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There’s only one thing better than a party: a costume party. It allows you to step into a new self, make mouse ears weirdly sexual and feel like a little kid again because actually being an adult involves spending a lot of time in unexciting clothes.

As part of the ‘MSO at the Movies’ event this year, you can pony up your hard earned dollaroos to hear the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra belt out the soundtrack to both Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets while the movies play on the big in front of you, because this is the future, and what a goddam rip-snorting time to be alive.

Let’s be honest, we all planned to save more money in the New Year and January has taken its toll. As holiday mode winds down there’s still time this Summer to stick to your guns and get thrifty. February provides a full month of second chances and we’ve rounded up all the best free things for you to check out.

South Yarra’s Domain Road has slowly been undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in the past few years and this has been cemented with the arrival of Gilson shortly before Christmas.

You may have dodged the January resolutions this year, but if your partner-slash-bestie-slash-roommate has signed their soul away to a yet another diet regime, we’re afraid you’re in for a long month.

The Groovin’ The Moo line-up has just dropped and as you all know, that means that today is an exciting day.

It may seem like doom and gloom is around every corner (Trump is President, anyone?). But there’s good news on the horizon this week. At least…for some of you.

Some days we eat green salads that have a similar flavor profile to a chair leg, other days its deep-fried Nutella balls for breakfast. Here’s what (and where) to eat if your inner kid is on the loose.

If you were lucky enough to snag a four-day weekend for Australia day, you’ll be heading into this week a little worse for wear—but don’t worry, we’ll be gentle with these awesome things to do in Melbourne this week.

Echuca Moama is close enough to Melbourne to make it the perfect roadtrip getaway, yet old-world enough to make it feel like you’re having a proper country town experience.

Spend a few hours in El Nido, at the very northern tip of Palawan, and you’ll understand what they mean by paradise found. 

From today, local food connoisseur and donut extraordinaire (and 17 year-old business owner), Morgan Hipworth will be adding DOUGHNUT ICE CREAM SANDWICHES to the menu at his Windsor store, Bistro Morgan, and we’re going to keep this article short and sweet so we can run the hell down there.

Listen up Listers because we have something to crow about! Chinese New Year is here and we’re so ready to ring in the Year of the Rooster. This amazing cultural event is sure to be an absolute cracker, boasting incredible lighting installations, spectacular performances, mouthwatering food experiences and super fun activities to bring everyone together.

While we’re all still reeling from the series finale of Sherlock and can’t wait for season five in 2026, here are ten Australian TV shows that you can, and should, watch right now to curb you Cumberbatch withdrawals. And because we're extra kind, we've even told you where you can stream them (legally).

​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.

It’s that time of year where a three-piece feed from Kayfa just won’t cut it, mainly because it’s all you’ve been eating since you forgot how to cook over Christmas, but also because #newyearnewme, but thankfully we’ve rustled up some killer secret picnic spots in Melbourne that’ll make meal time that much more exciting (and that much less greasy).

Since you’ll be wearing white from head-to-toe, we recommend leaving the spaghetti at home—perhaps for afterwards once you’re back in PJs?

The largest organ our body has is our skin, so it makes sense that you be mad keen on looking after it. Your skin is constantly growing and changing, and with so much conflicting advice out there it’s hard to know what the best routine is when it comes to keeping your skin in tip-top condition.

As we reach that inevitable time of the week where not even our usual triple-shot latte is going to help us finish that damn marketing report, it’s time to stop pretending we’re actually doing any work and start planning our weekend in the beautiful city of Melbourne.

Friends will be asking you to bring your ‘famous cannoli dish’ to barbecues in no time is you give this recipe a spin. 

It’s Australian Open season, which means the hooligans are out in full force. Here are 7 to look out for.

These are all of the food trends that will be taking over your plate in 2017.

All your favourites open this Australia Day.

Best Australia Day ever!

If you haven’t had a pint at The Duke of Wellington, we’re afraid we’re going to have to take your Melbourne badge away. 

When it comes to sun-drinking there are three golden rules—1. Your drink must be lower in alcohol so you can go the distance, 2. It must be refreshing enough to cool you down and keep you cool, and 3. It has to be the perfect accompaniment to summer share food. And the drink that checks all of these boxes is the aperitif.

​For only two hours—that’s 120 minutes—Messina will be selling their half-litre tubs for $1. Yep, one dollarydoo will get you a whole tub of their limited-edition Voicemail flavour to take home and share with all of your mates. Or you know, not share it with your mates as you sit on your couch and think about the New Year’s resolutions you’ve failed to achieved. 

Wave hello to a four-day work week, and goodbye to your dignity because, well, Australia Day? 

We’re talking serious date night goals.

Avocado & Feta Smash w/ Poached Eggs & Maple-Glazed Bacon on Sour Dough Toast w/ Panko Fried Haloumi” *drops mic*.

Australia Day Races - It's like the event gods magic-ed up the perfect concoction to create a day of classy celebrations.

Ah yes, it’s one of those glorious short weeks. If you’re lucky enough to have Friday off and have an extra long weekend coming up then well done to you, but you’re going to need some great things to do until that point.

Squeezed in between Brunswick, Preston and Pascoe Vale, Coburg is actually kind of amazing. 

Nestled just off Chapel Street, Eat’aliano by Pino is a healthy eater’s nightmare.

