Equal parts vermouth, Campari and gin—the magic trio, the holy trinity, the rule of three. Together, they make a negroni, one of the world’s... The post How To Upgrade Your Negroni appeared first on Mr and Mrs Romance ..read more

You might not think Europe’s biggest finance and banking hub would have much to offer tourism, but Frankfurt in western Germany has so many... The post Our Essential Guide To Frankfurt, Germany appeared first on Mr and Mrs Romance ..read more

Spring feels so close now here in Sydney; we haven’t needed the electric blanket in days and the nights feel just that much shorter.... The post Whisky Tastings, Wine Tastings And A Lonely Planet Launch appeared first on Mr and Mrs Romance ..read more

Gin can come in all kinds of flavours and colours, but there aren’t many these days we haven’t seen before. Here are some of... The post Unique Gins From Australia appeared first on Mr and Mrs Romance ..read more

Famous for its beauty and abundance of nature, Yellow Water is a billabong in Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory. Here’s why a sunset cruise on this waterway is a must. Crown of the Top End, Kakadu National Park is a wonderland of spectacular landscapes, ancient culture and natural history. But at the centre of this national park lies the jewel in that crown. Yellow Water—Ngurrungurrudjba in the Bininj language—is a tributary billabong of the South Alligator River. Check out our video of this incredible waterway at sunset: This broad waterway, contained in the dry season ..read more

Every year, the Sydney winter seems to take everyone by surprise. None of us seems to cope! I’ve heard it equated to childbirth—the way mothers will forget the pain and trauma of having a baby or they’d never do it again. Sydneysiders seem to be annually surprised when the city gets chilly. In spite of the temperatures being low (lower than normal?), we’ve still managed to fit some fun into the cold days. Lobster long lunches, birthday parties, trips up the coast and a cheeky wine-tasting or two have seen us through winter thus far. Let’s hope there’s more to come. In the meantime, we hope yo ..read more

When you think of dangerous roads, maybe it’s a mountain pass, icy conditions or terrible traffic. Well how about a road where you drive through a crocodile-infested river three hours from the nearest hospital? It’s no exaggeration to say Kakadu, three hours east of Darwin, is magnificent. The twice the size of Lebanon, this national park in the Northern Territory has everything. Kakadu’s landscapes are incredibly diverse, with savanna woodlands, monsoon vine forests, hills and sandstone escarpments, tidal flats, mangroves, rivers and billabongs—even 100km of rugged estuarine coastline within ..read more

Perfect for boujee camping trips, chilling poolside in style or simply always having something cool and tasty to pour at home, these upscale canned cocktails take things up a notch. Remember when alcopops first came out? The time of Bacardi Breezers, Hooch and Smirnoff Ice. The era of VK, WKD and Skyy Blue. The epoch of Coolers, Cruisers and Splice. Love them or loath them, these premixed RTDs—‘Ready To Drink’ if you will—made a space on bottlo shelves everywhere and have held their own. The good news is they’ve grown up a lot in the past thirty or so years. Progenitors of early ‘canned cockt ..read more

With the scale perfectly balanced between the comfortable feeling of home and a luxury boutique hotel, Moss Manor is the perfect base for a romantic getaway in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW. Right in the thick of the Great Dividing Range, some 100km south of Sydney, the Southern Highlands of NSW is home to some startlingly beautiful country towns. And within these village-like towns are some wonderful places to stay. The best example of this is surely Moss Manor, the grandest house of Moss Vale, about halfway between Bowral and Sutton Forest. From its origins as the mayoral residenc ..read more

We’ve got plenty to tell you about in this latest Edition. Rooftop bars and festivals of light (with corresponding cocktails of course), new and amazing experiences to have at Uluru, superb new Sydney gins, massive birthday partakings at a spirits festival (and a wine tasting tacked on too), lovely friends visiting who we haven’t seen for ages, cheese fests and, not least, bunny chow! We hope you enjoy this Edition Jim & Christina xx   Christina and I do love a rooftop bar – we even talk about it a bit here – and Zephyr in Sydney’s Darling Harbour really scratches an itch. Tonight, w ..read more