Kids
Creative Instagram Accounts for Kids Activities
Creative Instagram Accounts for Kids Activities By Jennifer Curcio It’s safe to say that COVID-19 has temporarily changed the way children play, and the role of parents in facilitating that with many of us running our own kind of daycares from home. The last few months I’ve upped the focus on activities, DIYs, upcycling, recycling, being ‘inventive’...
Kids Events and Festivals Melbourne 2020
Image credit: Duangphorn Wiriya on Unsplash *Updates to our Kids Events and Festivals Melbourne listable paused until COVID-19 restrictions lifted. Stay safe and healthy everyone! KIDS EVENTS AND FESTIVALS MELBOURNE 2020 This year we have put together a calendar of events and festivals for kids (or ones that are kid-friendly) around Melbourne and Victoria for 2020. Our...
Conscious Gifts for Kids
Conscious Gifts for Kids If you’re looking for conscious gifts for kids, this listable features a range of kid’s stores with gifts that tick all the options (either environmentally friendly, ethically sourced and toxin free or all three!). LITTLE EARTH NEST Little Earth Nest’s bricks and mortar store is based in Geelong but they have...
Parmesan Polenta Slice with Sweet Potato & Feta
Parmesan Polenta Slice with Sweet Potato and Feta An easy and flavoursome savoury slice that you can eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Toddler friendly too. This is an easy recipe I’ve been making lately for the three of us as my daughter transitions to family food. I alternate ingredients but mostly the sweet potato...
Kids Events and Festivals Melbourne 2019
KIDS EVENTS AND FESTIVALS MELBOURNE 2019 This year we have put together a calendar of events and festivals for kids (or ones that are kid-friendly) around Melbourne and Victoria for 2019. Our calendar of Kids Events and Festivals Melbourne 2019 gives you an ongoing list (updated throughout the year) of things to see and do with your children...
Travel: Tips for Flying Solo with a Baby
Travel: Tips for Flying Solo with a Baby Some things that worked for me flying 22 hours alone with a four-month-old baby. There are a lot of things I have done this year that I didn’t think I could. The two main ones? One: give birth, and the second: fly on my own on a...
Review: Caffe La Via
The gourmet burger selection at Caffe La Via Caffe La Via is one of those restaurants you’ve driven past a hundred times but only eaten at once. It’s been on Glenferrie Rd, Malvern, for as long as I can remember. Until recently, my one dinner there was years ago and more about proximity – it...
Picnicking in Melbourne
Whether they are held in your backyard, at a park or indoors on a rainy day, picnics are literally one of the loveliest ways to spend an afternoon. As an homage to the picnic, I’ve put together a mini guide to picnicking in Melbourne. I’ve matched it by markets and local parks, so you...
Event: Melbourne Salami Festa 2015
It’s back! Melbourne’s favourite sausage fest returns for its fourth pork party. Not only does the Melbourne Salami Festa celebrate the art and tradition of salami making, it invites makers to have their homemade salami judged by a panel of aficionados and experts. This year’s judging panel includes: Festa patron Guy Grossi, chefs Dom Marzano and Rosa Mitchell, Massimo Scalas (Salumi...
Review: Melbourne’s Best Hot Chocolate
Bibelot’s hot chocolate Strange hours, spending the day at a crime scene or staking out someone’s house and coffee are the staples of police reporting. During my time as a police reporter at Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper I used to wake up to the 4.48am alarm on my mobile phone and head to the office by 5.30am. The...
Review: Bagelicious
Anyone who has seen an episode of Seinfeld will know about New York’s obsession with the humble bagel and along with pretzels and doughnuts, it’s one of those must-try food experiences for any visitor there. Although Glick’s Bakery has been baking them fresh each week since the 1960s, over the past few years bagels...
Le Jolie Cafe
We here at Decisive Cravings have been long time lovers and supporters of Waffle Jolie, so you can only imagine our delight when we found out they were opening their own bricks and mortar venture, Le Jolie Cafe. Now we can buy those coveted Sunday market treats nearly every day of the week! Hoorah! ...
