brisbane weekly magazine 19.05.13 #1
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Why you don’t need Westfield
Discovering what’s around the corner and on the other side
SUBURB OF THE WEEKCOORPAROOTHEEASY SEASONWinter made easy
19.05.13 #1
Someone new sharing something different every week
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BRISBANITES
ON THE STREET
FASHION
SUBURB HIGHLIGHT
HAIR & BEAUTY
COMMUNITY
#JUST SAYING
NEWS
GUEST POST
Each week we will interview a Brisbanite from each side of our great city. To get involved, Facebook us!
Interviewing three peeps and finding out what they think their style is and how they have their coffee…
Heading to a new part of town every week… covering suburbs and finding cool stuff around corners
Looking at ways to make you hotter as it gets colder
Before and After from a salon in the Suburb of the Week and Brisbane’s Erin Bigg launches her awesome range of cosmetics
A section where we get the word out there for a local cause, charity or people fundraising
A few words each week from Hannah Wilcox, a young mum with a sense of humour
The latest from around town in bite size pieces. Send us your instagram pics to include here
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Bec xo
St James Catholic ChurchJohn Reyment Photography
Editor: Rebecca Grugan Creative Director: Trish Lange - Candid AvenueBeauty Editor: Kate Fide Photographer: Rebecca Grugan
Contributors: John Reyment, Ali Tomoana, Alex Loftus, Hannah Wilcox,Dwayne Bridgland, Brittany Brusasco
Editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected]
Welcome to our first issue of Brisbane Weekly, the online mag to celebrate Brisbane as a whole… The place everyone wants to live, but at times, forgets to discover. It’s easy to stay on ‘our’ side of the river, and refuse to venture over the bridge but by doing so, we are missing out on ALL of what this great city has to offer.
So here is our challenge… We want to find the hidden, the yum and the awesome places out their in suburbia. Where the owners are the ones making coffee, or bringing you clothes to the change room. Where people come together to celebrate and own our days in the sunshine state.
Get involved in something cas(ual), something free and something simple! Brisbane Weekly is for the true Brisbanites… the ones always searching of somewhere to fall in love with… somewhere or something worth talking about…
Enjoy the simple things, they are closer than you think,
Where do youliketo...?
SARAH HARRINGTON, Strathpine {Makeup artist/stylist, Co-owner of Harpier}
KYLIE WALKER, Tarragindi {Business owner - Maximise Your Life}.
KATE FIDE, Mt Crosby{Makeup artist/beauty writer/mum}
LUCY ANTHONY, Slacks Creek{Full-time mummy of two kids with extra needs}
BRISBANITES
SHOP? I love to shop everywhere from sass an bide, vintage finds, and adorne jewellery EAT? I love funky cafe’s fav is the flying nun PLAY? I cant go past a glass of brown brothers, and enjoy spending time with my amazing family and friends
SHOP? I love to shop locally. I support local independent businesses and am often amazed at what I find when I go exploring. There are so many great little shops around! EAT? I love finding and eating at interesting new cafes. Atmosphere is everything!PLAY? I enjoy eating out with friends, soaking up the sunshine and exploring new places with the kids
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SHOP? I’m a big fan of Big W, and Aldi EAT? We all love Sushi Train @ Chatswood and Mangal Chargrill in Underwood Marketplace PLAY? If we do get to venture out, it’s usually to Monsoons at Springwood orThe Glen Hotel
SHOP? Online EAT? Anywhere that sells sushi DRINK? I don’t get much of a chance to go out at night anymore so most of the drinking I do is caffeine related. PLAY? South Bank
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CAVENDISHRoad
WHAT DO YOU DO?I’m a boutique owner
WHAT’S YOUR STYLE?Eclectic
COFFEE?Love a cappuccino
FAV PLACE IN BRISBANE?Le Classic French Restaurant
IngridHolland Park
RebeccaCoorparoo
RobynCoorparoo
WHAT DO YOU DO?I’m a stylist and piano teacher
WHAT’S YOUR STYLE?Sophisticated Luxe
COFFEE?A flat white please!
FAV PLACE IN BRISBANE?South Bank at night
WHAT DO YOU DO?I’m a National Channel Manager for an IT company
WHAT’S YOUR STYLE?Modern chic
COFFEE?Skinny Flat White
FAV PLACE IN BRISBANE?My home. Im always so busy, I just love being home
on the street
COORPAROOsuburbhighlight
1/.CarolinaKitchen / 38 Macauley Street, Coorparoo
2/.Flute / 380 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo
Top 3 Eats
HiddenGem
Awesome coffee, delicious food, live bands, great atmosphere.