Not one to buy into fads or dieting, The Wandering Matilda AKA Holly Nicholls, whips up delicious, nourishing eats that are best shared with a big bunch of friends, and this light and bright summer spaghetti is no exception. 

Oozing, thick, warm Nutella is sandwiched between buns to create the (appropriately named) Leaning Tella of Pisa.   

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.

A new year. A new long AF list of things you need and/or want to do. While we all begin with the best of intentions, being super duper productive is much (MUCH!) harder than it looks.

As much as I love going out for brunch, it can fill me with anxiety. Usually, that’s because I inevitably have to decide between sweet or savoury—and sometimes that’s just too damn hard. That is why whoever came up with the concept of a breakfast board is—in my humble opinion—the absolute MVP of food. God bless you for never making me choose between my smashed avo and my acai bowl.

Celebrate summer the way we best know how—with cocktails and tennis. Duh.

To prevent food-filled anarchy and for the ultimate sharing and caring Middle Eastern feast, here are our top seven tips!

​These full work weeks are tough, but luckily we've got a short week coming up. So to help you get through until then, we've put together everything you should consider going to this weekend. From free sliders to an ice cream festival, we—as usual—have you covered. Here are 12 awesome things to do this weekend.

Now we’re all aware that St Jerome’s Laneway Festival puts on a great show when it comes to its music, this year you can rock out to the likes of A.B. Original, D.D Dumbo, Gang Of Youths, Julia Jacklin, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Tash Sultana and loads more.

With notta lotta good stuff coming out of the U.S. lately (I’m looking at you Gilmore Girls revival… amongst other things...) you can sleep easy tonight knowing that an epic American donut and beer fest is hitting Australian shores for the first time this March, and by Australian shores we mean ~MELBOURNE~ and by epic we mean ~FREE~.

Fact: games are 158% better when booze is involved.

Rain, hail and sneeze-free, summer is the ultimate outdoor weather season...and when you’ve been living in Melbourne for a certain (extended) period of time, you know how (critically) important it is to grab good weather with both hands. 

Sorry Carrie Bradshaw, shopping is no longer our favourite form of cardio.

We’ve gathered up some of Melbourne’s best Australia Day parties and festivals, for you and your families to enjoy, as well as some official city-wide ceremonies, we also choose to respect and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our Australia Day commemorations, and have included events that unify and help Australians survive a day that otherwise celebrates a time of invasion and dispossession.

For anyone that has a you-shaped dent in their couch.

The sun is shining, the grass has all but dried up, and Nick Kyrgios is in the headlines every single day—yup, the Australian Open has arrived in Melbourne.

The stretch of High Street (that's Southside's High Street fyi, we've already got you covered Northside) from Prahran to Armadale is not just a nice stroll past topiaried bushes, ghostly churches and Victorian terrace apartments we can't afford due to a raging negroni habit.

Let’s get one thing straight–Melbourne knows burgers, but more specifically; The Urban List knows Melbourne burgers, so when a new burger joint pops up on our city’s food scene (i.e. The Fish & Burger Co.), the bat signal goes off and we are onto those meaty bread packages like starving moths to an exposed bonfire.

Gather your friends and make the most of every last drop of your weekend, here are the best Melbourne spots for a lazy Sunday session.

Welcome in, take a seat. Who are we kidding? You’re probably on a tram heading to work, just trying to kill time. Well we are A) offended and B) delighted. We want you to have the most superb week ever in the history of weeks and we know just how to make that happen. Sidenote: this week’s horoscope has been brought to you but our office playlist on shuffle.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Hot Dub Time Machine is a time-travelling dance party which has been taking the world by storm since 2011. DJ Tom Loud Hot Dub spins tunes from the 1950s through to 2015 in chronological order and it’s basically the most fun you’ll ever have…. until now. Hot Time Time Machine has just announced they’ve added wine to the mix to create, you guessed it—Hot Dub Wine Machine.

While sharks and ‘elevated enterococci readings’ have thrown an absolute spanner in the works for all our beach day ambitions this January, we’ve compiled a list of public pools you can cool off at while the sharks are still circling.

While we all know we could be slightly better at adulthood, starting a new hobby is a sure fire way to reach that goal. Who would have thought that we were onto something when we started playing minkey and learning the recorder in year four (sorry mum). While it feels pretty good at the time, unfortunately the road to adulthood doesn’t include floating on a giant blow up swan in your friend’s pool all weekend. OK, that actually sounds amazing, but just like season seven of Game of Thrones, winter is coming, then what will you do? Besides watch GoT, that is.

We hate to say I told you so, but we totally picked your perfect holiday destination for you, didn’t we? We wish we could take all the credit, but alas, we have to give the credit to Expedia for their recent survey that got to the bottom of all of our holidaying habits.

Still suffering from back-to-work-blues? As always, we’ve got the answers. Pretend you’re still on holidays with these 5 awesome things to do this week in Melbourne. 

Iceland is a land of extremes. Home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes and largest glaciers, it’s been dubbed as The Land of Fire and Ice for a very good reason. The summers are bright with endless hours of sunlight, while in the winter you’re lucky to get five hours of it. To top it off, Iceland is also home to some crazy activities, from dog sledding and caving to ice climbing and hiking—you’re never short of something new to try in this wonderful European land.

