Hungry For Recipes: The Ultimate Aussie Burger

aussieburger101Wowhoo!  Hungry for Recipes column or blog or whatever you call it is back.  My fellow Retrenders blogger Stephen Jang blogged about the Aussie burger awhile back (click here to backtrack – Aussie burger), but Sebastian P over at TourRadar (a super travel/foodie blog) directed us to the Ultimate Aussie Burger with the Lot (aka Ozzie Burger).

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P&C: Down Under Collection

downundergraphicteesJust in time for Spring clothes shopping, Pilot & Capt. (P&C) releases a new collection of graphic t-shirts, the “Down Under” tees.  The “Down Under” set rocks Auckland (AKL), Melbourne (MEL), Perth (PER) and Sydney (SYD).

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Style in Adventure Time Apparel from Black Milk Clothing

BMxAT 01If you have girlfriends that really like Adventure Time on the Cartoon Network they might like wearing fashionable Adventure Time attire from the “down under” apparel company Black Milk Clothing, and best yet, their Cyber-Sale goes on until the December 12th, 2013.

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Black Milk Clothing x Harry Potter Collection

blackmilk harry potterFashionable Harry Potter clothing?  What are you talking about?  Urban apparel company Black Milk Clothing teams up with Harry Potter with this Hogwarts Collection.  This capsule collection has 32-pieces featuring leggings, dresses and swimsuits.  Prices range from $56.00USD and up to $93.00USD.  Harry Potter fans can look sexy and fashionable.

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Body Art by artist Emma Hack

In Australia the safe driving campaign starts with body art from body painter Emma Hack.  Each of the 17 men and women involved in this artistic endeavor had 5 layers of paint applied to their bodies and it took around 18 hours to shoot.

 

Music: Aussie Imports – The Veronicas

The “Down Under” has imported great musical pop groups and singers like INXS and Kylie Minogue to the US.  One pop act that has not crossed over just yet, these twin sisters hailing from Brisbane – Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, make up the pop rock group The Veronicas.

In 2005 – The Veronicas released their debut album – “The Secret Life of …”. The LP won me over with a great mix of pop rock beats, up-tempo rifts, and a mixture of pop ballads.  In 2007, the second album was released – Hook Me Up.  For me it wasn’t a great album, even though they had 4 top ten singles on the Aussie charts.  I think they fell in love with the drum machines and that off-putting electro-pop genre.

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