Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Keeping it real for Sunday brunch

Keeping it real: the timber, the bricks, the table flowers, the people – there’s nothing plastic, fake or ephemeral about Sorsi e Morsi, perhaps...

Scrambled eggs on toast with home-made pepper sauce. Don’t try this at home.

Scrambled eggs on toast with home-made pepper sauce: a dominant earthiness with a lingering, drawn out, all-embracing intensity that wrestles into submission even the...

An Aussie Xmas Tree

An Aussie Xmas Tree. You have to love summer in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.

Hold on – it’s “Coffee Time”

Priorities: there is GoodTime, there is MeTime, and there is … CoffeeTime!

Travel, ex-pats & Hash House Harriers

Travel: Hash House Harriers. Serious travellers have heard of it – but what is it? It’s odd in a fun way, or is that,...
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Poached eggs and a pot of tea – when inflation is hard to stomach

Saturday morning poached eggs on toast & pot of English breakfast tea, at a cafe in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. Good! Australia’s Reserve Bank Governor won’t...

Coffee to get going, a pot of tea to settle down

A change of pace: coffee to get cracking in the early morning, a pot of English breakfast tea to cruise along mid-morning. The nice...

Travelflation & the price of a cup of coffee

#Travelflation: Airport coffee AU$11 / US$7 / vnd170k. Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, October 2023 The cup, lid, stirrer are non-plastic...

Crossing the River Styx

Pedestrian v Vietnam main road. At night. With full travel insurance. Hopefully.

Pho Ever Good Eating

Pho Ever: a bowl of pho sums up eating in Vietnam. Healthy & delicious. The bean sprouts and Vietnamese mint & “sour” leaves are...
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Event Logistics Strategising: The Foundation Of Festivals

Are you a lucky individual who’s just had the honour of organising a festival? Then you already know that there’s so much more to...

Modern cocktails – what’s hot at the bar in 2024

Trends don't just come and go in the world of fashion. The art of cocktails is also extremely dynamic, lively and characterized by continuous...

Coldstream Hill Chardonnay Yarra Valley 2016 $40.00

In the glass Pale straw with a watery green tinge around the rim. The quintessential bouquet of a Yarra Valley Chardonnay, wrapped up in French oak with...

Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.