Where you feel cool, even if you’re not really…
313 Old Cleveland Rd, Coorparoo3397 3461
Vintage Kitchen
& Vintage Closet
4151
3/.LeClassic / 420 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo
Coorparoo is at the heart of several suburbs that have been booming and continue to do so. Surrounded by suburbs including Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba, East Bris-bane, Stones Corner, Greenslopes, Holland Park, Norman Park, and Carina, Coorparoo is just four kilo-metres from the city.
Coorparoo has numerous cafes, restaurants, boutiques and clubs
within easy reach and the Museum and Performing Arts Centre and the parklands of Southbank are close by in South Brisbane.
With easy train and bus access, Coorparoo is also placed nicely for easy freeway access to both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
Coorparoo has for a while now been included in the hotspots for
real estate, with all of the positives this suburb has, there are very few negatives, if any.
Rent can be high, but I think bal-anced well with the easy acces-sibility of transport. This suburb has many hidden treasures and some amazing food, in places you would never have thought to look!
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Models: Amelia & Ellyn from State of PlayStylist: Rebecca Grugan
Photographer: Rebecca GruganLocation: Le Classic French Restaurant, 420 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo
Le Classic Boutique, 420 Cavendish Road, CoorparooTracey Mathers Shoe Studio, www.traceymathersshoestudio.com.au
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THIS PAGE: Jacket $239.95, Dress $159.95 both available at Le Classic, Bag $34.95 available at KJK
Boots $199 available at Tracey Mathers Shoe StudioOPPOSITE PAGE: Tunic $99.95, Leggings $59.95
both available @ Le ClassicScarf $15.95, Bag $29.95 both available at KJK
Boots $150, available at Tracey Mathers Shoe Studio
fashion
LEFT: Top $149.95 Jeans $99.95 both available at Le ClassicNecklace $14.95 Bag $34.95 both available at KJKBoots $199 available at Tracey Mathers Shoe StudioRIGHT: Jacket $249.95 Jeans $149.95Scarf $29.95 all available at Le ClassicBag $29.95 available at KJKBoots $210 available at Tracey Mathers Shoe Studio
hair + beauty
There’s a new kid on the makeup block. She’s ahead of the latest trends, is luxurious, does her job well and best of all she’s affordable. Her name is Erin Bigg Cosmetics.
The brainchild of Brisbane based Makeup Artist Erin Bigg, the stunning range was released to the public in February of this year. Since then it has gone from strength to strength.
As both a Makeup artist and a consumer (a high volume one at that) two standout products for me are the Invisible Blotting Powder, $44 (1) and the Blonde Brow Blender Pencil, $30 (2).
The mattifying powder pressed onto the skin either before or after your foundation absorbs excess oil with the power of a national cleanup.
The pencil glides on like gel and has a little mascara wand at the end to blend your colouring. Even this Platinum blonde suits this brow pencil. Find your Erin Bigg Cosmetics favourite.
www.erinbiggcosmetics.com.au
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HAIRbefore & after
Hairdresser: Kate from aesthetica @ Coorparoo
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AFTER
I went in with ridiculous regrowth, and a buildup of what has been a few years of blonding abuse.Kate listened to what I had to say, explained to me what she thought she could do to help me get where I wanted to go with my hair, and in terms I completely understood.
I never once doubted her in the process, and this is the first time I have had my hair done at
aesthetica. I had been there for eyebrows and massages previously and always thought, I should come for a makeover.
Super happy with the finished product! Loved the experience and highly recommended, especially for colour correction!
aesthetica, 8/377 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo 07 3324 2111
BEAUTY
by Rebecca Grugan
Le Classic French Restaurant is back and it hasn’t taken long until weekends are againbooked out, and lines are going out the door for this restaurant that closed over five years ago.
Brisbane Weekly were there to cover their opening night.
LE CLASSIC
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State of Play are Brisbane’s most versatile, all female, Hip-Hop Dance Crew. Their members are Bekky Carter, Amelia Sweeney, Louise Best, Monique Dolman, Ally Gilmour, Ellyn Turner, Jordan Brailsford, Tiah Griffith Jess Calvert and Kirsty Maree. These ladies have been ripping up stages all across the nation, with their captivating, entertaining and explosive shows. They are trained by Errol Cenita from Trick Nasty Crew at Prince Academy. They have been together for over 5 years, throughout this time their friendship, commitment and passion for dance has grown beyond reach. State of Play brings colour, vibrancy and excitement to the atmosphere and are commonly used for numerous live performances and international shows. They are the prime example of strong, sexy and independent women delivering a taste of class, talent and pure style.
