Melbourne has been my home for a number of years and I am amazed that it is only now that I have discovered Basement Discs. A friend suggested I meet her there as she was picking up a CD she had ordered. I crept down the steep concrete stairs feeling intrigued. It was hard…
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Books for Cooks has moved. The shop is no longer in that cute little house on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy. After all these years it now has a greater and more comfortable space at the Queen Victoria Market. I first wrote about this fascinating bookshop several years ago – Books for Cooks. There is…
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Mornington, the township on the Mornington Peninsula offers, sun, sand, sea, market day every Wednesday and a touch of New Zealand. I was spending the day in this pretty seaside town when a friend introduced me to the New Zealand Shop; call Kiwi House. It’s a place full of New Zealand memorabilia for the…
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Street libraries have been in the news and on facebook. These cute little libraries are just on the side of the road. They come in different shapes and sizes, are waterproof and have a see through door. My attention was drawn to them by a reader of this blog. Thank you! I went to…
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Have you heard of Laneway learning? It’s what I’m talking about at the moment . I have been getting updates on their courses for a while now but I have only just attended one – ‘Write Your Own Short Stories’. That’s something I’m trying to do along with writing a book that I mentioned…
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Visiting Melbourne or just browsing the CBD. How about finding a piece of Melbourne to take home, or a piece of Melbourne for a present or something essentially Melbourne to have in your own home, to remind you of what an interesting and creative place Melbourne is – not that you probably need reminding…
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January and February are great times for Op-shopping. An item in our local newspaper quoted Kate Dear, General Manager of Red Cross in Victoria as saying, “Instead of throwing away your dud presents, why not re-gift them?” I believe people are doing that and some businesses are also ‘gifting’ some of their excess stock…
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Recently I have been indulging in French food, La Parisienne Pates and Noir you can flick back to them to catch up. This has been a very very satisfying and pleasurable trip and it has given me a new type of entertainment. I can keep indulging by inviting friends over for wine and…
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Melbourne Central buzzes these days. There is action here and in amongst this action there is an oasis of quiet. A corner where you can sit or browse and take time out. Wander around the different levels of the complex, shop till you drop then head for The Little Library – The Community Library. …
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Libraries hold a magic for me. As a child I found them a treasure trove, a sort of Aladdin’s cave, I could wander around taking books from the shelves browsing then putting them back and grabbing another. I could read magazines and when I became a news-junky, the newspapers. I had lived in Melbourne…
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