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INTERVIEW > Per Brickstad is Transparent

Martin Willers (left), Per Brickstad (centre) and Magnus Wiberg (right) | Image Credit - Transparent Per Brickstad the Chief Designer for Transparent (center), along with Martin Willers the CEO (left) and Magnus Wiberg, the Sales Director (right) are the founders of Transparent. Together they started out running a successful design studio, but 10 years on…

November 22, 2023ByCrispin

EAT > MELBOURNE WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > Johnny Vince & Sam’s, Melbourne (10/20)

Any new Italian restaurant opening on Carlton's Lygon Street needs to have something special to be noticed. The premise for Johnny, Vince and Sam's restaurant is to capture the daggy cool of 60s and 70s vintage with some classic Italian dishes and there are aspects of this that are excellent, but on the day we…

November 16, 2023ByCrispin

EAT > PARIS WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > Le Train Bleu, Paris (13/20)

There are few restaurants that offer the grandeur of Le Train Blue located at the boarding end of the hall in the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris. The restaurant was originally built in 1900 as part of the Exposition Universelle (The World's Fair) and it features a series of connected dining rooms each…

November 15, 2023ByCrispin

GUIDE ME

ALMANAK GUIDE > Siracusa, Sicily

PDF Download | Order Printed Book | Download Google Map with Locations [dflip id="25077"][/dflip] Each guide has practical tips of Where to Eat, Drink, Sleep, Swim, Shop and What to See and Do. The Google Maps integration means you have the information as well as the PDF in your hand where ever…

November 14, 2023ByCrispin

INTERVIEW >

INTERVIEW > Remo Giuffré

Remo The Great Curator Remo Giuffré Remo Giuffré is a man who curates things, ideas and even people. For many Sydneysiders he is still best known for his eponymous REMO General Store which launched on the corner of Oxford Street and Crown Streets in Sydney in 1988. Curating Things It was a…

November 14, 2023ByCrispin

EAT > PARIS WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > La Cantine du Troquet, Paris (15/20)

"That is the best food I have eaten in twelve weeks of being in France". I was looking for somewhere convenient in Paris to meet my friend Ken who was travelling on a lads trip for the Rugby World Cup, England had just been knocked out of the final by South Africa…

November 10, 2023ByEd Itor

EAT > LONDON WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > The Loch & The Tyne, London (17/20)

If you are not a Windsor local there is a good chance you wont have found this delightful pub in Old Windsor, its not somewhere you would stumble over. About 25 miles out of central London (an hour in the car), it is not a usual place for travellers but as we found…

November 10, 2023ByEd Itor

EAT > MELBOURNE WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > Atria, Melbourne (15/20)

I am going to admit it. I have this built in bias about restaurants that sit on the top of towers featuring 'an amazing view'. I this comes from visiting a number of revolving restaurants around the Australia - such as 'The Summit', now 'O Dining' (at the top of Australia…

November 3, 2023ByEd Itor

DESIGN

STAY > TWA Hotel

Still the coolest airport hotel in the world. The TWA hotel opened in 2019 to significant acclaim, the building had been sitting empty for decades. Recognised as a mid-century masterpiece by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (who also designed the St Lous Gateway Arch) reclaiming its former glory and retaining all of the 1960's styling architects…

October 17, 2023ByEd Itor

DRINK > WINE DRINK > WINE > Pinot Noir

WINE > Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 (97/100 points)

I have to admit a little bias, this wine is one of my absolute 'go to' favourites and has been for about the last 5 years. Giant Steps make a number of single vineyard pinot noir releases but for me it has always been the AppleJack Vineyard that delivered a perfect palate of fruit,…

October 16, 2023ByCrispin