tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72010997105929728302024-02-20T15:30:36.630-08:00finicalgalFunky finds for fussy folk.finicalgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492860805997684812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201099710592972830.post-2883552069562782862014-04-18T03:48:00.000-07:002014-04-19T18:21:26.347-07:00Good Friday Funkessories<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter is coming. </span><br />
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And that means coats. It also means finding cute ways to funkerise said coats. In the spirit of sharing important and street-cred-saving solutions, allow me to present <u>Finicalgal's Fabulous Five Funkessories</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Rocket Brooch from <b><a href="http://iamacrylic.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">i am acrylic</a></b>.</span><br />
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These guys are purveyors of "individually hand cut stuff, mostly made from acrylic", and have a website full of fun accessories (for fellas and gals), as well as decorative home wares. Yes, they are based in the UK, but they do ship rather speedily to Australia. And the overseas locale just means you'll be that much less likely to see someone else wearing your rocket radness. ($18)</span><br />
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Etsy can be a dangerous place for my "savings" account at the best of times but Whimsical Duchess makes it that much more hazardous. However, this foxy fix of fabulousness is a steal at $7.00, and won't do any irrevocable financial damage. Besides, he looks adorable nestled below the collar of my black trench.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally advertised as earrings laser cut from a green acrylic, I used my negotiation skills to convince the designer to convert one to a brooch for me. There's something about the simple and cute rounded form that appeals to me, and my prehistoric pin always attracts compliments. Only $8! Rawwwr!</span><br />
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If you know me at all you <i>knew</i> this was coming. I received this little guy as a gift and he comes all the way from Bulgaria! He's hand crafted from merino wool and sports a tiny rhinestone flower behind his ear. A $14 adorable hedgy heart stopper!</span><br />
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finicalgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492860805997684812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201099710592972830.post-76679922088062738312011-04-03T09:10:00.000-07:002011-04-03T22:43:07.396-07:00Mixed Business<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Where:</strong></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mixed Business</span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">486 Queens Parade<br />
Clifton Hill VIC 3068<br />
(03) 9486 1606</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Open Tue-Sat 7:30am-5pm; Sun 8am-5pm</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's with mixed feelings that I write about <u>Mixed Business</u> in Clifton Hill. I wanted to fall in giddy school girl love with it. I'd heard great things from <a href="http://www.melbournegastronome.com/2010/01/melbourne-brunch-in-suburbs-melbourne.html">people who know food</a>. It had all the trappings of a fincalgal-friendly establishment: small gestures of homage to previous lives as a furniture restoration and skateboard shop, a shabby-chic fit out and a leafy corridor of outdoor seating. Yep - mismatched salt and pepper shakers, a hand written menu and a lemon tree potted in a 20 litre oil drum - this place was seemingly created for me.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;">When it <em>did</em> arrive, my Tuna Salad was a symphony of blanched green runner beans, creamy baby kipfler potato halves, tomatoes, tuna and olives, providing a nicoise nest for a soft poached egg in all its wobbly wonder. Delicious.</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><br />
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The warm roll of herb crumbed chicken, lemon mayonnaise, roasted capsicum, seeded mustard and cos was less impressive, but still tasty. The roll was chewy ciabatta perfection, the chicken tender and with just the right amount of crispy crumbing, but the lemon was a little over-powering.<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;">I'm determined to re-visit <u>Mixed Business</u> and have the experience I wanted to have. Next time I'll order the "gingerbread waffles with maple syrup, stewed apple and candied walnuts". Or the "poached free range eggs with smoked salmon, pickled beetroot, dill and creme fraiche". Maybe I'll trial the "roasted field mushrooms with goat cheese, hazelnuts and greens". Whatever I order, though, I'll be sure to not have anywhere to be afterwards. You know - just in case.</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><br />
</div>finicalgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492860805997684812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201099710592972830.post-48541456308940161292011-04-02T04:08:00.000-07:002011-04-02T07:27:59.820-07:00The Breakfast Club<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Where:</strong></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>The Breakfast Club</em></span><br />
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Northcote, 3070<br />
0450 581 494<br />
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<strong>When: </strong>Tues-Fri 7.30am-3.30pm, Sat-Sun 9.30am-3.30pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Those who know me, know of my unhealthy obsession with John Hughes’ <u>The Breakfast Club</u>.<br />
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As teenagers, my friends and I invested hours trying to copy Molly Ringwald’s dance moves and ‘ooohing’ and ‘ahhing’ over bad boy John Bender, played by then (inconceivably, because to be honest, age has not been a kind mistress to poor Judd) to-die-for-cute Judd Nelson. There was his unkempt hair, his penchant for bandanas, ripped denim, trench coats, and, most importantly, his in-your-face ‘tude: “But face it. You’re a neo maxi zoom dweebie. What would you be doing if you weren’t out making yourself a better citizen?” <br />
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You cannot begin to imagine my disappointment then that the only homage paid to this should-be-immortalised-cinematic-classic, were a few token references located in the menu. There’s the Emilio Molette (spicey beans, goat’s cheese and herbs in a hollowed out baguette); the Sheedy Toasts (simple sour dough toasts with a choice of spreads) and the Ringwald (quince paste and brie melt with basil on sourdough).<br />
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I’d heard the service here was rigid and unfriendly, but this wasn’t our experience at all. We did find them rather “absent’, but in the way that counter-order establishments tend to be. Communal tables and scrubbed seating pews meant we were privy to the conversation of the blue and fuchsia haired, grungy leather jacket wearing, tweenies sitting opposite us, and their rehashing of the previous night’s exploits at a live band venue made us grateful we’d left that life behind some time ago.<br />
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Adding to the quirkiness are the options of Coco Pops served with milk, and the Bananarama – banana, cream cheese, cinnamon, Nutella and honey on toast. I’m tempted. But not as tempted as I am by the Baked Red Eggs nestled in layers of spinach, halved tomatoes, finished off with a crumbled soft cheese and served with a tomato and avocado salsa. Even the chalkboard rabbit proclaims this House Special to be “Wow!”, and when it arrives, I have to agree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As John Bender would say, “This is a very nutritious lunch. All the food groups are represented.”</span><br />
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