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Art & Design
“Jewellery for Your Doors”: Swap Mass-Produced Handles for These Cute Croissant- and Egg-Shaped Designs
Designed by two Melbourne creatives and “baked” in a family-run art foundry, the playful breakfast-inspired fixtures will spruce up your doors, cabinets, drawers or shutters. There are three bronze finishes available.
Food & Drink
Breakfast for Dinner (or Vice-Versa) at Industry Beans’ New Greenhouse-Like Flagship
It’s a combination cafe, restaurant, roastery and retail space at Chadstone Shopping Centre. To eat? Coffee-rubbed-Wagyu burgers and pandan bubble waffles. And coffee bubble tea and wattleseed Espresso Martinis to drink.
Active
The Cocoon Room Is a Tranquil “Day Spa for the Mind” (With Endless Pots of Tea)
Each individual pod in the dark, quiet room has a velour chaise lounge, semi-sheer curtains and a soothing weighted blanket. Founder Linda Belli says it’s for those who can’t think of anything more awkward than sitting cross-legged in a meditation circle.
Food & Drink
Now Open: First Love Coffee, a Slick Specialty Coffee Bar in the CBD by the Rustica Team
Pop by for a smooth locally roasted brew and a grab-and-go egg-and-bacon roll, then take in the peach-terracotta terrazzo and striking green marble of the pretty room.
Home & Lifestyle
How to Raise Chickens in Your Backyard
Want to add a few clucky companions to your household? An expert shares everything you need to know, from building a coop, to choosing the right chooks (and feeding them well), to ensuring you never run out of eggs.
Food & Drink
Gram Is a New Bulk Food Store in Fitzroy With Minimal Packaging and Lots of Local Products
Enter for pantry staples, herbs and spices, cleaning and personal products – all sourced from Australia where possible. There are also loose-leaf teas, essential oils, and spice blends mixed in-house (including Kentucky Fried Spice).
Active
11 Fun Online Exercise and Yoga Classes Your Kids Can Do at Home
There are kid-friendly workouts and meditation sessions aimed at all ages, from toddlers through to teenagers. Your family can learn circus tricks, dance around the living room, or find a much-needed moment of zen.
City File
Bikespot Is Mapping the Places in Victoria Where Cyclists Feel Unsafe – Here’s How You Can Help
Noticed a pothole, dangerous intersection, narrow bike path or no bike path at all? Add it to this interactive map to give your fellow cyclists (and maybe the local council) a heads up.
Food & Drink
Introducing Sprout: A New App That Helps You Buy, Swap and Sell Backyard Produce With Your Neighbours
Knocking on the door for a cup of sugar is so passé. With Sprout, designed by a 21-year-old from Melbourne, you can see what’s growing in your area and organise a friendly exchange.
Food & Drink
Get Delivered to Your Home: DIY Bao Boxes and Yum Cha From Sydney Food-Truck Favourite Tsuru
Replicate weekend yum-cha brunch at home with pillowy bao stuffed with shiitake mushrooms or spicy pork belly; prawn har gow and chicken shu mai buns; and gyoza.
City File
“Celestial Fireworks”: One of the Year’s Best Meteor Showers Will Blaze Across Australia Early Wednesday
Set your alarm for an early start, find a dark spot, and you should be to see the meteor remnants of Halley’s Comet. No telescope required.
City File
Emporium Melbourne Reopens a Handful of Shops and Restaurants (Including Muji)
At least a dozen retailers and restaurants have started trading again, with the list expected to grow if lockdown rules are eased from May 11.
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