Halfway between Launceston and Hobart on the Great Eastern Drive, Piermont Retreat overlooks Great Oyster Bay and Freycinet National Park. Hemmed by eucalyptus and pine trees, it’s surrounded by an abundance of organic farms, Melshell Oysters and celebrated wineries like The Bend, Freycinet and Devil’s Corner.

​That’s right, the Golden Gaytime Crumb Shed is on its way to TOPSHOP and TOPMAN while the sun is still shining this summer.

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. 

Tkay Maidza and Missy Higgins are throwing down two massive live concerts this weekend and we’ve got all the phresh deets to get you there.

More so than anyone else in the service industry (alongside bartenders), we seem to always develop special relationships with our baristas. Maybe that’s because we can often see them multiple times a day. 

Never give up on the good times.

If anything’s going to tear us away from our UberEats addiction, it’s the allure of a well-known face performing behind the pans. We’re suckers for a good celeb cook book—who knew they could cut veggies like us mere mortals?

Here are all of the things that only coriander haters understand.

Get the gals on the phone toot sweet because Crown has just unveiled a revolutionary new entertainment destination in Melbourne and we have just three words for you: Golden. Bowling. Balls. Actually we've got a whole 7 reasons you need to hustle over there ASAP, because we literally cannot stop gushing about this luxe new venue. Pop the kettle on, bookmark your new Chrissie copy of Anna Kendrick’s autobio and pull up a seat on your IKEA modular chaise, because we've only just scratched the surface of this literal gift from the Gawds.

For loads of us, this was our first week back to work from the Chrissie break. Lets put all that negativity behind us and make way for a weekend full of bowling, food trucks, free live music, LEGO, movies, parties, parmas and like seven other things that will make you forget you slaved away at your desk last year so politicians could afford to make spontaneous property purchases on tax-payer funded interstate trips (~oops~).

What to do when the madness of the Christmas and New Year’s rush is over? Suddenly there’s all this time on your hands and you’re left questioning yourself, what to do, where to go, what to see?

You may recognise Black Star Pastry’s Strawberry & Watermelon Cake if you’ve dabbled in the Sydney food scene or even treated yo’self to a cheeky ‘zert at Melbourne’s most recent Night Noodle Market in November. Fortunately for those of you who are yet to experience this sweet baked magic, today’s your lucky day because owner and creator, Chris Thé, has announced Black Star Pastry’s move to Melbourne and literally everyone is losing their mind.

The Australia Open Festival is causing a food-filled racket with some of Melbourne’s best restaurants teaming up to form an enormous, drool-worthy food precinct, for every tennis lover and tennis non-lover.

Here are 20 things you'll hear on a daily basis if you have an Italian grandmother.

 From Nutella freakshakes to Nutella-filled doughnuts, Nutella-topped ice-cream and Nutella pizzas, this city’s obsession with the decadent, creamy spread has just levelled up.

Impressive from a company whose greatest innovation last year was Vegemite chocolate.

To make going back to work (somewhat) bearable, we've found some nifty apps aimed to alleviate all stresses and impracticalities of office life so that you can get stuck into the glorious grind.

**Breaking news**, our favourite FREE Melbourne music festival has just dropped its lineup for February 12 and we’re all scrambling to mark the date in our diaries because it. is. phressssshh.

New year, new trends...especially when it comes to exercise. And, we don’t mind, because we’re always up for a new ways to stay fit and healthy.

Summer is in full swing and Melbourne is kicking up her heels with an impressive selection of new openings and events. We had had a lengthy list to choose from this month (thanks Melbourne!) But here are our top 10 picks of what’s trending this month.

Hey hey little friends! It's 2017 and we’re still here to hold your hand and push you through the struggles and hustles and bustles of life. Not unlike the Friends theme song, we too will be there for you.

Welcome, friends, to the only travel guide you’ll need this year.

There's something cathartic about silently judging the fashions on any red carpet. Tell us we aren't alone in this secret shame? The Golden Globes are the latest red carpet to make us regret opting for sneakers and day 4 hair today, but hey, we're still totally entitled to judge their sartorial cred. Right? Here are all of the thoughts you probs had while sussing out their looks. 

Happy B Day iPhone!

For those of you reading this from the couch, here are a few things to pad your cushy holiday lifestyle with, and for those of your reading this from the office—my condolences. But also here are a handful of sweet thangs happening in our glorious city that could make your week A LOT more awesome.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I like my muffin tops on my actual muffins and not cascading over the top of my new Country Road denim shorts that my brother gave me for Christmas but that I actually picked out six weeks ago, amirite ladies? So let's kick those kilos where it hurts, right in the adipose tissue lipocytes (?).

Ah summer! You are here and we never, ever, ever want to let you go!

Planet Earth is made up of approximately 71% of water and with that much water comes a hell of a lot of swimming opportunities. 

Backyard BBQ season is well and truly upon us which means you've probably made your trusty old salad recipe more than a couple of times already. So it's time to give that one a rest and wow your mates with this roasted cauliflower, pomegranate and lentil salad from the superstars at This Little Pig Went To Market.

If this is what summer in Melbourne is supposed to look like, we’ve gotten the raw end of the deal.

These are the must have fashion trends you’ll be wearing in 2017.

