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September 7
DOT DOT DASH You’re sinking, sinking, sinking into Quicksand… fortunately, it’s the first issue of dot dot dash, the thoroughly absorbing new literary magazine out of Perth. Christened for Morse code’s letter U, its similarity to “duck duck goose”, and the glee of annoying people trying to get to their website (“just go to double-u double-u double-u dot dotdotdash dot org”), the quarterly publication is a treasury of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, comics, illustrations, drawings, and photos. The dot dot dash collective also hosts Draw Rites, a series of free collaborative workshops meant to foster artistic discourse between writers and artists.Pick up your own copy here, and if you’re feeling particularly brave and talented, go here to submit your work.

DOT DOT DASH

You’re sinking, sinking, sinking into Quicksand… fortunately, it’s the first issue of dot dot dash, the thoroughly absorbing new literary magazine out of Perth.

Christened for Morse code’s letter U, its similarity to “duck duck goose”, and the glee of annoying people trying to get to their website (“just go to double-u double-u double-u dot dotdotdash dot org”), the quarterly publication is a treasury of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, comics, illustrations, drawings, and photos.

The dot dot dash collective also hosts Draw Rites, a series of free collaborative workshops meant to foster artistic discourse between writers and artists.

Pick up your own copy here, and if you’re feeling particularly brave and talented, go here to submit your work.

September 1
LOOK, NO HANDS Minimalism is so appealing, if only because it means there is less for you to snag your sweaters on.  We have come across something refreshingly sleek and hands-free to tell you the time. The QLOCKTWO, resplendently shiny and German-engineered, lights up with the time all spelled out for you in five minute intervals and even automatically adjusts itself to accommodate day light savings time.Visit Beigert & Funk here for your own or stop by iTunes to download their QLOCKTWO iPhone app.

LOOK, NO HANDS

Minimalism is so appealing, if only because it means there is less for you to snag your sweaters on.  We have come across something refreshingly sleek and hands-free to tell you the time.

The QLOCKTWO, resplendently shiny and German-engineered, lights up with the time all spelled out for you in five minute intervals and even automatically adjusts itself to accommodate day light savings time.

Visit Beigert & Funk here for your own or stop by iTunes to download their QLOCKTWO iPhone app.

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Watery Muted Landscapes Joanna Logue’s watery, muted landscapes immediately call to mind the blissful state between sleep and wakefulness, the moment you grasp at consciousness unsure of your position in dream or reality. Her ship studies, currently on view at Perth’s Gadfly Gallery, are ghosts across canvas, as intangible as ribbons of smoke. Drift through the exhibition at Gadfly any time between now and September 13th or visit online here.Gadfly Gallery 131B Waratah AveDalkeith 6009 Western Australia

Watery Muted Landscapes

Joanna Logue’s watery, muted landscapes immediately call to mind the blissful state between sleep and wakefulness, the moment you grasp at consciousness unsure of your position in dream or reality.

Her ship studies, currently on view at Perth’s Gadfly Gallery, are ghosts across canvas, as intangible as ribbons of smoke.

Drift through the exhibition at Gadfly any time between now and September 13th or visit online here.

Gadfly Gallery
131B Waratah Ave
Dalkeith 6009 Western Australia

August 26
LITTLE JANE STREET We know the 80s are back, but the sad-eyed kittens who crowded that decade’s birthday cards shouldn’t make a reappearance (they’re creepier than banana clips). Little Jane Street’s line of stationery offers a chic, simple avenue for conveying your best wishes. From a love letter strung through a robin’s egg blue typewriter to a girl popping out of the envelope with a polaroid camera, you’ll find these uniquely-composed cards charming and fun. And if you feel yourself craving saccharine-sweet baby animals, they have a sunshine yellow pair of bunnies on the offering. Visit Little Jane Street here.

LITTLE JANE STREET

We know the 80s are back, but the sad-eyed kittens who crowded that decade’s birthday cards shouldn’t make a reappearance (they’re creepier than banana clips).

Little Jane Street’s line of stationery offers a chic, simple avenue for conveying your best wishes. From a love letter strung through a robin’s egg blue typewriter to a girl popping out of the envelope with a polaroid camera, you’ll find these uniquely-composed cards charming and fun.

And if you feel yourself craving saccharine-sweet baby animals, they have a sunshine yellow pair of bunnies on the offering.

Visit Little Jane Street here.

August 25

BAR CENTRAL

Off Barcelona’s La Rambla sits La Boqueria, an open-air market and virtual hive humming with the steady activity of its vendors.  And at the back of La Boqueria, past swinging legs of cured ham, pyramids of tender peaches, and gelatinous octopus heaped on mountains of shaved ice, is Bar Central.

Little more than a stove, counter and beer tap, Bar Central is consistently crowded with those fortunate enough to have secured a stool, and the hungry masses who circle the counter like sharks, waiting to snag an opening.

