Category Archive: travel

Art: Venice and the Biennale

Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch checked out the 55th incarnation of the Biennale in Italy’s watery city: The romance of a city drowned in water, with neat winding lanes, no cars and chocolate shops in excess had initially… Read More

A meditation on joy via a Welsh Elvis Festival

Somethingyousaid.com’s Tom Spooner spends quality time in Wales with some Elvis impersonators: Joy takes you by surprise. It can hit you like a freight train or rise up inside you like bubbles blown in… Read More

Travel: Noni Cragg’s American summer

You may recall we interviewed ridiculously talented Australian artist/model Noni Cragg a while ago. Well, ever-keen to keep up to date with what she’s got going on, we asked her to document her… Read More

Travel: Berlin for Cheapskates

While recently covering the Berlin Festival for Something You Said, Carol Bowditch set aside a few days to take in the German capital. Follow her comprehensive list of grand things to do and you’ll still have… Read More

My ill-fated run-ins with flying

The premier sat cross-legged on a leather couch ensconced within the Queensland Government’s private hangar on the outskirts of Brisbane, her attention too often focused on her left forearm as she repeatedly gauged… Read More

Olly heads to the Northern Territory

Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath (pictured, above) navigated his way outta Sydney and into the Northern Territory, trying not to swallow too many flies along the way:  The Alice Springs desert is physically the furthest… Read More

Vote for us in the Blogster Awards

Get your best frock dry-cleaned because we’ve been nominated for an award! Yes indeedy, for the first time since we were Highly Commended in an under-sevens colouring-in competition, we’ve been recognised for our… Read More

Culture-shock, identity and acceptance

Somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney considers the extreme differences between one area of a country and another: I relocated from Sydney to Darwin and a part of me got lost. The extreme culture-shock that I… Read More

Restaurant review: L’Autre Pied

The internet is currently awash with voucher sites and offers such as groupon, vouchercloud, time-out etc, that provide fantastic deals on eating out at hugely discounted prices. I picked up one of these… Read More

Sara Malakul Lane – Getting to Know

Having recently appeared in movies ‘Jailbait’, ’12/12/12′ and ‘100 Degrees Below Zero’, LA-based model and actress Sara Malakul Lane has been increasingly appearing on our radar lately. We caught up with her and… Read More

Play ping-pong for free in the UK

Who doesn’t like a game of ping-pong? No-one, that’s who. What’s not to like? There’s minimal running around involved and it kinda makes you feel like a giant. At somethingyousaid.com, our abilities range… Read More

Twin Lakes’ Top 5 Winter Destinations

In their year together, Newcastle/Sydney band Twin Lakes have permeating the local music scene with layers of folk/rock. Their music has a pastoral resonance that nods to bands like The Dears, Doves, Silversun Pickups,… Read More