Things you should know about moving city

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Photograph by the wonderful Rummage

It won't be easy. It will be terrifying, stressful, and at times really very tedious. You may never be sure that you made the right decision. You'll spend moments, early in the morning resting against the armpit of a stranger on a crowded tram, weighing up the relative merits of career opportunity and access to a greater variety of shops, restaurants and musical venues against friends, family, space, a garden and mountains. You will have insurmountable issues with parking permits, local councils, landlords, and highly breakable glass cook-tops. Your friends might not see the merit of your ways and instantaneously migrate two months after you do, much to your surprise and disappointment.

But, if you're very, very lucky, you might get to walk home through Carlton Gardens every day. A special person might decide to move with you, at considerable expense to his or herself, and might even cook you dinner and fold your laundry every day during extended periods of unemployment. You might find yourself working with some of the kindest, most intimidatingly brilliant people you'd ever hope to meet, and get to travel to places as exotic and diverse as Fiji and Albury Wodonga. You just might get to live in a crazy beautiful Victorian house with two fireplaces, gold wallpaper and a sculpted Art Noveau ceiling. And upon wandering your block you might find two beautiful clothing stores, an exquisite florist, fabulous green grocers, deli and bookshop as well as the city's most exciting bar without even crossing a single road. Should your blessings be many, you might have an favourite aunt nearby who lets you pick vegetables, herbs and flowers from her garden, and invites you over for a suburban BBQ every few weeks. And if you're really, very fortunate you might find that you don't mind your new city very much at all. In fact, you rather like it.

Back to the Future

Irina Werning takes beautiful photographs. Back to the Future is my favourite series of hers. The series involves her trying to replicate old photos years from when the original was captured, hence the title-- Back to the Future.












I think it's magical.

Hey You Handsome Vultures

Kittens and love poodles,

It appears I've been on summer vacation for the past two months. I've spent the time being introspective and my dearest millionaires, I have some mighty plans in the works. The first includes helping return our blog to its former, slightly less trashy glory. Consider it my new years resolution.

During this summer-time I also had the realisation that somewhere between writing about the joys and agony of breastfeeding, and single-handedly saving Canberra's drug affected young people, I became a bore and lost any resemblance of a person with street cred. I have come to the realisation that I am epically uncool. I'm so uncool I was one of those idiots who walks around thinking they're cool while listening to Sleigh Bells or some other over hyped band played extensively on Triple J, dressed entirely in florals. You know the type of person I'm talking about dear friends. As a final nail in my coffin, I'm so uncool I've started trusting Pitchfork again. Bam. Oh God, 2010 what have you done to me? You've turned me into a try-hard-faux-hipster. A tryster.

I'm not quite ready to drop florals, but I plan to make changes in what and how I post. Though don't worry, Mad Crush Monday will remain a regular (and BRILLIANT!) feature.

I guess it's also worth mentioning that we're currently undergoing some changes here at Number One Millionaire. The most exciting/sad is that our beloved Julia will now be hailing from Melbourne. I've just started an exciting new job and Vanessa has has a whole world of cool going on, which I'm sure she'll be sharing with you soon.

So on that note, welcome to 2011. I hope your plans for it are as exciting as mine.

Xx

Don't miss out on the best thing ever

Well what have we here? A kick ass secondhand clothes sale hosted by a posse of awesome bloggers? Yeah, that's right!
Get on down Canberra and buy yourself a rad new outfit for almost no dollars. There will even be baked goods and maybe some beer if it's a long day (or any day).

Where are you?

Get your art on

Get out your diaries Canberra folk and note down [6pm Thursday 3rd Feb], this is the opening night of my very talented friend, Dan Lorrimer's exhibition of new work (curated by me!).

I promise it will be a very fun night. There will be wine, there will be cheese and of course, some art. Invite your friends and come say hi!

[SPACE DISPLACE]: an exhibition of new sculpture works by Dan Lorrimer, curated by Vanessa Wright
Opens 6pm Thursday 3rd Feb, exhibition continues until 13th Feb
Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, 19 Furneaux St Manuka

Number One New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Millionaires!

I hope everyone had a fabulously crazy New Years Eve full of resolutions. Mine was spent at Falls Festival dancing away to The National (no, really) and partaking of the joys of camping; collapsing tents, sunburn, annoying drunk people, ridiculous temperatures and friends dislocating their shoulders.

Despite being broke and slightly directionless, I have a feeling 2011 is going to be a great year. Full of new experiences, new opportunities, new people and new places. I can't wait!

Thank you so much for continuing to read our little blog (you guys are THE BEST!) and here's to another year of hopefully less intermittent posting.

In the meantime I hope you enjoy these super videos I may have stolen from various friends facebook pages...