmancy pasta, free burgers and other good stuff. Once you're done with our list for this week, you're gonna get that umbrella and be out and about with bells on.

From the man who brought you the swashbuckling sparrows, anchors, sharks and the iconic pin-up of our favourite spiced rum comes art exhibition-come-pop-up tattoo parlour, Origins Of Original: a travelling showcase of worldly wonders from your bessie bar mate, Sailor Jerry.

Agathé Pâtisserie is a South Melbourne Market institution, which, if you’re on a diet, you have to walk past with your eyes closed. The reason being they do some of the best and most authentic croissants going around. And nothing breaks a diet like a buttery, flaky croissant (or ten).

If you’re looking for fashion with a little swag, look no further than this weekend’s Holy Weekender Street Market. It’s a southside market dedicated to streetwear. This doesn’t happen every day.

Yes, there is indeed a god. Just when you thought that the rest of winter would involve you de-icing your windscreen, watching Matty J swan around with his shirt off, and drowning your sorrows in mulled wine—a festival dedicated to doughnuts and beer comes to town.

How to make Paneer Tikka Masala—one of the most delightful, filling and delicious breakfasts around!

Let’s be honest: there’s really no wrong way to consume ramen, as long as it’s hitting your tastebuds and you wish you had a spork, you’re doing something right.

A clickable smorgasbord of celebrity trash talk, food porn, good-to-knows, generally interesting chat-starters, and anything else we think you should know about from around the Internet. It’s your watercooler cheat sheet for the week. 

By now, Melburnian’s should be well acquainted with Rone’s work, last year’s exhibition ‘Empty’ was hugely successful, and if you didn’t get along to see it you may have seen his work feature recently on an episode during Masterchef’s ‘Heston Week’ as part of the Silo Art Trail in north-western Victoria.

This is the gift the internet does not deserve.

A couple of months ago we wrote 13 ways to pimp your Mi Goreng and you pretty much frothed. But the truth is, we barely scratched the surface. Considering how close it already is to molecular perfection, Mee Gee turned out to be an excellent flavour foundation. As our experiments proved, it goes well with almost everything.   

Staycays don’t get much better than this.

Podcasts are like videos, but for people who like to actually get shit done while learning new things or being entertained.