Sandi Sieger’s guide to what’s hot and happy(ning) this week. Eat, drink, buy, try, visit, read and be merry.

EAT: All The Mussels at The Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival
For the second year running, the Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival, hosted by the South Melbourne Market, is teaming up with The Nature Conservancy to support their Shuck Don’t Chuck project.
This partnership aims to recycle as many mollusc shells from the festival as possible, so they can be used to help restore the bay’s shellfish reefs and their precious ecosystems which have been destroyed by decades of overharvesting, water pollution, introduced species and disease.
Over the two-day festival, held on March 9 and 10, festivalgoers are expected to eat their way through more than 200,000 mussels – from piping hot mussel paella to wok-cooked drunken mussels – prepared by some of Melbourne’s top chefs and restaurants, including South Melbourne Market traders and eateries Aptus, South Melbourne Seafood, Bambu, Claypots Evening Star, Paco y Lola, Köy and Simply Spanish.
More: Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival

DRINK: Frozen Cocktails at Garden State’s Tanqueray Terrace
Flinders Lane pub, Garden State Hotel, have teamed up with crowd-favourite gin distillers, Tanqueray, to create the Tanqueray Terrace.
Until Monday 18 March, Tanqueray will take over Garden State Hotel’s beer garden and fill it with lush greenery and a bar dedicated to four different flavours of frozen gin cocktails.
Garden State Hotel X Tanqueray Terrace bar trading hours:
Monday – Thursday: 5pm – late
Friday – Saturday: 11am – late
Sunday: Closed
More:www.gardenstatehotel.com.au
BUY: Tickets to Sunshine & The Disco Faith Choir
For a club experience guaranteed to take you to another plane of existence, let Sunshine & The Disco Faith Choir welcome you into the fold. As the brainchild of Melbourne’s DJ Sunshine, the Disco Faith Choir exists to entertain, to bewilder and to blend genres in a wild fusion of gospel, house, techno and live vocals, provided by a 15 piece choir. A musical experience unlike any other, Sunshine & The Disco Faith Choir have been bringing cathartic nights of fun and chaos to rooms right around the country.
More info and tickets: Moshtix

TRY: Myaura Organics All Natural Deodorant
As demand for clean beauty becomes the major trend for 2019, MyAura Organics all-natural deodorants set the standard, using only nature-enriched ingredients that are safe to put on our bodies, and safe for the environment. Free from aluminum, which many conventional deodorants and antiperspirants contain and can cause negative health effects when used each day, MyAura Organics Deodorants are also palm oil free, vegan-friendly, contain no parabens, and have not been tested on animals.
More: http://myauraorganics.com/

VISIT: The Rosebud Kite Festival
A dancing array of kites will colour Rosebud’s skyline on 10 March for the 16th annual Rosebud Kite Festival. The FREE family-friendly event features hundreds of giant and novelty kites taking flight alongside families enjoying their own kite flying excitement.
Set on the beautiful Rosebud Bay Foreshore, the free Festival features kite making workshops as well as stalls to purchase your own kites. Food trucks, live music, roving entertainment, carnival rides and interactive SES and CFA displays all add to the relaxed vibe of the event.
More: https://rosebudbythebay.com.au/rosebud-kite-festival/
READ: Style Sessions – Perfecting The Art of Dressing by Kritin Todd
With women in the age of social media desperately trying to keep up with the digitally edited images all around them, it upset Kristin Todd that in her work as a personal stylist so many of her clients started their day feeling negative about themselves.
In Style Sessions, Kristin aims to change the way women feel about themselves by making style advice accessible to everyone.
Packed with insider tips, Kristin’s approach to dressing is fresh and led by taste and inspiration rather than rules. Kristin sets out to show women that being stylish isn’t about wearing the latest looks from the runway, it’s about building a wardrobe that’s an extension of your taste, your body and your lifestyle.
Style Sessions, New Holland Publishers RRP $32.99 available from all good book retailers or online www.newhollandpublishers.com