We're at the heart of summer now and we know you're all burning for more Pimms by the Yarra, but we've got a very cultural list of things for you to do this weekend, because life's not all about food and alcohol (yes it is).

​Summer, the perfect time to head outdoors stay indoors, with remote in hand, keeping cool in the air-conditioning from the comfort of your couch. Amiright?

It’s been a great year for the gin drinker, what with science confirming that we’re sexy as hell, and the fact that as of right now pink gin just became a thing. 2017, just when we thought you were a write off you pulled through, thanks!

The time has come. You’ve set those out-of-office emails and you’ve had a last-minute fret about whether or not you actually turned the iron off, even though you never used it.

You will notice it is officially 2017. What you may not notice is that kids born in 2000’s are starting to graduate. 20 whole years have passed since the first Harry Potter book came out. And finally, it is officially one decade since Britney’s meltdown. But don’t let that get you down. To help you out, we looked so far into the future that this post had gone multi-platinum. It had outsold Michael Jackson.

Did you constantly find yourself bumping into tiny, everyday annoyances throughout 2016? So did we! We’ve conjured a handy list of 20 life hacks that’ll help you go forth into 2017 and kick ass.  

Oh, 2017. I’m going to start praying now that this year is not nearly as catastrophic as last year, because what with the partying, dancing, and regrettable drunken decisions we made on NYE, we need a bit of a break. Thank goodness this list is heading in the right direction. Here are 5 awesome things to do in Melbourne this week.

We’ve found all the arty, crafty, foody, fashiony markets you need to spend your Chrissie money on this January.

Ladies? Yeah! Fellas? Yeah! Have we got any money left after the Festive Season? Nuh-uh! Thought so, that's why we've put together a list of sixteen things you can do this January that won't cost you a cent.

For stationary geeks like us, shopping for a diary is one of the mightiest of pleasures that comes when the clock strikes the New Year, so we’ve done you a solid and rounded up some of the best out there. Time to show 2018 who’s boss, and organise the hell outta it!

There are a few ways to tackle a hangover, depending on your intestinal fortitude. We asked the country's hottest chefs what they recommend. 

Well, would you look at that? It’s been a year since you last swore off smoking and drinking.

What will it be this year people? Quitting smoking perhaps? Vowing to hit the gym every day of the week maybe? Or promising to not text the ex you’re still so madly in love with?

With a Caribbean kick, you’ll want to drink this all summer long. Trust us.

From cereal killer cocktails made with Fruit Loop milk, vodka and Aperol to homemade cocoa pops and sticky date pudding espresso martinis, it seems 2016 was a year for cereal and dessert cocktails in Australia and New Zealand! But we also had loads of goodies from the French, Asian, Italian, Lebanese and American persuasions, as well as some top notch beer.

This is the biggest social weekend of the season! And for everyone not a Falls Festival or Beyond the Valley, here's a few things you can get up to this weekend that aren't having a stone cold shower on the top of a hill of paying $12 for a beer.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for a Summer food truck festival!

The key to an excellent New Year’s Eve is always a balance between being happy-tipsy and throwing up on your New Year’s kiss at one minute past midnight. Unfortunately for some (me included), it’s difficult to see this fine line—especially when you’re practically blind drunk.

What with 2016 coming to a swift end, we’ve been reminiscing about all the good food and drink we’ve stuffed into our bellies in the last 12 months. It was hard to cut it down to just 10, as this year we’ve seen heaps of new venues make a name for themselves in the competitive dining environment that is Melbourne. 

Hold onto your goddamn hats because this is BIG news. Returning in 2017 is Yak Ale’s Melbourne Barbecue Festival!

One of the things I most like about Christmas time is you can basically drink whatever you want, whenever you want.

Hopefully you’ve had a delightful holiday season that didn’t involve family lunch resembling The Hunger Games. The new year is upon us and sorry, but your resolution of going to the gym everyday (that you’ve failed to do 3 years straight) just isn’t fooling anyone anymore.

Welcome to the hell that is the post-Christmas aftermath. We have leftovers to get through, shopping trips to go on, and lots of money to spend (R.I.P), but hopefully some of these events will cheer you up before the end of what has been a crazy 2016. Here’s 5 awesome things to do in Melbourne this week.

Ahhh, Boxing day. The bittersweet reminder that Christmas is over. The stress about what to get Aunty Brenda, what to bring to the family lunch, and how to keep your Mum away from all that red wine is officially over. All that you’re left with now is a bin full of wrapping paper and a fridge full of leftovers. If you play your cards right you can make leftovers last until New Years, chances are your still full by then anyway.

As everyone knows, Christmas is a sacred time for comparing the retail price of Christmas presents with your siblings, stealing all the Lindt balls off the table while mum’s mashing the potatoes, and bitching about how stingy Grandma is, but there are also a host of other topics that should not, under any circumstances, be broached over festive nibbles.

Though on some levels it’s fun to see your whole family over Christmas, on many more levels it is extremely painful.

Christmas is around the corner—a time where all the good girls and boys get to eat their weight in ham and empty their bank accounts into other people’s Christmas stockings.

With the inevitable madness of Christmas fast approaching, you’d think that Melbourne would settle down for a little bit just to catch its breath.

