ICON BRAND | HIGH SUMMER 11 LAUNCH PARTY | PIECES OF NOWHERE

On Thursday night after Marble Bar's 118th Birthday, Natasa and I went to the Icon Brand High Summer 11 Launch of the "Pieces of Nowhere" range. Icon Brand is the sister accessories label to Samantha Wills, who is also the creative director of Icon Brand.

Hunky Dory Social Club was the perfect party setting for the label, quirky and raw. Jack Dawson played and bands, Bridgemary Kiss, The Money Smokers plus Jamie Corson on decks continued while we drank strawberry cider, beer and ate burgers. It was a great alternative crowd, some parts hippy, some parts androgynous. We all went away with some cool new pieces from the range in cool eco- paper packets. Buy there accessories HERE!
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MARBLE BAR 118TH BIRTHDAY | THE HILTON SYDNEY HOTEL

Thursday night was Marble Bar's 118th Birthday, underground The Hilton Sydney Hotel. It was also their first ever birthday! With the huge history behind it, backing all the way to 1893, it makes it the oldest of the landmarks in comparison to the Queen Victoria Building (1898), Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932), Anzac War Memorial (1934), Sydney Opera House (1973) and Sydney Tower (1981).

I was in awe entering underground the iconic marble interior, spectacular ceiling and the Edwardian paintings by Julian Ashton, it really gave me a feeling of historical significance. Almost a feel of like a museum.

Marble Bar serves as a perfect live music venue while sipping on classic cocktails and canapes. Many celebs over the years including "Liza Minnelli, George Benson, Wyclef Jean, Eve, Kelly Rowland, Mischa Barton, Ewan McGregor, Adam Lambert and Slash have all partied amongst its breathtaking and original marble features"

After major restorations in 2005 "today patrons can enjoy the original 15th Century Italian Renaissance influence of the Marble Bar including 35 different varieties of Italian, Belgian and African marble as well as stained glass doors and ceilings, ornate carved bars of mahogany and a gallery of 14 Julian Ashton paintings valued at an estimated $1.6 million AUD."

"Marble Bar is now a designated national monument - the 118 year old Heritage-listed watering hole is architecturally breathtaking. The original George Adams Bar, named after its talented builder, was crafted costing the (then astronomical) sum of 32,000 pounds."

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CLOUDY BAY LOUNGE | LAUNCH | SYDNEY | LOWER CONCOURSE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

Last night, I was invited to the launch of Cloudy Bay Lounge, set in Sydney's harbourside in the Lower Concourse of the Sydney Opera House. This unique pop up lounge is a collaboration between Sydney Opera House, Opera Kitchen and Cloudy Bay wines, which offers array of beautiful food, quality wine and the perfect harbour backdrop. The Cloudy Bay Lounge will be open for a short 2 week period until 16th of October.

The range of Cloudy Bay wines are complimented with a limited edition menu designed by acclaimed food producers, chefs and sushi artists including Justin North, John Susman, Nahji Chu and Kenji Nishinakagawa.

The menu that we got to taste included the Cloudy Bay Fish Co. 's Grilled king salmon, Braised and dressed albacore tuna on croutons, Charlie & Co. Burger's Wagyu burger, Miss Chu Dumplings and Vegetarian egg omelette, balsamic caramelised onion and avocado rice paper roll and Kenji's Rainbow rolls. We also had freshly shucked Eastern Oysters and The Rock Oyster for us!


Despite the rainy weather, I stayed nice and dry and had a great time tasting all the wine and canapes.

I also had the chance to meet Miss Chu herself and you know my love for dumplings!