2013 is the year they are aiming to take on the world. They have kick started the year by placing first in Hip Hop Internationals Dance Competition giving them a position to compete in Las Vegas this August for Worlds.
The ladies form State of Play are looking for support form the community in any form, whether it be sponsorship, donations or media coverage.
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Amelia SweeneyAdmin | Prince Academy-------------------------------------------------------------------e: [email protected]: 0402 361 936w: www.princeacademy.com.aufb: www.facebook.com/princeacademyofdance
LiveWhat You Love.
As the minimum spend for free parking at Westfield shopping
centres increased to $200 on the 1st of May, shopping locally became more appealing yet again.
Boutique shopping offers variety and individuality like nothing else. Boutiques don’t hold as much stock as chain
stores. That can be frustrating, but it also means that you’ll avoid the awkward moment when the woman at the next table has the same top on as you. And if you ask nicely enough, the staff can often get an item brought over from another store – rather than telling you that you’ll need to get to another shopping centre before closing time
because they can’t hold it for more than two hours.
It’s more than likely you’ll discover your next favourite label or café in this way as well. Chance encounters with a particularly well-fitting item or an emergency coffee stop can yield a decades-long love affair. If nothing else,
shopping in your area certainly beats trawling chain store racks only to find replicas of what every other store is offering.
Local stores also have fewer staff and so are able to offer consistently better customer service than their branded competitors. This means that if you pop
in every now and again, you’re likely to encounter old friends who know your style and can point you in the right direction.
Supporting local business could also lead to the next suburban shopping hot spot in your area. Spend, and they will come.
If you aren’t convinced yet, you’ll get more Vitamin D and fresh air on the street than in a shopping centre, and there are no tempting Donut Kings between stores.All of that, and the parking is probably free, too.
Why you don’t need Westfield
Ever been to breakfast on the weekend and every other man
and his dog is there too? It seems as though every single cafe and restaurant is full to the brim with trendy families, hipsters and new lovers on the weekends and so often we are heard asking the golden question “Why does everyone go to breakfast??”. So I am going to break it down and give you some of the best reasons we choose to go out rather than stay in on a Sunday morning…
Poached eggs. No one can possibly poach eggs better than a chef, even your best efforts will never compare to a professionally poached egg and no little gimmick you purchased from Robins Kitchen does the same job. When an egg is poached well then there is no need for anything else on the plate other than some toast and cracked pepper. Perfect for those who don’t want to clog their arteries with the grease that usually comes with a “big breakfast”.
Coffee. I have worked as a waitress and loved making coffee, so much so that if I was on the coffee machine on a weekend morning shift, I had a great
old time getting covered in milk, coffee and chocolate making 20,000 coffees. People LOVE their coffee. And no schmancy Nespresso machine on your kitchen bench will ever replace a freshly made coffee, the perfect start to your morning.
Hollandaise sauce. Need I say more? Whoever invented this deliciousness should be knighted for their efforts! I will order something on the menu that does not come with hollandaise only to order a side of it just because I know everything tastes just that little bit more amazing with hollandaise. Except muesli. And to be honest, if you are going out to breakfast only to order muesli…you must be a cyclist or something.
The journey to find your perfect cafe is like finding the perfect man, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. It is hard to find a cafe that completely gets what you want from a breakfast and provides it to a T, so when you do find one that does, it is true love. You may be tempted to taste the fruits of another, the rush is there but it always ends in disappointment and a feeling of wasted efforts. You should have just stuck with old faithful.
And the best reason to go for breakfast? Who wants to wake up on their day off and spend an hour slaving in the kitchen, to sit down and enjoy it, only to remember…now you have to clean up all that mess you just made.
Toodles x
It’s a breakfast thing
#just saying
Hannah Wilcox
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Coorparoo Bowls Club is the only venue in Australia that will setup a full rink of UV lights in order to give you a special night of neon glow bowls! Wear your whites to get right into the glowing good times with a night of fun competition in the dark. This could be your most memorable function ever! They have loads of catering options and don’t forget to ask Tony the big bald barman about our ‘Glowworm’ cocktail! You will soon be singing the Glow Bowls anthem,
“I wish I was a glow worm, A glow worm’s never glum.How can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?”
Coorparoo Bowls Club32 Riddings Street, Coorparoo, 4151 Tanya on 04 7919 8203The Club on 07 3394 2121
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