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Think you know your coffee? Tell us where to find the best coffee in Australia for your chance to win a copy of new book Coffee Trails by Toby Smith. Not only does this java master sport our favourite name, his cool cafés in Sydney and hip espresso bars in Melbourne make our mornings much [...]
New Year’s Eve in Sydney is sure to go off with a bang, so after our top-five tour of London Christmas events last week, we turned our attention to New Year, and to one of the world’s first cities that gets to celebrate it. To help you plan a fabulous intro to 2012, here’s our [...]
He drums for Aussie alt-rock band The Vines, he microbrews his own beer and he DJs at some of Sydney’s coolest bars. OK, so he claims to be a fairly average surfer, but what’s not to like about Hamish Rosser? When not touring with the band, Smith tastemaker Hamish (right) loves travelling, even penning a [...]
As director of the cutting-edge Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Smith tastemaker Elizabeth Ann Macgregor has turned her passion into her profession. Born in Dundee, she discovered the world of art at university and hasn’t looked back since. Prestigious posts in Scotland, and helming Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery followed, before she headed down under – [...]
So, where to find the best breakfast in Sydney? Breakfast in a stylish boutique hotel bed is not something we’d ordinarily turn our noses up at, but sometimes, you fancy a change of scene with your sunny-side-ups. So (ever thoughtful), Mr & Mrs Smith have ventured beyond the bedroom to scout out Sydney’s best breakfast [...]
Crafty Smiths in Sydney should pop along to the Powerhouse Museum this weekend for the launch of Love Lace (30 July 2011–April 2012), a quirky 130-strong exhibition of lace-inspired artworks, with nary a doily or wedding dress in sight (well, maybe just one or two). Curator Lindie Ward has stretched the definition of lace to [...]
The vogue for gorgeous wallpaper, pattern and print in boutique hotels – and homes – throughout the world owes a lot to the posthumous revival of Australian talent Florence Broadhurst’s dreamy designs. New Zealand-born, Sydney-based husband-and-wife team David and Helen Lennie (left) of Signature Prints can take credit for putting Florence firmly back on the [...]
Many of Australia’s blockbuster art exhibitions kick off from June to October, when the southern winter makes cosy gallery-hopping an ideal date for culture-vultures. So why not time a stylish city break around one of this season’s best art shows? Segueing swiftly from sketch pads to crash pads, Smith (of course) has plenty of boutique [...]
The highlight of any summer down under is the line-up of festivals from events expert Ming Gan (right, in the Maldives) of Fuzzy, including Parklife, Field Day and the iconic New Year’s Eve bashes on Bondi Beach, Shore Thing. As a Smith tastemaker, Ming recently swapped bands’ riders for boardshorts to review idyllic Thai [...]
Next time you need a window-shopping hit, head for Surry Hills in Sydney: Crown Street shopping serves up a bijou blend of quirky homewares, cutting-edge fashion and fabulous vintage finds. Surry Hills is the stylish gals go-to shopping street, just a 5-minute ride from Sydney boutique hotel Medusa, smack-bang in the centre of Darlinghurt’s hip [...]
