This notice is in Tarlo & Grahm’s current window display – I hope you can read it. Tarlo & Graham’s windows are always fascinating to me. I have written about them before in ” Tarlo & Graham – view their windows”. I don’t believe anyone else would decorate their window with objects burned in…
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I’m in Chapel Street South Yarra at 1.30pm on a sunny Sunday afternoon when I remember that I have to meet a friend in a city bar for ‘catch up’ drinks at 3.00pm. Trams are easy but the last time I ate was a slice toast at 6.30am. I need food or I will…
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W-class trams date back to the 1930’s. W-class Tram at the corner of Chapel and Carlisle Street A W-class tram was the first tram I rode in Melbourne. It was before I lived here and in the days when there was a conductor on board. I clambered up the high wooden step and sat…
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Tarlo and Graham at the Windsor end of Chapel Street offer a great visual feast with their windows. Strolling around the Windsor end of Chapel Street is always fun but what draws me back time and time again are the windows of Tarlo and Graham. I find I’m drawn on a weekly basis just…
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The Oriental Tea House is something different. The Oriental Tea house in Chapel Street was once a pub Yum Cha on Sunday is something I enjoy – watching the trolleys come past, studying the food and deciding ‘yes’ or ‘no’. The frustrating part is that when I have eaten enough I see something new…
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The Special Cake Shop at 207 Chapel Street, Prahran is an institution in the area. SADLY, IT HAS NOW CLOSED. Over the years Prahran cafes and food outlets have come and gone but not the Special Cake Shop. It just keeps on keeping on. It was opened in the mid 1950s by a Greek…
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The Prahran Market is a foodies market. It is all about food, preparing it, cooking it and eating it. If that sounds like you The Prahran Market is the place to explore. Take your recipes and search out those unusual ingredients. I think it is best on Saturday. The produce seems to be fresher…
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The Windsor end of Chapel Street is know as the funky end of Chapel Street, Prahran To me it is the fun end. I often pass Womango and I can never resist the window. It’s a ‘stop and stare and stare some more and chat to your friend’ sort of window. It’s a collectors…
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Greville Street, Prahran is a favourite street of mine. My first encounter was a few years ago when I walked from the Prahran Railway Station along Greville Street on my way to Chapel Street The late afternoon sun gave an orange glow and a touch of magic to this unique street. I feel in…
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Carlisle Street in East St Kilda was the Melbourne Place I got to know well when I first came to Melbourne. It was here I became familiar with Russian and Eastern European food for the first time. The St Kilda Library in Carlisle Street has a large selection of Polish and Russian books in…
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