Australian Penthouse

Wine and food... an excellent combination (see end of article for image credit)

TV chefs pour wine into cooking pots all the time. But does alcohol improve the average dinner recipe? Is it a waste of good plonk or a secret ingredient that makes a good meat meal great?
By Ben Canaider (continue reading…)

Indoors or outside, at the office or at home; be smart, get secure, get camera protection (continue reading…)

I’ve noticed that some of the guys I date take longer than me to get ready. I like a guy who makes an effort, but I don’t want to go out with someone who owns more hair products than I do. (continue reading…)

Australian Penthouse goes for a spin with Peter Grmusa, Burnout Master and two-time Summernats burnout champion (continue reading…)

Men are fated to receive unwanted socks as a gift at least once in their life. So if you can’t beat the odds, at least stack the deck (continue reading…)

In 1985, as a teenager, I snuck out one night to see a movie with a few mates. The film was Weird Science, part of John Hughes’ celebration of teen angst. It was a fun flick about two nerds (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) who use a computer program to create the perfect woman, and the moment the absolutely gorgeous Kelly LeBrock appeared on screen, all I could do was stare in slack-jawed amazement. The nerds had created the perfect woman!
I was around the same age as the two bumbling male leads, and absolutely useless with the opposite sex. (continue reading…)

Our stunning February 2009 Pet, Courtney Rose, learns when to hold ’em and fold ’em from our resident poker pro, James ‘Welcome Back’ Potter (continue reading…)

Not only is honesty in a relationship difficult, it’s often not what women want to hear. By John Birmingham (continue reading…)

What girls really do when their heart’s been broken… (continue reading…)

Gillian Anderson with co-star David Duchovny in the 2008 movie The X-Files: I Want To Believe, and bottom left, topless in the 2007 release Straightheads, and bottom right, in the 1993 release The Turning. Image credits at bottom of article

In The X-Files, Gillian Anderson made us Want To Believe that we could get with a brainiac ice-queen like her FBI agent character, Dana Scully. (continue reading…)

Pick-up Play

Ford’s gutsy and sturdy Ranger Wildtrak is designed for the man who works as hard as he plays, and doesn’t need a sportscar to prove it. Test: Steve Harkness (continue reading…)

As captain of 888poker Team Australia at Macau’s Battle of the Nations, James Potter faced a tough fight to take the title… (continue reading…)