Summer Brights

I have very fond memories of being a kid hearing that all familiar music of the Mr Whippy van driving up our street in the middle of summer. I would beg my mum for some money then race off  bare foot after him. Hoards of kids would be hovering around the van ordering multi coloured gelatis. The ice-creams would melt in the sun as we licked away desperately. Ice-cream would drip down the cone onto my hands, arms and the front of my dress. I would walk home sticky, happy and smiling with the rest of the kids in my neighborhood. Here are a few summer treats that remind me of the carefree days of my childhood!

Images via 1-2, 2, 3, 4, 5-7

♥  Melissah xox

A Burst of Summer Colour

 

With the first day of summer I am feeling like some neon bright summer colours to celebrate my favourite season. I live for the summer - I just love the long, hot days and all the joys that summer brings like fun filled days at the beach, pool parties, barbeques, drinks with friends on the deck, summer clothes and balmy evenings. For a little chic coastal inspiration pop over to my blog Coastal Style.

Melissah xox

Images via 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Say Cheese

In my family we are all addicted to cheese - we love every kind of cheese from everyday Coon tasty slices to the more sophisticated creamy French Brie, Cambenbert and Blue Vein cheeses. We love feta in salads, salty pan fried haloumi cheese for an appetizer, Stilton with port and King Island cheddar cheese with crackers and a glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. So a beautifully laid out table with a wide selection of gourmet cheeses like the one below couldn't be more appealing to us!  

 

 

Xox

Melissah

Let's Celebrate

Now that summer is well and truly here it makes me feel like celebrating. I love a good party and an excuse will do - birthday, anniversary, promotion, going away, new born or simply just for fun of it. Go that extra mile and fill the house with balloons, hand out some sparklers, open up some French champagne, play some good music, mix up a batch of your favourite cocktail and sprinkle around some confetti. You guests are bound to have a an extra good time and a night they will remember...or maybe not!

Decorate the house

Order some helium balloons

Sprinkle confetti around

Add a little sparkle

Open a bottle of bubbly

Make a birthday cake

Xox

Melissah

The Millswyn

Restaurant Review

Fresh, light hearted and playful – the Millswyn is a new French style Brasserie in Melbourne. Famed interior designers Hecker Gunthrie have fitted out the café and restaurant with a minimalistic Nordic feel. After being inspired by a review in a magazine I popped in to have lunch and check it out. Set directly across from the lovely Royal Botanical Gardens the Millswyn takes over from Lynch’s which was one of Melbourne’s most iconic restaurants. The Millswyn takes on a new tempo with its bright white café, tiled walls and high marble benches. The restaurant by contrast followed a darker palette. My lunch was light and simple making the most of fresh, seasonal produce. Definitely worth calling in on.

Images via 'The Millswyn' website

Xox

Melissah

Happy New Year!!!

To be perfectly honest I did not spend my New Year's Eve at a glamorous party in a pair of heels, dressed in a party number with a glass of bubbly in hand. Nor was I surrounded by stylish people with the sound of champagne corks popping loudly in the background. Instead, I spent New Year's Eve in true 'aussie' style down at our local beach with kids in tow. It was a hot summer's night so the dress code for the evening was shorts and summer dresses while kids raced around in the sand in bare feet. Cocktails and canapes were replaced by a sausage in one hand a plastic wine glass in the other but having said that the air was full of the sound of kids laughing, the waves crashing on the beach, fireworks, cicadas humming and a good time was had by all. Maybe next year I will do some thing a little more glamorous 'sans' kids! 

Melissah xox