Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

If you’ve stayed at Apartment Alkira (and if not, why not? hmm?) you’ll know we have a penchant for the odd piece of quirky retro furniture.  We’ve often been asked where we source our treasures from (we usually whisper this part, so shuffle in close).  One of our favourite haunts is the fabulous Chapel St [...]

The peeps at the Victoria’s ‘virtual’ tourist hub – Visit Victoria – have just released a nifty wee app aimed at giving you an ‘iphone window’ into the soul of our fair city. Winding down the infamous laneways and weaving through hidden rooftop bars and quirky cafes, the app takes you on a whirlwind tour of [...]

If you’ve had a big night out in the buzzy streets of Melbourne you probably won’t appreciate the theft of an hour’s sleep. As they say though, ‘time waits for no-one’, and like it or not the clocks go back one hour this morning.  Make sure you fix your clocks so the brekkie menu is [...]

We’re always on the look out for great resources to recommend to Melbourne visitors who are keen to find out what’s on during their stay. There’s the usual weather and day-by-day calendar but also a cute ‘Curiously Melbourne’ section which has slightly off-beat and quirky stories about the city of Melbourne. Definitely worth a squizz. [...]

Weather-wise, March is usually still quite nice in Melbourne, but the odd rainy day can pop up out of nowhere and bite you on the bum. If you’ve analysed every 20th century artist the NGV has on offer and have drunk so many lattes your wee smells faintly of caffeine, then consider the rainy day [...]

                      And you thought the world had enough red shoes?  Well the State of Design festival will have you thinking again. The extensive programme of events explores Design in all its many guises, from product to architecture to TV and film.  It runs until July [...]

If you’re bored with the bland multiplex cinema experience, have a squizz at what’s on offer with Melbourne’s Underground Cinema.  This entrepreneurial movement takes odd and eclectic venues and converts them into stylish cinema accommodation for one-off screenings in central and inner city Melbourne.  So you could end watching your next blockbuster in a a disused warehouse, a forgotten [...]

If your slightly obsessive commitment to your daily caffeine ritual nudges the religious, then you might want to partake of some pastoral care, compliments of one of our fave Melbourne resources –Broadsheet.  During the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (the first two weeks of March), Broadsheet is hosting the Broadsheet Cafe on Crossley Street.  This is [...]

OK, it’s not our usual style, but we take a moment for a spot of  bragging on behalf of Melbourne – who just made The Sunday New York Times’ ‘Where to Go in 2011′ hit list.  Yay, you go girl. Full article here: Sunday New York Times And while we’re thumping the drum, some more lovely feedback [...]

Those who know us well will understand our elation at the unveiling this week, of a new Haigh’s Chocolate store within a mere scoot from our short stay apartment.  How we squealed. Haigh’s chocolate is, in our humble opinion, one of this country’s greats.  Forget Don Bradman and Rolf Harris, try any Haigh’s luscious cocoa [...]