Thank you to our outgoing CM of Adelaide - Anita for arranging this event…read more It was well attended by Yelpers and friends. I didn't get there till after 5pm when the party was in full swing. A free drink upon checking into the event and I chose the Mount Lofty Ranges Vineyard (one of the sponsors) Pinot noir rose. Bit dry but a good choice for this function. A big platter of assorted cheese and accompaniments were the start of the nibbles and there were heaps of Yelp give aways like sunglasses, sweat bands, badges, bags, key rings, freezebies etc. A Yelp cotton bag with goodies can be picked up as well, handy and informative flyers within. The winners of the best photos of this 'food porn exhibition ' were announced and prizes were awarded and thank you to the judges for picking the great shots out of so many entries! Tough pickings indeed. More food from Soi 38 were passed around and it was great to have them aboard to enable us to sample their food. Will have to now properly go to their restaurant to have more, what a teaser! Thank you to Market Kitchen for the venue which is perfect to exhibit the selected Yelpers best shot of food and thanks also goes to Atkins Photography for a guidance sheet on how to take photos of food which most of us Yelpers love to do. Overall this had been a great event and it was fun to have the competition and winners were well awarded with prizes donated by so many other sponsors.

What an eye opening evening this was! I have walked past this area so many times and never knew…read morethat there were so many diverse gallery spaces in such a small area. Our guide Claire from Art After Dark was clearly passionate about what she does (and did a great job even though she was unwell!). It was great to have her to guide us around the venues and tell us about some of the exhibitions that were part of the SALA festival, as well as what they exhibit year round. I never realised the Samstag Gallery is open later on Thursdays and I love the idea of heading down after the workday and being able to listen to some live music while perusing the artworks! I love visiting new art places and especially seeing some things from lesser known or up and coming artists. Sometimes it is hard to know where to go or what to see so this was a great taster of places to keep an eye on! I will definitely be keeping an eye on the Art After Dark events. My favourite spot on the tour was the Jam Factory. I have been in the retail section several times before but I never realised that the studios are open too, and that you can wander around and watch the various artists at work. I could have sat and watched the glass blowers all night, especially with the warmth drifting up on a chilly evening! Thanks Anita and Art After Dark for a very interesting evening!

So this was an event with a difference, and each to their own. Art and beauty is in the eye of the…read morebeholder, and to be fair, I'll probably never look at nanny's knitting the same way again. I used to go to uni on this campus, and walked past these galleries countless hundreds of times before, never knowing or braving the entry in. We were lucky enough to be blessed with a visit from Tresna the top aussie yelp dog, and she was a delight. great to hear whats going down around the rest of the country. the low star rating on this one has nothing to reflect on Anita, but on the stale bread and underwhelming snacks and warm beer at the bar. just made the end to the night a bit meh.

Hands down one of the most memorable night with Yelp! Thank you mucho to the lovely Anita for…read moreturning my Friday evening with some very special ladies into such a great one. It doesn't hurt that we were at one of my favourite establishment sipping wicked cocktails and playing the most inappropriate card game known to man. Massive thanks to Yelp and Anita for making it happen. Everyone who attended had a lovely evening, leaving with a permanent smile on their face, some still blushing from the memory.

Still thinking about this marvellous event even though it's been a week! Thought I should leave a…read morereview since I had a really good night! First of all, thank you to Ngan for the invitation and Anita for shouting us our drinks and introducing to us Cards against Humanity. This card game is probably the quirkiest ice beaker I've ever played! For drinks, I had the pear mocktail, a mixture of pear and hazelnut, served in a martini glass - absolutely beautiful to taste. The waitress was really helpful in explaining the drinks on offer - we were spoiled for choice! For food, we had the baked Camembert. I would highly recommend this if you're a cheese lover. Imagine melted stringy cheese on crusty bread! The best part was the crunch and slight saltiness from the figs and pistachios! It can't get any better than this! Overall, great night with the girls! We had a fair few laughs and learned one or more things about each other. A memorable night indeed :)