SmallNotes’ best Barcelonan spread started with a glass of Estrella, followed by artfully arranged asparagus. The plate of crawfish arrived soon after, and we gleefully chopped off the heads and peeled them with our hands. We finished with a pile of deep-fried sardines. Pure heaven.

Bar Central
91 La Rambla,
Mercat de la Boqueria, No. 494–496
Barcelona, Spain
34-93-301-1098

August 18
August 14
Mind your beeswax It might be charming to light a candle and have a pine forest spring up in your living room, but not only does the scent lose its novelty quickly, the candle most likely emits paraffin, which floods your environment with toxic chemicals. For a more soothing alternative, Queen B uses 100% pure Australian beeswax to create tea lights, votives, hand-painted pillars, and diminutive bee hives. Beeswax is a natural ionizer, cleansing the air as it burns, leaving it deliciously honey-infused. Visit Queen B here.

Mind your beeswax

It might be charming to light a candle and have a pine forest spring up in your living room, but not only does the scent lose its novelty quickly, the candle most likely emits paraffin, which floods your environment with toxic chemicals.

For a more soothing alternative, Queen B uses 100% pure Australian beeswax to create tea lights, votives, hand-painted pillars, and diminutive bee hives.

Beeswax is a natural ionizer, cleansing the air as it burns, leaving it deliciously honey-infused.

Visit Queen B here.

August 11
STUDIO VIOLET Missing your imaginary friends? Studio Violet, a collaboration between two Swedish illustrator-designers, has mobilized a whimsical troupe of characters to grace your walls and charm your playmates. Mr. Mustache stands proud, a little bowler hat atop his inflated head, as a pipe-smoking bear parades by.  Dewdrop wall stickers make it rain indoors. Krakatoa explodes.  And Katta, a snappily-dressed feline, can be sent through the mail to say “Hello” to your friends.  Record the daydreams they trigger in one of Studio-Violet’s boldly printed journals.  Visit Studio Violet here.

STUDIO VIOLET

Missing your imaginary friends?

Studio Violet, a collaboration between two Swedish illustrator-designers, has mobilized a whimsical troupe of characters to grace your walls and charm your playmates.

Mr. Mustache stands proud, a little bowler hat atop his inflated head, as a pipe-smoking bear parades by.  Dewdrop wall stickers make it rain indoors. Krakatoa explodes.  And Katta, a snappily-dressed feline, can be sent through the mail to say “Hello” to your friends. 

Record the daydreams they trigger in one of Studio-Violet’s boldly printed journals. 

Visit Studio Violet here.

August 6
EAT LIKE A GIRL For some, to “eat like a girl” might call forth visions of a pinch-faced priss cutting her salad into tiny pieces and turning up her nose at the dessert cart. Really though, to “eat like a girl” is to consume for pure pleasure, which is what Niamh shares with us in her aptly titled blog.  The London-based Irish expat gleefully invites us along as she navigates and improvises new recipes for dishes like succulent prawn curry or a body-warming lentil and spinach soup. Being the enterprising gourmet she is, Niamh also recently set up a stall (with her partner-in-crime at The Winesleuth) in Convent Garden with prosecco and silky smoked salmon layered over homemade soda bread.To gracelessly salivate at your computer, visit her site here.

EAT LIKE A GIRL

For some, to “eat like a girl” might call forth visions of a pinch-faced priss cutting her salad into tiny pieces and turning up her nose at the dessert cart.

Really though, to “eat like a girl” is to consume for pure pleasure, which is what Niamh shares with us in her aptly titled blog. 

The London-based Irish expat gleefully invites us along as she navigates and improvises new recipes for dishes like succulent prawn curry or a body-warming lentil and spinach soup.

Being the enterprising gourmet she is, Niamh also recently set up a stall (with her partner-in-crime at The Winesleuth) in Convent Garden with prosecco and silky smoked salmon layered over homemade soda bread.

To gracelessly salivate at your computer, visit her site here.

August 4
CURIOUSLY CLEVER A silver musket for self-defense (or self-adornment). Tiny mustaches to flutter against your earlobes. Nuts and bolts to hold you together. These bizarre objects populate the cabinet of oddities that is the Giles & Brother online shop. Cleverly conceived, each piece elicits the feeling of having discovered a rare treasure. Visit Giles & Brother here for your own curiosity.

CURIOUSLY CLEVER

A silver musket for self-defense (or self-adornment). Tiny mustaches to flutter against your earlobes. Nuts and bolts to hold you together.

These bizarre objects populate the cabinet of oddities that is the Giles & Brother online shop. Cleverly conceived, each piece elicits the feeling of having discovered a rare treasure. 

Visit Giles & Brother here for your own curiosity.

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