Sep 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Basil Hummus

Helloooo! Yes, it has been a while since my last post. I am a bad bad blogger. In my defence, a massive work project that I was running meant that I was working 12 day weeks and many 14 hour days for a few months. Which was pretty hideous but strangely fantastic at the same time. And at the end of it all, I was rewarded with a promotion. Eeeeee! But it’s over now. And I’m baaaaack! This is a... read more

Aug 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Dress

Most wedding dresses are ugly. This was the recurring thought that went through my head as I flicked through page after page of wedding magazines. Too big. Too puffy. Too lacy. Too Disney princess. I mean seriously people, the 1980s are over. Clearly the wedding industry has not received the memo. Looking at page after page of over-the-top dresses made me feel pretty disheartened about finding the right... read more

Aug 6, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Fake Cookie Dough

Recently I've been reading a fair few 'healthy lifestyle' blogs, mostly from the US. Many of these blogs seem to be written by marathon-running fitness gurus who somehow find the time to post about their daily food intake. read more

Jul 31, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Chilli Mussels

It wasn't bad enough that I had to go in to work today. On a Sunday. I called it Monday Part One. But when I finished.... read more

Jul 27, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Riverland

Remember when I used to write enthusiastic posts like this about my running training? Remember how I was going to complete the 10km Run Melbourne course this year? Well, that didn't happen. Which is a story for another day. Instead, I had breakfast at Riverland with my lovely friend T, while my Mr and her Mr completed Run Melbourne. read more

Jul 20, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Venue

From the very beginning, one of the aspects of our wedding that I was anxious to sort out relatively quickly was the venue. Even though I was a wedding n00b, I was pretty sure that most decent reception venues would start to book out around a year in advance. So about three weeks after our engagement Mr and I started filling our weekends with visits to potential venues. Before we started looking around... read more

Jul 14, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Giant Steps/Innocent Bystander

When Mr and I visited Yea a few months ago to catch some big-ass monster yabbies, we thought it might be best to have a big lunch first. You know, in case we had lousy luck and didn’t catch anything. As it turned out we really didn’t have to worry about going hungry. But I am glad that we stopped by at Giant Steps/Innocent Bystander Winery and Bistro in Healesville before we got down to... read more

Jul 12, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Wedding: The Beginning

When Mr and I got engaged in September 2010, we were instantly bombarded with questions from EVERYONE: ‘HAVE YOU SET A DATE!?’ ‘HAVE YOU PICKED A RECEPTION VENUE?!’ ‘ARE YOU GOING TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH?!’ ‘HAVE YOU FOUND A DRESS?!’ ‘HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE?!’ ‘WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR YOUR... read more

Jul 11, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Attica

Many many MANY months ago, I had the pleasure of dining with @g_melbs  @bookshopaddict @injerarufus and @annetreasure at Attica. (I have just checked the dates on my photos and it was September 2010 that we visited. FOR SHAME LAZY BLOGGER. FOR SHAME!) We dined on a Tuesday night which meant that we were able to sample the Chef’s Table: a five course experimental degustation for $95. Matched wines... read more

Jul 10, 2011 Posted by Miss Melbourne

Blog Neglect

So I’m sure you have all realised by now that I am a terrible terrible blogger. Can’t really call myself a ‘blogger’ if I’m not actively blogging can I? Rest assured that in good time I will return with more posts. For now, a summary of why there have been tumbleweeds blowing through my site: 1) Wedding. Yeah, that. Turns out that planning one of these things is quite time... read more