2016 has been a hectic one, but now it’s time to relax. Although there’s sun to tan under, bars to tick off and cafes to ‘gram, you need to make time for these stellar new films coming this summer. There’s something for everyone, because, let’s face it, we all need a little escape from reality sometimes. Grab some popcorn and get ready to watch the magic unfold—you can come out a new, worldly version of yourself in less than two hours!

Holly Anderson, aka The Wandering Matilda, is a globe-trotting kitchen wizard who is here to make all your Christmas dreams come true with these boozy Christmas cookies. Crank the Christmas tunes, whip out the Cafe Patron—because YOLO—and mix yourself up a batch of these bad boys. You could also give them away as presents, but you'll want to make a few extra for yourself too!

So Eddie Redmayne/Emma Watson/both never replied to your tweets and you’re facing yet another Christmas as a lone wolf, which is especially depressing after the year that’s been (tubes of Pringles are all of a sudden 10.6% smaller than they were last December and NOBODY HAS ANSWERS). But fear not because we’ve put together a guide to tackling Christmas as a free agent that’ll make everyone with a lover wish they were too (maybe).

There’s no better sense of achievement than when you cook up a delicious meal or dessert with fruit or vegetables that you’ve either grown yourself or picked with your own two hands.

These really are the 7 MOST Melbourne experiences you need to tick off. Stat.

Whether it’s a Christmas party with family and friends or an end of year work party, this time of year is full of sweet events and plenty of celebrations. But who cbf planning a festive party at this time of year? Well, that thing in your pocket that you're on 90% of the day might be able to help.

Not only are you probably in a food-induced coma right now, but you’re probably hella broke as well, but that’s cool-cool-chameleon, because we’ve put together a list of things you can fill your holidays with that won’t cost a cent (thank gawd).

Don’t get us wrong, we enjoy the finer things in life, but when it comes to summer, we reckon picnics beat fine dining any day. There’s just nothing quite like a truck load of cheese, a few delish salads, some fresh bread and plenty of ciders to share with your mates on a warm summer’s day.

Ah summer, you fickle friend. We love you for your many hours of sunshine which give us an excuse to live at the beach and drink way too many glasses of rosé. We also love you for your fashion—for denim shorts, sandals and bikinis. But we hate you for the havoc you play on our skin.

To help you curate your best beauty look yet, we've put together the most iconic beauty buys on the market, mixed with a few products that have risen the ranks to cult-like status (we're looking at you Charlotte Tillbury!)

Christmas is hella nigh and I'll be surprised if anyone has any money left. But if they do, here's some ripper events to spend it on this weekend in Melbourne.

Melbourne sure got its freak on in 2016. Here's a list of things to look back on that’ll make you say, “Naww, Melbs, you raw dawg; you keep me young”.

We’ve compiled a list of handy tips for packing light (beauty-wise) to make sure you can still have all your fave holiday looks with you.

We begged Anthony Nader, Sydney’s hair extraordinaire, to give us any and all of his tips for combating humidity this summer.

Travelling is one of life’s greatest joys—collecting passport stamps can be kind of addictive, we get it. We’re all about those first few hours spent exploring a new city (while totally lost), ordering off menus in a language you don’t understand and chasing those next-level crazy views. But, we don’t exactly have the budget to spend each waking moment exploring the globe unfortunately. 

As much as I love watching Christmas movies, and as iconic as Love Actually is in the Australian psyche, winter Christmases aren’t all fairy lights and Rodrigo Santoro.

Melbourne foodies, gather ‘round—the summer food event of 2017 is returning for another huge, mouth-watering season!

Beer, glorious beer. There’s never a bad time to drink a cold frosty beer, but having a beer in summer always feels a little bit different. Maybe it’s because time moves a little slower, you might be at the beach, at a BBQ, or taking part in a bit of backyard cricket—whatever it is, you’re relaxed.

Summer in Australia was made for travelling. With the amount of glorious beaches and urban foodie spots waiting to be discovered, there’s never been a better way to spend your Christmas holidays. But where do you even start?

The best wines to drinks this christmas after you've spent all your money on presents.

Okay guys, do not freak out, but there is a prawn shortage this Christmas. Hands up if you’re now officially freaking out? If you’re like us, you currently have two hands in the air and your feet are off the ground too.

We’re giving you all of our hot tips on how to not only nail the challenge, but also have room for dessert.

Dust off your parasols, crack out the SPF 50+ sports strength sunscreen and throw on your thickest Ripcurl rash vest, because the 2017 Ginger Pride Rally is coming on April 29, and Melbourne has been voted its host.

T’was the week before Christmas and all through the office, everyone was cheery-even the bosses! The week ahead holds many wishes and hopes, without further ado here’s the horoscopes.

Gather round fellow online shoppers, we’re here to let you in on a little secret. 

As you can probably tell, we take our caffeine very seriously.

Leave the mozzies, dodgy communal shower blocks and lumpy sleeping bags behind people, because we’re going glamping! We're totally on board for toasted marshmallows, the fluffiest of bed linens and long hot showers, please. Get out of town this summer and take camping to glamorous new heights this weekend, no matter your destination

It’s Christmas! Everybody start screaming, celebrating and jingle bell-ing because the merry season is nigh upon us! We know that you’ll all be tied up with awkward family events and staff parties with way too much alcohol, but if you get a spare second here are 5 awesome things to do in Melbourne this week.

Anytime is a good time for a classy af cocktail and the good guys at Melbourne Gin Company have given us this recipe to share you with.

