Keyword results: Abbotsford
What:
Obus and Melissa Shoes clearance sale!
Where:
19 Studley St, Abbotsford (off Hoddle St, near Johnston St corner)
When:
Fri Feb 26 and Sat Feb 27, we're thinking a 10am start
How much:
"Huge Savings!" CASH ONLY.
Description:
As Jackie Collins said just yesterday on Twitter, "I don't want to go to high-society events and listen to a lot of boring people talk about how they're having problems with their housekeeper." Word up, JC. What you want to do is go to low-society events to listen to boobies talk about how great your shoes are.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
Japan isn't just giant robots, schoolgirl assassins, Hello Kitty and loitering around vending machines drinking beers. Sure, that's a big part of it, but there's also a quieter, Zen-like side to the country. That's the bit Kappaya focuses on. A Japanese ‘soul food' cafe, it's all about elaborately prepared sushi dishes, ‘no wave' decor and a delicate calm.
Aristotle (384-322BC) once commented on cheese made from the milk of mares and asses. Although his exact words remain unknown, we're pretty sure it went something like, "Yuk. Is this slime?"
Although this may not be recognised as his greatest philosophical insight, he was probably onto something, and thousands of years later Fromagerie/Slime Store finally acknowledges the complex relationship between cheese and slime.
What:
Goonlight Cinema
Where:
Man With a Van depot, 23-25 Russell St, Abbotsford
When:
Sun June 28, 5-9pm
How much:
$5 donation, cheap beer and wine available for your liver damage project. And toasties.
Description:
They (Ronan) at Australian Film Review are (is) having a series of screenings (reunion of Goonlight Cinema) to raise funds for a new website. The money is going toward paying writers and also to fund the remaking of Starwars I - III. At the press conference, Ronan said, "We are sure to have a lovely time together.
Event: Film
Stimulus: Cheap Beer/Drinks
New and Used is the shared title of Warwick Baker's collaborative publication with writer TB Hemingway and his upcoming show at C3. While the publication contains the thoughtful transience of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, the exhibition channels the wild and ever-creepy eccentricities of his surname-sake, Dennis Hopper.
What:
Obus Xmus studio clearance sale
Where:
19 Studley St, Abbotsford (off Hoddle St, near Johnston St)
When:
Sat Dec 13, 10am-6pm
How much:
CASH ONLY!
Description:
Kylie and the crew at Obus have got that clutter-clearing bug that sometimes infects humans when it gets sunny. But this is a lot better than when your boyfriend decides his old Orange Juice cassettes are blocking everyone's qi flow and he puts them in a shoebox out the front of your house and it sits there for months until they go mouldy.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
What:
Kinki Gerlinki Garage Sale
Where:
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford
When:
Sat Nov 29 - Sun Nov 30, 9am-5pm
How much:
Cash only!
Description:
'WE HAD NO INTENTION OF HOLDING A GARAGE SALE THIS YEAR,' say the Kinki Gerlinki ladies. 'We're tired! We're grumpy! We're fagged!' Lucky for us, someone must have pushed 'em in a corner and tapped 'em menacingly on the chest Mickey Rooney style until they said they would have a fricken garage sale.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
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