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Archives for March 2015

How To Find Your Perfect Travel Companion

Aside from skinny-dipping and losing your underwear, travelling with your best mate might just be the most idiotic thing you’ll do on the road. BFFs are forged through rose – or beer – tinted glasses of school, parties, or work but rarely do these friendships survive the unexpected stresses that come with travelling for extended periods. Hopping on a plane with your bestie won’t guarantee a one-way ticket to friendship purgatory, but just because you both dig Moroccan interiors doesn’t mean ... Read More

The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles

Books should be treasured. At least that’s what The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los Angeles would have you believe… Normally old banks and factories are converted into condos. Such is the sign of our times. So it’s surprising when you stumble inside an abandoned bank only to be engulfed in an endless wave of books. No Kindles, iPads, office desks or retail space to be found between the building’s towering marble walls; just books, glorious books of all shapes and sizes - and a hell of a lot of ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: Explore Silverlake and Sunset Junction

Incase you were wondering, there’s more to Los Angeles than the Kardashians. Somewhere between the seediness of the strip and the sparkle of West Hollywood you’ll find a thriving metropolis of creative, chilled-out cool. If you want to see a little soul in the city of angels, step away from the vegan juice bars of Sunset Boulevard, ride east in an Uber and stop when you see the sign above. All this quirkiness I speak of culminates over in the semi-gentrified Silverlake neighborhood around ... Read More

Hotel Hotel Canberra: Quirky With A Conscience

Anything designed by the architects behind Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art is bound to be one quirky ride, and aptly named Hotel Hotel Canberra is single-handedly bringing cool to the capital. Spanning three levels of a Japanese-inspired new residential complex known as the Nishi building, the hotel’s 7-star eco rating is impressive, and hints at its sustainable conscience throughout. The lobby is a veritable mash-up of raw and sleek with wallpaper made from natural fibres and walls that ... Read More