Little Tienda

While those of you in the Northern hemisphere have been having a killer Winter, here in Melbourne we've been hit with record breaking heat, with temperatures upwards of 40 degrees. Not my cup of tea at all! In this kind of heat, comfort comes before anything else, but seeing as this is my fourth summer here in Melbourne, I'm starting to try and get a better summer wardrobe together. My favourite things to throw on are light dresses, like these beautiful mexican numbers from Little Tienda. These gorgeous dresses are handmade with love and care by rural artisans in Mexico. Perfect for staying cool and comfortable during scorching days.

This towel…

… Looks so snuggly. Perfect for wrapping up in after a long day at the beach.

By The Beach People.

Summer Style

I always find the change from Winter to Summer dressing rather tricky. I'm most comfortable layering up, and I hate having bare legs. It takes 30 degree plus weather to get me to go without tights! But I love the looks of these summer savvy ladies, so I'll be looking to them for inspiration.

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Summer Eats

The first picnic of the season, way back at the start of summer

Two different haloumi and beetroot salads. I ate many variations on this throughout summer.

Bipimbap, from a Korean place near my work.

Canelés, from Dench. I used to get these all the time from Le Moulin Bakery when I lived in Wellington.

On New Years Eve we had this barbequed haloumi in a salad with watermelon and mint. Amazingly simple and delish!

Muesli and yoghurt snack. I made the muesli using Trotsky & Ash's recipe.

Amazing breakfasts from the Collingwood Childrens Farm Cafe.

This was another easy meal typical of my summer eatin' - salad, potatoes and salmon.

Pork scratchings from a new bar near our house. They were pretty gross, and really salty. I remember saying that they tasted like how our old dog's blanket used to smell. The beer was good though.

Golden Plains Festival food from a week or so ago. Calamari, gözleme, and dumplings with salad. I was almost as excited about the food line up as I was about the music line up.

Holidaze

{All images via f-yeah christmas}

I'm spending the Christmas holidays in Melbourne this year. I've got 11 days off to spend being a tourist in my own city, which is one of my favourite things to do. This is some of the stuff I hope I'll be doing:

• See a film at the Rooftop Cinema
• Have lots of picnics in the gardens
• Try every single flavour of Rekorderlig cider
• Spend an afternoon swimming and lounging at Fitzroy Swimming Pool
• Get the train to Balaclava and stock up on bagels
• Go to St Kilda for yummingtons on Acland Street, or as a friend calls it "The Street of Cakes and Creams"
• Go shopping at the new Topshop store
• Lots of hogging out eating bad food and watching movies!

Beach House

These were taken a few weeks ago during a weekend in Wye River. Our accommodation was the most amazing retro beach house - everything about it seemed to be stuck in the 1960's. It was also blazingly hot all weekend - I think you can see a bit of that sizzling sun coming through in these pics!

Summer dress

Although it's been quite a chilly summer lately, I'm still on the hunt for the perfect summer dress. I quite like this Prada one Carey Mulligan is wearing. It's probably out of my price range though, what with me not being a celeb and all.

Golden Days

Aah Golden Summer days! Here are some pics from my weekend of sun and epic bike riding, taken using my Golden Half camera.