Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

                      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 [...]

Ok, we usually reserve the blog for our tips and tricks to get the most out of Melbourne.  Today, however, we ask you to indulge us as we do a bit of bragging.  We were so chuffed with this feedback from a recent guest that we just had to share. “The overall experience at Alkira [...]

If you’re visiting Melbourne and anxious that you won’t be able to track down your favorite magazines, then put your stress ball down. From the obscure “Government News”, “The Gentlewoman”, or “XLR8R” to the groovy “Wallpaper” or “Monocle”, the magazine emporium, Mag Nation, caters for all fetishes.  The CBD’s Elizabeth Street store is just around [...]

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A terrific resource for any visitor to Melbourne – be it for a “short-stay” or “long”, www.threethousand.com is a fab website profiling off-beat and slightly obscure Melbourne happenings. They don’t do advertorials so you can be sure what’s recommended hasn’t been tainted by the lure of advertising pennies. For a good guide to what’s on [...]

Melbourne’s put on a little weight lately. Like a voluptuous woman who’s had one or two chocolate eclairs too many, the middle button on her blouse is suffering a little under the strain. I mention this only because the population balloon has a knock-on impact for your short stay, corporate or holiday accommodation options.