Category Archive: travel

Live Review: MONA FOMA, part one

Somethingyousaid.com’s Chloe Mayne checks out MONA FOMA, an annual festival based in Tasmania: I’m going to hazard a guess and say that you’ve all heard of MoMA , the elegant New York governess of… Read More

Travel tips for the 2014 World Cup

Your country might not have a cat’s-chance-in-hell of qualifying through the group stages (hello England and Australia fans), but the 2014 World Cup promises to be a spectacle of culture and entertainment nonetheless.… Read More

Review: Flickerfest short film festival 2014

Oliver Heath attends Australian international short film festival, Flickerfest, and reminisces about Bondi: A quick glance at the sign (pictured, above) and you could be forgiven for thinking I’m at a Tinder orgy or a douchebaggery… Read More

Photo Gallery: Brick Lane graffiti

Somethingyousaid.com takes in the street-art (and tasty snacks) of London’s East-End:  At some point during 1999 when I lived in London, a friend introduced me to the “Beigel Shop” on Brick Lane and… Read More

A vegetarian’s guide to Barcelona

Somethingyousaid.com’s Koren Helbig gives a heads-up on the best places to get your vegetarianism on in Barca: So you’re a herbivore, dreaming of a visit to sunny and meat-obsessed Spain… but just a little… Read More

How to survive Winter Wonderland

When Dean Martin sang ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ all those years ago, I’m 100% certain he did not have the annual Hyde Park festivities in mind; hundreds of overpriced Bratwurst stalls, stands… Read More

A foreigner’s survival guide to Thanksgiving

Isidore Tillers might be an Aussie, but that won’t stop her celebrating Thanksgiving:   Thanksgiving obviously isn’t an Australian tradition or holiday but, as my double-bassist boyfriend hails from Albuquerque New Mexico, I’ve… Read More

Food: MeatLiquor is great fun

Burger joints are more popular than ever these days and are cropping up all over the place to allow hungry carnivores to fill their cake holes with premium beef products. MeatLiquor, which already… Read More

Travel: European Couch surfing in pictures

Somethingyousaid.com’s Koren Helbig crashes on couches of Eastern-European strangers: It’s remarkable where in the world one can end up after firing off only the barest of emails. The wonders of the internet have… Read More

Adolescent decoration, by Isidore Tillers

Germany-based Australian Isidore Tillers revisits her childhood bedroom: I went home a few months ago. And by home I don’t mean my beloved Sydney. Despite spending a good part of my childhood, as… Read More

Art review: Sculpture by the Sea

Somethingyousaid.com’s Jess Matthews checks out some artwork at the beach: Just as synonymous with Sydney as tans, coconut water and Bikram yoga and our love of the outdoors is the annual Sculpture by… Read More

Travel: Rome is a wonder to be seen

After a few days negotiating myself around the canals of Venice and the super-charged Biennale, I journeyed south on a fast train to Rome. The gentle lapping of water and gondolier singers were… Read More