Beauty Gives Back

'Oh what a night' .. is the perfect phrase to use when describing my Sunday evening .. and 'oh what a cause' .. because it was all for charity.

My girlfriend and I hit Melbourne's inner social circle on Sunday night all in the name of charity! We drunk champagne and indulged in canapes with Melbourne's young, old, famous and familiar socialites all for the worthy cause of raising money for Queensland flood victims.

With entertainment by many of Australia's well known music and entertainment artists, a crowd full of beautiful people and a swank venue the night was well and truly a blast!
The raffle prizes were elaborate and very special items like 1990 Bottles of Dom Pérignon were won, the silent auction saw an original guitar signed by ACDC being sold!

Well, one things for sure, the beauty industry certainly knows how to throw one hell of a shin-dig and I look forward to the next .. a gal' could get used to this!



Anna Siassios with TV Presenter Chantal Leptos (from left)



Love Me & Leave Me

With much thanks to high end fashion rental website Love Me & Leave Me you can now waltz through their Armadale door and "borrow" everything from Hermes through to the very latest Prada! No more clicking of the mouse and tapping of the keyboard, we have finally been given the gracious gift of trying on and hand selecting the items we wish to borrow!

Gone is the concept of high end fashion rental websites, Love Me & Leave Me have put their best foot forward and opened their very first real life boutique in Armadale, Melbourne.

The boutique is every fashion admirers dream with high-end couture, the worlds most exclusive handbags, as well as shoes and accessories most girls only dream about all for your borrowing pleasure!

The best part? No damage to the bank account, simply pay a week or month rent for the item you desire and off you go on your merry way!

Love Me And Leave Me- 1005 High Street, Armadale, 3143

                                         1300 LOVE ME (1300 568 363)

Prada, Gucci, Chanel, LV, Hermes- I'll take it all!

Pulling The Lever

They may require a little more effort than the much loved automatics but the lever machine is making a big comeback in Italy and are sneaking into a niche market here.

It seems as though we are taking a backward technological step toward a machine that requires a hell of a lot more muscle power as barristers are literally "pulling the shots" as appose to using their automated electromechanical pumps that have become the norm.
Europe is going bananas for the lever machine and it's not just the classic look and beautiful design that's driving this frenzy! Lever machines are reappearing in Naples and Rome which suggest that the demand for the traditional espresso is on the rise and is being well received by coffee drinkers world-wide.

In a nutshell, lever espresso machines are not pump-driven and they require different skills to operate, this is a manual brewing system which requires the barrister to take part in some serious training. The lever machine provides great control over the shot and produces a real coffee concentrate - this being much appreciated by coffee lovers as it provides an original, intense and truthful espresso.

Not only does the lever machine produce the best and most original form of espresso, it also looks fantastic! I can't get enough of the machine and can hardly wait to see this baby sitting in all it's glory upon my kitchen bench!

I think I like the idea of drinking real Italian espresso the way it's meant to be.. even if I'm not Italy.. and the idea of my barrister being an expert in their craft and focused on taking good care of my coffee certainly puts a smile on my dial!