Summer in Melbourne is here (fiiiiiinally), meaning it’s now time to kick back and relax with an afternoon cocktail, right? Right.

There’s no doubt that Italians are the kings of cheese. Here are four reasons why.

Holy moly, people! In just less than two weeks we’ll be saying hasta la vista to 2016 and welcoming an entire 365 days of endless possibilities—heck yes!

There's no denying it, us southern hemisphere folk have a very unique take on the festive season; who needs snow, mulled wine and soggy feet when you can polish off a bottle of champers and a kilo of prawns in 35+ degree heat?

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. 

This time of year is all about giving. The streets are crammed with people frantically searching for fitting gifts to give their friends, family and colleagues. And it’s not always easy. While there are some people for whom choosing a thoughtful gift is simple, there are many others who are so ridiculously difficult to shop for that it conjures up other feelings which are decidedly removed from the Christmas spirit. Feelings like resentment, vexation and plain old-fashioned loathing. Let’s face it, a lot of the time we end up buying gifts for people we don’t particularly like or even enjoy the company of just to avoid social backfire.

With gifts for foodies to #fitspo friends, you’ll tick off your Christmas present list faster than Santa in a sleigh.

Christmas is creeping ever closer (which means a lot of these to-do's are Chrissie-related) but here's a stellar list of things to keep yourself occupied with if you're one of the very few to have wrapped up their Christmas shopping for 2016 (pardon the pun).

​It’s that special time of year, the time when you eat as much ham/seafood/turkey/pork/scones as your body can handle. When you pour copious amounts of alcohol into your mouth to help you forget about 2016.

Rooftops are heating up, but for our money 2016 has been the Year of the Wine Bar. You can't buy an apartment or stumble into a clothing store lately without also finding an attached shrine dedicated to all things vin. Here are the best new wine bars around Melbourne.

​In celebration of all things apple and pig, the second Cider and Pork Festival is returning to an all-new Melbourne location next January.

It’s one thing to be told you can never eat delicious goodies like doughnuts, croissants and pies, but to be told you can’t eat those things OR drink beer again is soul destroying. Beer is a way of life in Australia and to live a life without the golden elixir of goodness is to live a half life, a life like the one Voldemort lives when he drinks unicorn blood.

It’s no wonder mojitos are the most popular cocktail of summer, they’re just so darn refreshing. Made with white rum, lime, mint and soda water, they’re crisp and zesty—perfect to see you and your mates through the hottest of summer days.

The holiday season is the time to show your lady that you’re extremely attentive and have absolutely been writing down all the prezzies she’s been subtly hinting at in the form of direct links inboxed to your work email. But in case you haven’t, and you’re still not sure what to get her–don’t get her these.

​It’s bloody hot out, and the struggle is too real for those of us without air conditioners. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and for too long you’ve had to sit there in your jocks just hoping for that cool change to blow in.

Just when we thought 2016 was set to be the worst year ever on record, the Apple Gods have gone and blessed us with a darn avo emoji. 

The year is starting to wind down. The days are longer, the sun is out (most days anyway), and you're already starting to feel the burn from the non-stop Christmas events that keep on popping up in your iCal. With your social calendar filled to the brim, how will you even work out what to buy your second cousin, let alone find the time to actually go out and get it.

Instagramming is practically a sport in Melbourne, with food-lovers patiently lining up plates, cutlery and impeccably designed menus for a picture perfect brunch. 

Even though some people have already ditched their thinking caps for Hawaiian shirts and speedos, it will please you to know that we are still here for you. We know you’ve been running around like headless chickens waiting for our next round of wisdom, so without further ado we present this week’s life-changing, amazing, exact horoscopes. Use them wisely.

So somehow 2017 is only NINETEEN DAYS AWAY, which means in just under three weeks we’re all going to pull a Bridget Jones and attempt to transform our lives by writing a totally unachievable goal on the front page of our brand new Kikki-K Mindfulness Journals.

Melbourne’s creative scene has kept us all well read, well clothed and well entertained for years, but this new photography exhibition is bound to be one of the coolest celebrations of local talent we’ve seen.

Coming up to Christmas we’ve got so many events hip and happenin’ that you’ll be fully booked until the New Year. Check out a night market that’s really worth your dollars, American barbeque that will get you on the road, and even the almighty tur-duck-en in this week’s list of awesome things to do.

Giddy up Melbourners, we’ve found the only event worth knowing about this summer.

Forget about spending money on groceries this week because the massive plant sale at Pea Green Boat Artist Studios is on once again.

When she's not busy travelling the globe and writing about her foodie adventures, Holly Anderson, aka The Wandering Matilda, is in the kitchen cooking up a storm. She's a big believer in simple, nourishing, homemade deliciousness—just our kind of cooking!

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. 

As someone who has somewhat of an aversion to Christmas, I have an unnatural appreciation for Christmas movies. Maybe it’s the longing for a white Christmas, or even just the longing for some form of attention by way of copious amounts of presents. We’ll leave the questions to a psychologist…

Calling all night crawlers, day drinkers and avid Sunday sessioners. Here are our picks of the best new Melbourne bars to try out this Summer. Get in quick and claim your barstool before everybody else does.

