ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE...HOPEFULLY!

Here are a few things that Brisbane needs. Now I know things don't happen overnight, but hopefully over the next year, they'll begin to take shape.

There are many things we need to make this city even better, and believe me, I could go on all day about them, but I won't.

So here goes, Ten Things I Think Brisbane Needs:

1.LIGHT RAIL/TRAM SYSTEM to get the green light. With high frequency timetables and cute carriages, we are in desperate need for a comfortable, easy to use transport that can get us from A to BCDEF.....and so on!

2.A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. Something chic and sexy without the 'Finding Nemo Foyer' or the 'Buck Rogers Bar'. I suggest Aesop Products in the Bathroom and an Eatery on the same lines as OPIA at JIA in Hong Kong, with a little blink-and-you-miss-it Bar! And of course, all done in natural hues with contemporary furniture and accesories!

3.AN ALL-MALE EMPORIUM. Hopefully Bris will get a Male Only Clothing Emporium.
Stocking incredible outfitters like KITSUNE, BALLANTYNE, ASPESI, LANVIN, PATRIK ERVELL, with shoes by GRENSEN and the like. You girls continue to be inudated with label after label, store after store, while us men-about-town have to settle for what we can find.....which is not much! Amber & Matt Long at Jean Brown, take note!

4.AN AWESOME NEWSAGENT. With Borders starting to become stagnant, and other stand alone newsagents charging a small fortune for Vogue Italia, what we need is a Newsagent that delivers everything we need. From every Glossy in the world to the 'Nikkei Weekly', 'International Herald Tribune' and the 'New York Times', just to keep us updated.
How wonderful would it be to walk in and get everything you need.

5.RESIDENT STREET PARKING PERMITS. Permits should be issued to residents in neighbourhoods like New Farm, Paddington etc, which would stop local foreigners from utilising sacred space in small streets. There is nothing worse then trying to drive out of your home when you have every bitch and her dog parked either side of your street. While your running late for work, they're sipping a latte at the local, or comparing brooches at The Oldies Only Club around the corner. Take a Cab and Fuck Off!!

6.MULTI PRODUCT DELI. A designer deli that stocks everything you need. Cheese counter, meat box, rows of excellent produce, pastries/breads etc. You grab a basket, fill it and pay for it all at the same counter! With not a latte in sight! And of course, it would have out-of-this-world design........wooden floors to start with! Simon Johnson...HELLO!!!!

7.DIGITAL CLOCKS throughout the city, valley etc. Enough said!

8.VILLAGE TWIN. In 2008, we finally see the old faithful unveiled.....or will we?
What's going on? Why is it taking so long? And why does it look like nothing's been happening for ages? Stop fucking around and give us a decent place to hangout!

9.COVERED AREAS in the Mall need to be built to comfort us in the heat and protect us from the rain. When it pours in summer, Queen Street turns into Bombay in June!!! Protect the consumer, not to mention the Emo!!!

10.Finally we need more top quality BARS/LOUNGES. We need proprietors to put in more effort (and money) with the interiors and most importantly, the name!!! You need original tapas, with beverages and music to match. None of this upmarket pub shite. And NO bar needs curtains either!!! Survey the unused alleyways around town.

This is just the beginning.