Posted by jennynoowyn on October 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
About 5 years ago (to my delight) I stumbled across Adelaide based eBay seller Claire Inc. who had the most exquisite taste in designer vintage clothing. Belinda Humprhis, the founder of Claire Inc. has since grown the business into an online fashion destination for shrewd, well-dressed ladies searching for high-end vintage clothing – admittedly she … Continue reading →
Filed under 1. City Guides, 2. Food + Drink, 3. Nightlife, 4. Shopping · Tagged with Adelaide, Adelaide City, Alpha Box & Dice, Antique Market, Antiques, Australia, Bakery, bar, Beck’s Bakehouse, Belinda Humphris, city guide, Claire Inc., Curator, Fashion, Florist, food, holiday planning, holidays, Interview, Lucia’s Pizzeria, McLaren Vale, Melrose Park, North Adelaide, Pub, restaurants, Ruby Red Flamingo, shopping, The Exeter Hotel, The New Guard, The Tenth Meadow, travel guide, Unley, vintage, Vintage Fashion, wine
Posted by jennynoowyn on October 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There’s something very new and exciting happening over here at meltingbutter.com. We’re launching a new section called “The Curators” where we’ve hand selected the most interesting and creative tastemakers from cities all over the world to give us a little insight into what makes them, their work and their cities special. In this first edition … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on September 21, 2013 · 1 Comment
It’s been about 6 months since our last NYC restaurant round up… in New York time that is worth at least a year’s worth of restaurant research! So, it’s time for a new round up of 10 of our favourite meltingbutter.com restaurant haunts. Some of these restaurants are new, some are old, some are hotspots … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on August 23, 2013 · 4 Comments
It’s been just over a year living in NYC now and admittedly; it’s been the drunkest year of my life. I’m not really sure who I should be blaming for this… Myself? My friends? The plethora of watering holes in the city? Probably all three (not that there’s even anything wrong with some responsibly drunken … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on July 24, 2013 · 2 Comments
We were pretty excited when we found out our good friends Tim & Bri were getting married and I must admit I was even more excited when we found out it was going to be in Athens, Greece with an open invitation to crash part of their honeymoon in the Greek Islands – Hello Grecian … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on May 22, 2013 · 2 Comments
I was certain I’d hate LA with its sprawling suburbs, endless driving and plastic people. And maybe I’d still hate to live there but as a New Yorker for the last almost-year without a proper holiday, a long weekend in LA was the perfect way to de-stress and re-energise. Sure, there are those LA cliché’s … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on April 13, 2013 · 12 Comments
It’s probably impossible to distil all NYC restaurants down to the best 15, but I’m ambitious so I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway. Besides, it’s my blog so I can take it back if I change my mind. These restaurants are the top-15 that really impressed me in the 10 months I’ve … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on October 6, 2012 · 3 Comments
Italians and Australians in my experience are two of the fussiest coffee drinkers in the world. And it just so happens that most of my friends living in NYC are either Australian, Italian, or people who have lived in Italy for a substantial time – basically; my friends are a bunch of coffee snobs. Since … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on July 14, 2012 · 24 Comments
We finally did it. We moved to New York City! I’ve been so caught up in the excitement of the big move in the past months that it wasn’t till our last week in Amsterdam that I got to really reflect on what an amazing little city it really is and more importantly, what an … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on March 21, 2012 · 4 Comments
A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to indulge in a girls-and-gay-best-friends weekend in Paris. The plan was to see and do as much as possible since one of the girls (Hoa) was a Paris virgin, but somehow we ended up spending most of our time at GBF’s place stuffing ourselves with foie gras … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on January 24, 2012 · 8 Comments
I jumped at the chance to spend this last weekend in Berlin with Mikee, who had been there all week schmoozing with industry folk at Bread & Butter. I was really in the mood for a dose of Berlin’s attitude; you know, cool, laid-back, edgy yet stylishly hedonistic – the kind of attitude that cool … Continue reading →
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Posted by jennynoowyn on January 14, 2012 · 9 Comments
Have I mentioned that I’m an obsessive-compulsive holiday planner? I think it could be a sickness. Lately I’ve rocked my own world by coming up with this amazing new way of planning holidays with Google Maps. I simply research the restaurants, galleries, shop and sights I want to see and drop a pin into the … Continue reading →
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