Author results: Rachel Surgeoner
Flamingo
Shake your tail feather to the heavens and thank your god that Flamingo has arrived to ruffle some feathers in the Valley of Fortitude. The ladies behind Flamingo (Christina Hatzipetrou - The Main Squeeze, Yo Mama, Desmond & Molly Jones and Annette Gillespie - The Main Squeeze, Cantina and Pearl Cafe) are all about attention to detail and good old fashioned real food - you know the kind that actually nourishes you.
Yard Sale
What:
Yard Sale
Where:
Cafe Bouquiniste, 121 Merthyr Road, New Farm
When:
Sat Mar 13, 9am-4pm
How much:
Yard sale prices
Description:
The lovely Nadia Aguilar Hernandez is riding off into the sunset to find a new stomping ground in Sydney town, but not before she flogs her wares at a special Yard Sale at Bouquiniste this Saturday. Come have a cup of tea, bid her farewell and take home a little something Hernandez to remember her by (even if you didn't know her - she's going to be well famous one day and then you can say you have her 'whatchama' call it) that you got at a Yard Sale in 2010).
Event: Mixed bag
Stimulus: Alice in Wonderland
Grasshopper Asian Kitchen
If nothing satisfies you like the crunch of a fresh rice paper roll or the delicious burst of wet flavour from a Vietnamese coleslaw then you better shake a leg to Grasshopper before the word spreads and you can't get a table. OK, I know I'm sharing this with you and a couple thousand other people, but keep it to yourselves.
Future Music Festival
Where:
Doomben Racecourse, Hampden Rd, Ascot
When:
Sat Feb 27, 12pm-10pm
How much:
$145 + bf from here
Description:
If you went to Parklife and got caught in the inhumane pit of hell and missed out on seeing Empire Of The Sun, well here lays the second coming. Touted for it's easy Brisbane locale Future Music is the festival you really don't have to try and impress. Come as you are and enjoy Franz Ferdinand, Does It Offend You, Yeah? The Prodigy and bunch of other dance music aficionados.
Event: Festival
Stimulus: dance shoes
Good Vibrations
What:
Good Vibrations
Showgrounds at Parklands Gold Coast, on the corner of Smith St and Parklands Dr, Southport
When:
Sat Feb 20, 12pm-10.30pm
How much:
$139 + bf here
Description:
I haven't been to Good Vibes since it was held down near ‘The Spit' behind Seaworld and that crazy fire broke out and all these high, paranoid people freaked out and thought Snoop Dogg's ‘Gin & Juice' was going to be their very last party song. It seems, like all good festivals, Good Vibes has grown to a bigger venue, and this year's line-up has no trouble filling them big boots - Salt-N-Pepa.
Event: Festival
Stimulus: Alice in Wonderland
The Clothing Exchange Brisbane - host wanted!
Does the idea of clothes swapping make you want to start unbuttoning your blouse? Does the idea of a colossal clothes swap with a horde of like-minded recycled fashion birds make your leg hairs stand up? Do you imagine people naked when you get nervous? OK that last question is a little irrelevant, we're just curious if you're the right person for the job.
Rio Lobotomy
What:
Rio Lobotomy
Where:
Alhambra Lounge, 12 McLachlan St, Fortitude Valley
When:
Thurs Feb 4, 9pm
How much:
Free
Description:
Finding a clubhouse to call your own these days in hard in Brisbane's current club real estate climate. Hot property Rio Lobotomy has packed up their disco sacks and is headed for a new beginning within familiar walls. Coming a full circle since the Wolfgang days, Rio Lobotomy's Adam Hunter returns to his old stomping grounds with the re-birth of Clubhouse as Cubby Hole at Alhambra Lounge.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: disco fever
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