Southside Tea Room

Whilst I was in Brisbane I had the pleasure of visiting Southside Tea Room! The quirky tea-room-by-day, bar-by-night is a little creative superhero with grandma charm and an arsenal of homemade cakes and cookies, milkshakes and a pinball machine to boot. Of course, we would expect no less of the New York inspired brainchild of Patience, John and Raven (Patience's sister), the former two making up the energetic, dance-inspiring, indie-antheming band The Grates. That's right, the band which brought us the joys of 19-20-20 and Turn Me On, now bring us the joys of food, music, and old skool indulgences such as board games and plaster painting. Check it out!

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Southside Tea Room

639 Wynnum Rd
Morningside
QLD 4170
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Greetings from Brisbane

Greetings from the sunshine state! Humidity is clinging like a sticky melted popsicle, weighing down like a doona full of lead feathers. We are currently sitting in front of the fan watching Big Bang Theory (the official screening of our Summer) trying to cool down. Phew!

Dad's sardine breakfast at Cirque cafe on Brunswick st

 At the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) at GOMA

Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) (2010-2012) by Takahiro Iwasaki

Very impressive attention to details - APT7 radio in the bathrooms! What a great mix thanks to Herman Chong

Glorious haze (2012) by Sara Rahbar

Peaches, jelly & cream after dinner, Mmmmm

Brisbane!

Under Attack by ABBA

Dear Brisbane, thank you for your gloriously sunny weather (☼☼☼); fantastic food and scrumptious coffee (Little Larder, New Farm Deli (NB the Deli Stack), churros + whipped cream & chocolate at South Bank Markets, Harajuku Gyoza (apple pie dumplings!), Aromas, QAG gallery cafe, Spoon Deli at James st); beautiful 'Queenslander' houses; rechargeable Go-Cards and immaculate and punctual buses; music everywhere! (Silent Feature Era, Sophie Koh and Tim Reid at the Powerhouse); inspiring and intriguing exhibitions (Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever at GOMA, Henri Cartier-Bresson: the man, the image & the world at QAG, Union with Reality: The Art of Leonard Brown at QUT, Prisoners of Age at the Powerhouse); the refreshing beach in the middle of the city; the Hitchcock festival (Vertigo!); the theatre - Songs for Nobodies (Bernadette Robinson is BRILLIANT!); Lipton bikes everywhere; and the playground in New Farm - which is 'sway cool.' Thank you Brisbane for being so cultured, easygoing and homely - there's still $3 left on my go-card which I hope to use soon!

Miranda smelling the (Kusama) flower | churros with whipped cream and chocolate at South Bank markets

We did a lot of walking i: new sandals

At the window | the Brisbane Eye
Yum times at Little Larder
Silent Feature Era at the Powerhouse | in the Obliteration Room Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever at GOMA

We did a lot of walking ii: Miranda

Flowers: city and suburbia

Me as a dot in Kusama's Dots Obsession (2011)