#1 - Mockingbird Lounge, Glenelg, South Australia
http://www.mockingbirdlounge.com.au/
Meet the Mockingbird Lounge - which if you were like me and hadn't been privvy to its sass and vibe - is the place you have quite literally ALWAYS wanted to go to: a bookshop, filled with nooks, grannies and crannies, and plenty of rooms to sit in where you can drink hot beverages and eat delicious food amongst that not-so-musty library smell - while attempting to stealthly beat your opponent at a board game.
Is there more you want to ask for?
From the front, it looks like a teeny tiny place. At this point, you might even hesitate to enter. You step in the door, and to your right the front counter is laden full of delicious yums to tease you. On most of the walls throughout this beautiful cafe (sorry, Lounge) are tall bookshelves, filled with books beloved by people for you to purchase. On the other walls displays art for sale or funky gifts you can get for your loved ones
(even if the loved one is yourself).
Listen to the hilarious reasonings for why your neighbours who are playing "up words" think their word is actually in the dictionary and that its real. Listen to the ladies discuss the fashion of famous Adelaidian's that they have seen turn up to events. ("Come on, Nicole (identity hidden footballers family member), you're too old to wear that skirt - even though we all want to wear that skirt, we wouldn't"). Listen to the laughter from the studio at the very end of the property - the studio with the BookClub meeting on Saturdays.
And the yums I got to try today - I had two delicious flat white coffees in not-so-quaint mugs your granny would raise her eyebrows at, with a white chocolate and raspberry muffin. YUM! Such a fun place to visit - very easy to get to - and now another home-away from home for me down here near the seaside.
And the yums I got to try today - I had two delicious flat white coffees in not-so-quaint mugs your granny would raise her eyebrows at, with a white chocolate and raspberry muffin. YUM! Such a fun place to visit - very easy to get to - and now another home-away from home for me down here near the seaside.
Get your Jane Austen collection in a vintage bound book for $10. I'm serious. Walk through the rooms that are filled with chatter and laughter about life and continue out to the back - a formerly shaded area that has been opened up to allow the sun to shine on you. Grab a table amongst your newest friends (you may call them 'people you haven't met yet') and get your serious game face on.
Did your eyes read correctly? BookClub. Much like the Jane Austen Book Club, but with a twist. You can join up a group together and read through a Mockingbird Lounge book of the month, catching up to share your thoughts and ideas. Or, you can join up as an individual and be put into a group with others of whom you may not even know and whose opinions may marry or clash very greatly with your own. OR, you can bring your book club to utilise the bookclub of the Mockingbird Lounge - so you don't have to organise your own books for a while. And its pretty cheap ($10 per month).
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