Birrarung Marr will once again play host to everyone’s favourite garden party. There’s nothing better than taking it easy during a magic Melbourne summer on the banks of the Yarra, and the Royal Croquet Club will only be making your summer bigger and brighter.

Alrighty girls and boys its time for a dose of honesty—your boyfriend probably isn’t going to tell you any of this, but he will sure be thinking it.

It’s [nearly] Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday! So we’ve put together a list of the happiest happenings in our glorious city this weekend.

I know this is a contentious thing to say, but we’ve discovered the best Nonna’s gnocchi this side of Sicily.

Brought to you by the backseat bandits in Row 62. 

Food truck junkies rejoice as Burnley gets it's very own pop-up food truck park this Summer. We are more excited than the video of the little boy who unwraps an avocado.

As we ease into the festive season, where inevitable weight gain, boxing day sale trauma and abject poverty are there to greet us on the other side, it’s important to set aside some ‘me time’ so as not to disintegrate into a shrivelled post-Chrissie husk–and we’ve found the perfect place to cash that bad boy in.

You can stop sucking up to your rich friends with heated outdoor pools because the hugely popular inflatable river paradise that took Melbourne by storm earlier this year is returning to the Yarra for another summer of inflatable fun, and this year they’re kicking it up a gear.

Things are going to get wild in 2017 with the announcement of a new food truck festival in the city’s north. Velodrome Food Truck Festival will be launching on Australia day and running until January 29th, it’s the brainchild of the teams behind Red Bennies, Beyond The Valley and Pitch Music & Arts Festival.

Summer is finally here (it was feeling like it wasn’t going to come there, for a little while) and to celebrate Melbourne is turning it on with a ton of festive activities, fun frivolities and new openings. Here are out top ten picks for December.

Gutted about Amy Schumer’s tour down under being cancelled? Couldn’t sell your car in time to buy Adele tickets? Work won’t let you take time off to stalk see Justin Bieber in March? Well, none of this matters anymore, because something far better’s about to hit the 2017 Australian entertainment scene.

Ho ho holy crap it’s December. We bet you’re thinking: How did that even happen? Did 2016 skip a month somewhere without telling you? Where have you been? What is to come? How many stars are in the sky? Do synonyms actually exist? Who has all the answers?—We do. Like, all of them. Let’s just say we’re as good as a Bunnings snag on a Saturday afternoon.

Let’s be honest, you haven’t given a single thought as to what you’re buying your mum for Christmas this year, riiight? How about those family members who can't physically tell you what they want, but can physically tear up an entire lounge suite in one hour? Here's what you NEED to buy your beloved pet for Christmas this year. 

The days of curling up under a blanket with Jodi Picoult’s latest soul-destroying courtroom drama while Jane Bunn preaches subartic temperatures on the 6 o’clock news are over, and the time for summer adventures is nigh.

Whether it's ciders at a mate's BBQ, a Sunday session at your favourite drinking spot, or a festive silly-season get-together, now's the time to share a moment in the sun with your mates. 

Someone’s trash, is another’s treasure—that’s what we always say here at The Urban List. Others, however, are not as forgiving especially when it comes to what to what we’re watching on Netflix (Gilmore Girls revival, anyone?).

Launching as Melbourne’s newest festival at the University of Melbourne, Shimmerlands has just released their film line up for the summer.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Melbourne is a mere hour or two from some of Victoria’s most jaw-droppingly beautiful nature spots. So if you want to see something other than hipsters lining up for brunch, why not take a roadtrip to one of the state’s mind-blowingly beautiful nature spots? Iconic beaches, lush rainforests and misty waterfalls are a mere drive away.

Someone’s in for a treat this week, with a funky theatre, Christmas photos with your furry friends, and a delicious dinner that is well worth celebrating. Go on, don’t let us hold you back.

If you're a die-hard fan, you were watching this at midnight on Friday night and had not even had a hot milo break since you sat down four and a half hours ago with your Crust pizza, because you weren't going to have a wink of sleep until you heard THOSE LAST FOUR WORDS.

Third time's the charm, say it with me people, "Give. Me. Melissa. McCarthy". 

This summer, Melbourne will become the world’s most slideable city thanks to a couple of fine purveyors of water slide goodness who are setting up shop in our fair city. Throw your board shorts or bikinis on, slather yourself in sunscreen and get sliding.

Ain’t no party like a staff Christmas party, coz a staff Christmas party ain’t cost a cent. Keep an eye out for these idiots.

They don’t call Queensland the Sunshine State for nothing.

It’s December, how on earth did that happen? No doubt your social schedule is jam-packed over the next few weeks with work events, party invites from people you don’t like but you feel obligated to attend, and general things you might actually want to poke your head into.

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.

It’s only the first day of summer, but bloody hell it’s already shaping up to be a ripper. Back in October, we let you know that POPS were on their way to Melbourne, so you can get that champagne icy pole Calippo style hit.

What better way to let the whole world know that you’re a Christmas nut than by displaying your love for the festive season emblazoned across your chest? Sure, we may not have the weather for it, but we'll be damned if us Aussies can't look as ridiculous as our northern hemisphere companions come the big day. Sweat or not sweat.

You’re making a list, you’re checking it twice, and now you’ve gotta find out how the hell you’re going to afford to buy so many presents when you’ve already spent all your money on Adele tickets. Fortunately, we’ve put together a list of trendy markets that are bound to fit every budget.  

