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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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The Village Social
The VIEW on a Sunday afternoon from The Village IN the Village (Nundah Village) – ain’t cliché at all. The Village Social bar is a front row seat to this cool suburb in Brisbane. It’s a chill VIBE in Nundah – leafy and green and let’s face it: when guitary sounds are coming from the…
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Rum gingerbread cake
Nobody: Me: Here’s a rum gingerbread cake I made for football finals! >it’s boozy >it tastes delicious – basically cuz it’s three kinds of sugar with a bit of flour an eggs >it will make your house smell like Christmas – and that’s what football finals are: FOOTBALL CHRISTMAS (*this recipe uses Australian standard metric…
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Amazing Mai Tai’s
for Mondays (or any special occasion), this is my favourite recipe – adapted to use Australian metric cups and measurements: INGREDIENTS (Makes 2 x hurricane size glasses) 5 ice cubes 120ml Malibu 120ml dark rum 60ml sugar syrup 220ml orange juice 220ml pineapple juice METHOD Shake all ingredients together in a big cocktail shaker (or…
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QUIVR Bar
Quick, cocktails at the QUIVR bar! Cuz I had to visit the new cool bar in town.. Down the lane that is Winn Lane, is a DJ booth that streams LIVE to TWITCH. (I discovered the live-streaming channel during covid lockdowns) – and SUPER excited when I found out IT LIVES in my favourite stomping…
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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 Nightcafé Studio: my Nightcafé profile: https://creator.nightcafe.studio/u/Nikxkah
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The Raven Hotel
This was a little adventure all on it’s own: it was a Wednesday and a lunch time, and I caught the CityCat ferry to West End – THEN walked up Hoogley Street to Raven Street and realised OH that’s why they call it The Raven Hotel. It was a HOT January day, and summer in…
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Tippler’s Tap, South Brisbane
Technically: Tipplers Tap take 2 – Cuz I visited when they were at Fortitude Valley, BUT in 2023 they moved to South Brisbane and THIS TIME there’s whole new get-up: SELF SERVE TAPS. First thing to notice is: HEY, there’s a lot less WALLS than the Fortitude Valley bar> Proving you only need like 2…
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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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Alba Bar & Deli
And it was the end of my Z to A bars challenge – 26 bars in reverse alphabetical order. Ending with: Alba Bar & Deli – On Burnett Lane (a lane you would only venture down if you were looking for a bar or being a total creep in the city) BUT – it’s a…
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