Archive for the 'Opinion' Category
Posted: Thursday, March 12th, 2009 @ 2:09 pm in Clubs & Bars, Events, Festivals, Lifestyle, Opinion, Reviews | 1 Comment »
Following a disappointing experience at B Confidential, our thoughts turned towards finding a gentleman’s club in Brisbane that we could say nice things about. Newly opened, with two venues in Fortitude Valley and Petrie Terrace, Love and Rockets was soon brought to our attention and with its website proudly touting that they are “Brisbane’s BEST [...]
Posted: Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 @ 1:34 pm in Clubs & Bars, Events, Opinion, Reviews | 1 Comment »
A group of friends and I all had different plans this past Saturday night, but we decided to catch up for a quick feed and a drink before going our seperate ways. As we were walking towards The Caxton on Caxton Street, we passed Kitty O’Shea’s and, seeing that the Miss Hawaiian Tropic competition was [...]
Posted: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 @ 2:29 pm in Clubs & Bars, Opinion, Reviews | No Comments »
Back when I was a struggling student in Perth, somebody gave me a VIP card that got me express entry and drink discounts at Mustang Bar in Northbridge - Perth’s equivalent of the valley. Upon moving to Brisbane, I was pleasantly surprised to find a Mustang Bar in Fortitude Valley and so being the scammy [...]
Posted: Friday, February 20th, 2009 @ 9:57 pm in Gifts, Lifestyle, Opinion, Restaurants & Cafes, Reviews | 1 Comment »
Running a website like NewBrisbane presents plenty of opportunities to review fun and exciting products and venues, as well as to meet some inspiring business managers, but I can honestly say that the review of Monty’s Chocolates in Paddington was by far the most fun I’ve had writing a review in my long history of [...]
Posted: Friday, February 20th, 2009 @ 11:28 am in Clubs & Bars, Opinion, Reviews | 5 Comments »
When I first discovered that there was a strip club around the corner from where I work, I thought this would be great - what better way to bond with workmates than Friday drinks at the local strip club? Not only that, but B Confidential in Spring Hill is also located right around the corner [...]
Posted: Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 @ 10:53 am in Opinion, Restaurants & Cafes, Reviews | 2 Comments »
This is a story of love, loss and salvation. This is a story about eating at Gammy, a Korean Restaurant located on the top level of the Myer Centre in the Brisbane CBD.
Gammy Korean Restaurant
Top level, Myer Centre
Brisbane CBD
Hours:
Mon-Sat: 11am-midnight
Sun: 5pm-midnight
Tuesday night dinner and movies is an institution for my friends and I. Every Tuesday [...]
Posted: Sunday, February 1st, 2009 @ 3:53 pm in Opinion, Restaurants & Cafes, Reviews | No Comments »
I’d been asked recently if I could write about some breakfast places in Brisbane and I thought what better place to check out than the Wicked Corner Cafe in Spring Hill. Located halfway between my home and my work, I pass by there quite frequently, but have never grabbed much more for breakfast than the [...]
Posted: Saturday, January 24th, 2009 @ 6:00 pm in Hair/Style, Lifestyle, Opinion | 2 Comments »
I was going to save the first entry of our new lifestyle section for a report on my upcoming weekend adventure, but I was so impressed by my Friday night to Elan Hair & Body on Edward St in the city that I’ve decided it deserves to be first.
élan Men’s Hair & Body
162 Edward [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 @ 4:41 pm in Clubs & Bars, Opinion, Reviews | 4 Comments »
So with Thursday night infamous in its role as student night in the city, the goal of tonight was to have a big midweek bender, and in the process to find where all the drinks discounts are downtown, with The Embassy, The Port Office, Union Jack’s and Fridays all on the roster to explore.
The Embassy
188 [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 @ 11:02 am in Opinion, Restaurants & Cafes, Reviews | 2 Comments »
Cha Cha Char - Come for the food, leave for the service
It’s the annual work Christmas party and, after a year of not participating in Friday drinks due to its limitation to beer and wine, I’m looking forward to generously partaking of the one night of the year where the company employs an open-bar policy [...]