In a burger, with eggs, battered and deep-fried—the possibilities for halloumi are endless.

Melbourne, we have heard your cries of extreme smoothie bowl-induced poverty and have responded with no less than 16 free things to do this December. You go Melbourne.

Now you can Netflix and chill errrrrywhere.

It’s December, cue the Christmas lights! (Anyone who puts up decorations before December 1st is just wrong btw). Just because the holiday season is near doesn’t mean our weekend will be any less jam-packed. This week we’ve got a horror movie campout, TWOOBS and Skwoosh are hosting Summer Sessions and Scarf are letting us drink for charity!

Melbourne's love affair with American BBQ is well-known by now. Flavour-packed spice rubs, sweet glazes slathered on smoked meats, and loaded sides that will do their best to clog your arteries (not that we care).

So we watched the second episode, because almost nothing was resolved in the first one, but mostly because we haven't seen Melissa McCarthy yet, and we won't sleep until we do.

We’re calling it—these are THE health and wellness treatments of 2016. The team that brought you (ultra addictive) meditative floatation therapy has just launched their newest venture in South Yarra.

We get it. Your social calendar is overflowing with invites to Christmas parties, BBQs and that’s without even considering Friday night post-work drinks. “Just one more” you say to yourself, and before you bloody know it you’re looking at your watch and it’s 2am on a school night.

Hold on to your credit cards guys—IKEA Australia has just announced online shopping. 

The origins of the advent calendar date back to the 19th century when German Lutherans used to mark the 24 days til Christmas by making a little chalk mark on the wall. In 1908, a guy called Gerhard Lang invented today’s version of the advent calendar and made a lot of money selling designs with 24 little doors. Another company started producing advent calendars with Bible verses behind the closed doors—but the most popular advent calendars have always been the ones containing chocolate.

Get ready to soar like an eagle and check out one of the best views you’ll see in Victoria.

​Christmas is less than a month away, and if—like us—you haven’t even given a thought to Christmas shopping yet, you better put your skates on.

Summer is coming and when the mercury rises, the only way to cool off in this great (but stinking hot) country of ours is hitting the beach!

Essendon-based brunch oasis, North & Eight, have just turned two and are showing no signs of throwing in the apron yet. Joining the Melbourne brekkie scene in 2015, this unassuming outer-suburb cafe has been quietly kicking goals in the kitchen since it first opened it’s doors.

Joe Blow might say that if you’ve seen one Christmas market, you’ve seen them all, but to Joe Blow we say ‘shutupayouface’! Unless you’ve already seen nine Christmas markets this year, in which case you probably have seen them all.

Once again, the time has come for us Brainiac’s to put our enormous heads together to solve all of your weekly issues. We like to think of ourselves as your inner monologue, spirit-guides or hypothetical older siblings who show you the proper ways to navigate life. And if that involves having cheat days or drinking yourself to the point of asking where your Uber driver was born—so be it!

Last Friday night, after the nine longest year of our lives, Netflix released ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life’ and Gen Y collectively huddled on their Ikea modular sofas, sipping Diet Coke and shedding tears for every second Melissa McCarthy wasn’t on our screens.

We think we’re turning Japanese, we really think so! At least we can pretend to with some authentic, cheese-filled delicacies inspired by the Hokkaido dairy region!

The best dress up parties in Australia revolve around costumes, cricket and bevs.

Who doesn’t love a Santa's reindeer? Or an outdoor cinema? Or drinking for a good cause? Scratch that, you’re going to love all the events listed for this week. 

There's no better way to impress your mates (or a potential lover) than to make your own high-class dessert. And this one is as high as you can get.

This magical land of shellfish, drinking on the street and jazz bands is more magical than every single Disney Land put together. 

It’s around this time of year where we all start to make plans about what to eat on Christmas Day. Who isn’t looking forward to a bit of ham, maybe some BBQ prawns (they do go down a treat), probably some Chrissy pudding that no one really likes but you buy one anyway, and a few drinks with the fam? We sure as hell are.

Whoever woke up one morning and decided to pop a dollop of fairy floss on a pancake is a genius, but first and foremost a national hero.

This Sunday, for their final event of the year, the Flour Market is hosting their famous Spring Bake Sale to celebrate all things bread, biscuit and butter. 

With cloudy skies and freak thunderstorms now *hopefully* behind us, we can start to enjoy all that Melbourne has to offer come summer, like rooftop bars, hitting up the beach, and most importantly—outdoor cinemas.

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. 

When she's not busy travelling the globe and writing about her foodie adventures, Holly Anderson, aka The Wandering Matilda, is in the kitchen cooking up a storm. She's a big believer in simple, nourishing, home-made deliciousness—just our kind of cooking!

When word hit my desk that a ‘cult’ hair brand had been included in this year’s Oscars goodie bags (yes, the very ones that your fave movie stars get to take home while clutching their golden statues), I knew I had to get a hold of it.

If you’ve never had your parents/cousins/vaguely-related third aunt question you on your love life, then you’ve either never been to a family gathering, or you’re really good at running away from the elderly before they can catch you by the cheek.

They say learning the English language is tough. We can only imagine what people say when it comes to learning how to speak ‘Strayan. 

Everyone might scream for ice cream, but in the wonderfully weird city of Melbourne, we’re screaming for ice-cream ramen.