My two favourite characteristics of Yelp are that 1) it is a vehicle for me to discover amazing…read morelocal businesses and 2) that I can meet new people, who I would most likely never meet in my usual circles - but who love Adelaide and the amazing things this city has to offer as much as I do. Because of this, the Yelp newbie events are always really exciting to me. Our fabulous CM Anita D. does a great job of choosing venues and activities that are super interactive and encourage newbies and old Yelpers alike to mingle and just have a great time. Craftapalooza at Flinders Street Market was no exception. When I saw the event listing I was so keen. I have been trying to teach myself to get a bit crafty and so this event was a perfect motivator. Anita managed to secure a class with Vesna from Minnie Crochet Boutique. This class really made the Craftapalooza event come together. Vesna's tutelage was brilliant. She was patient, friendly, fun and supportive. I felt like I was learning to crochet from an Aunty I never knew I had. I am so keen to attend Minnie Crochet Boutique's crochet classes so I can get my granny square blanket skills on fleek. I want to be that Aunty that makes baby blankets for EVERYONE! Vesna and Anita have set me on the path to help me realise that dream. Thanks ladies. Thank you also to the amazing newbies (and fellow Elite Ngan) I had a great time and I hope to see all your smiley faces at another event soon. :)

I've enjoyed some good food around Adelaide and normally i'd only take a picture if it was really…read moregood but this opportunity has me snapping even the boring old takeaway noodles! But this Just Bliss Chocolates is a great hidden gem. Often quiet, unless a Foodie tour bundles in, i go here for the good cakes (brownies are tops) and nice hot chocolate rather than the artisan truffles. Sit up stairs overlooking the shop and Gawler Place watching the world go by.

Getting forked and being trucked with some of the finest Food Vans in Adelaide is soon going to…read morebecome a favourite past time of many. Concept - 20 food vans get together and offer up food over lunch time in Vic Square Implementation - It was more than just a gathering of trucks. It was the vibe of the thing, it was Mabo, it was trucking brilliant. Never have I seen so many high quality food vans in the one location all with line ups of Adelaidians waiting for some grub or a thirst quencher. From Raw Thirst to Burger Theory, La Cantina to Fair Espresso, Four Seeds and TacoCat and boys on bikes Smoothie Revolution and Veggie Velo there was something for everyone at this event and probably why half of Adelaide was in attendance. Tips to make the most of being forked? - Get there early or late (lines were long from 12:30pm-2:30pm) - If you don't like lines, shut the truck up and wait your turn. Fork is awesome. - Pace yourself and get a tasting of more than one thing - Enjoy lounging about in deck chairs or BYO picnic rug and make an arvo of it. Fork On The Road takes advantage of the following of 1 or 2 famous food vans and spreading the love to many - recognising we can all live and eat as one in Adelaide. Follow their twitter @ForkOnTheRoad and BookFace them to find out details about the next one on the 21st December!

Fork On The Road - Food Truck Festival!!!! What can I say…read more what a GREAT idea. All the Food Trucks in one spot - - heaven, no matter what tastes you are craving. Keep up the good work gang. looking forward to many many more Fork on the Road events.

