Author: OutInCanberra

Dog Friendly Cafés in Canberra

Posted by | Sep 30, 2015 | |

You wake up on Saturday morning, open the curtains to find a beautiful spring day outside, and find yourself having the same old debate in your head: should I head out somewhere for a nice leisurely brunch, or take the dog for a walk so I can carry its sh!t around for an hour? Well, if the girl on the Old El Paso ads has taught me anything (other than not to eat Old El Paso), it’s to solve difficult problems by sitting on the fence and adopting the mantra of "Why not both?"

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Movie Review – Sicario

Posted by | Sep 30, 2015 | , |

Wow!

I can’t recall the last time a movie gripped me as early as this. I was completely immersed from scene one, shot one. Sicario (Mexican for ‘hitman’) opens with a S.W.A.T raid on a cartel hideout in the deserts of Arizona.

This is an action-packed, powerful and visceral scene that creates a vibe that you are definitely in for the ride with tight framing and a fast-paced edit. It’s a style that continues throughout Dennis Villeneuve’s action-packed film, and he should be applauded for it.

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The Four Tonne Project: making a grape difference

Posted by | Sep 30, 2015 | , |

The story of The Four Tonne Project made up of Collector Wines, Eden Road Wines and Four Winds Vineyard.

Flicking through Facebook notifications the other night, a friend’s post caught my eye – questions about my love of wine and my ability to help support refugees. What an interesting combination.

A couple of clicks later and what emerged was a story about Sarah, grapes galore, neighbours joining forces and a project oozing community goodness. And right on our city’s doorstep.

I had to know more.

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Canberra’s Top Pizza Joints

Posted by | Sep 29, 2015 | , |

It seems that we’ve come a long way in terms of appreciating what makes a good pizza, and more and more Canberrans are fast become pizza connoisseurs. Our hospitality scene is certainly taking note, with plenty of places now offering handmade, woodfired pizzas with great bases and restrained amounts of traditional toppings (less is more, right?).

Here’s our ‘Top 10’ list of places to grab an authentic, fight-you-for-the-last-slice, pizza!

Briscola Pizzeria | Civic

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