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Top 5: Brisbane bars with a VIEW
Brisbane ABSOLUTELY has a gamut of beautiful bars, and it’s always a BONUS if they have a banger of a view. so MINT, here are my TOP 5 favourite VIEW bars, in no particular order: Mr Percival’s over at Howard Smith Wharves. It doesn’t get any more Under the Bridge than this! (Red Hot Chili…
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QR CODE menus – Yay or Nay?
Cuz iâm like 70% NAY. WHY do I grumble when I see a CODE stuck on a table? âHELLO and welcome to dial-a-dinner. Tonightâs waiter: Oh, itâs MEâ OK that sounds maxtreme. For something that’s just a food & drinks menu right? They’re supposed to be convenient, but are they really? Yes, the IDEA sounds…
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MEGA New Year’s Mai Tai PUNCH
OK so i have a 10L drink dispenser shaped like a pineapple (who doesn’t!?) and YEAH it comes in handy when I want to make BULK cocktails for any occasion. New Years! Perfect time for when I don’t want to be shaking every drink, just chuck in all the ingredients and STIR. It saves on…
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TOP TEN Beers of 2023
In case you missed it! I took a look back at my favourite beers of 2023 and sampled them all AGAIN, in a blind taste test of sorts. Then ranked them on flavour and personal preference – here’s how it went down: FIRST: to re-collect my favourite cans, which meant a bit of Beer Shopping…
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Why bars?
>Girl’s gotta have a hobby< OK I do have hobbies… they just come in the form of challenges. One year I challenged myself to “see as many movies as you can” I saw 60 movies that year. The year after that I did “things that aren’t movies” and went travelling overseas. Sooo I blame The…
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Bar Hopping: Step by Step
-What I DO when I do what I do- I’ve been asked HOW I go out bar hopping. Just visiting new places and sometimes by myself. I get this can be nerve-wracking, especially for the first time. >Spoiler alert: I still get nervous< Generally people ask: How do I find the time? When do I…
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TOP 10 bar names for Chick Walks Into A Bar
-if I had one- Hypothetically, IF Chick Walks Into A Bar had a bar – what would it be called? I asked Chat GPT for some suggestions, and here’s my TOP 10 favourites: and to go with the A.I. words, I made some A.I. ART using NightcafĂ© Studio: my NightcafĂ© profile: https://creator.nightcafe.studio/u/Nikxkah
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Z to A bars challenge: complete!
And that was it. another 26 bars, this time in reverse alphabetical order: Z to A. It took 22 weeks to sensibly visit, whenever my schedule and pocket money allowed. After the A to Z list, and considering whether BAR HOPPING was a reasonable hobby for a lady, I decided to forget all that junk…
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Wrap & Recap! GABS 2023
So it was my first Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) event on the weekend, and for reasons such-and-such we had tickets to the DAY drinking session. I don’t think there’s ever a great time to reveal I’m not a good day drinker, especially not on the morning of a day drinking event, AND attempting beer…
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