The Yelp Port Experience was the brainchild of Yelper Bruce L. and a huge line up of venues was…read morethought out beautifully between he and our CM Anita D. A 10am breakfast made a leisurely way to start the day at Hart's Collective. I never knew this place existed and was the perfect place to sit on the waters edge in a renovated shipping container and take in the view. Very eclectic with the old and new furnishings. Breakfast was ordered at the counter, and I chose free range poached eggs on sourdough with a side of smashed avocado and a latte to wash it down. No complaints from me as the eggs perfectly poached and avocado perfectly smashed. Then we drove to The Clipper City of Adelaide for our tour. It was great listening to the history and hard to soak in all the information. Being made with a steel frame the height was better than most ships of that era, and we learned that the wooden frame was coated with tar, horse hair and copper. It will be great to see the renovations progress as time goes on. Unfortunately Bruce had to leave our tour and so Anita took complete charge, and onwards we went. Just made the dolphin cruise in time and we had a lovely sail along the Port River. Glad I had my hat and a little sunscreen, but this didn't stop the wind burn. It was the perfect weather to cruise and I had a lovely chat with Captain Brian Thomas aka Cobra Dobra who is a retired MFS officer and SANFL Sturt lover and he steered our boat without incident. Being rather famished, we ended up at Argo Hellenic Greek Cafe on Commercial Road. They have a Monday to Friday lunch menu, and charged only $1 extra being a Saturday. They even had sparkling red (Leconfield Syn) by the glass. I ordered a lamb yiros but it didn't come wrapped as expected. The meat tasted like yesterday's reheated on the grill, only two quarters of pita, no garlic sauce and the tomatoes were too pale and tasteless. It was a disappointment and I wouldn't hurry back, but in saying that I enjoyed a tasting of my friends chicken dish...and they did have sparkling red. Last was a visit to the Maritime Museum. I've been here before but this time I obtained a printout for 50c of my great grandmothers ship Trevelyan when she came out on her maiden voyage in 1865. The staff were very knowledgable and happy to talk about the the four trips it made to Australia before sinking off shore in South Africa. We left there about 5pm so was a full day, and from start to finish was a great day. Thanks Bruce and Anita!

Adelaide fringe is what makes Adelaide WONDERFUL. Running from Feb to March, it is the second…read morelargest fringe festival in the world next to the Edinburgh Fringe. The Adelaide Fringe is a bohemian festival of comedy, music, drama, dance and visual arts. The difference between Edinburgh and Adelaide is that Adelaide is big enough to be a wonderful international, unique open access festival that is small enough to have that sense of community. The people of Adelaide OWN this festival and it's fun loving, carefree vibe. The East End of Adelaide comes ALIVE during the fringe and it is starting to spread down Rundle Mall and into the West End, however there are fringe venues all over the state. Most people see the Fringe as the Garden of Unearthly Delights - which is a bright colourful venue - and therefore only a small part of the fringe. The Gluttony garden venue is just starting to take off across the road and nearly every store up Rundle is host to some kind of show. Rundle mall has a box office set up specifically for ticket and merchandise sales from December the year before. In the lead up to the fringe in Feb and throughout the festival, there are buskers and preview shows in the mall which gives the city an atmosphere that you just can not describe. Hundreds of local and international comedians, street performers, actors and artists flock to adelaide to experience this festival and give you a flyer for their show. Oh, dear god, I'm getting excited just thinking about it.

Bumped up from a biannual to a yearly event, the Adelaide Fringe has well and truly cemented its…read moreplace as a cultural high point for South Australia, and with good reason. Yes, it's massive and not entirely well curated (as Chloe points out), but its all encompassing and open nature is what makes it truly wonderful. Art, events and pop-up spaces fill every nook, waiting to be found. The late summer nights are full of music and light and people. It's the one time of year the city centre feels excited and energetic and new. It's a beautiful time for a sleepy city, and no matter where I am in the world I always try to get back home for the Fringe. I for one like getting caught up in the haphazard nature of the festival: this year I went from a dark German cabaret to stand-up to street art in the space of a night, getting pulled along wherever the mood took me. It wasn't all good, it's true, but that's not the point. There is something for everyone, and the atmosphere soaking potential alone makes it a magical time in Adelaide. Adelaide Fringe Festival (aka "The Fringe" for those nonnatives wanting to work the SA lingo) coincides with other events like WoMad and the Adelaide Festival of Arts - in a way it feels like we're cramming a year's worth of culture into 24 summery days, and maybe we are. I'm cool with that.