I miss-judged the Stonnington City Council and what they were doing with the changes to the Windsor end of Chapel Street in my post “Walking Chapel Street Early on a Sunday Morning” A few weeks later and the flower beds are flourishing. Workers are cleaning the rubbish on a regular basis and more importantly…
Read More
Batch is still here. I first wrote about Batch on this blog in 2010. It is wonderful to find that some places don’t turn over. The media is full of reviews of a new place opening their doors. So they should be we need to know what is happening out there. For example…
Read More
Tarlo and Graham are closing their shop on the corner of Chapel and McIlwrick Streets Windsor and moving to their base in Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. They have been in the Windsor location for eleven years. I will miss them. I love walking along and exploring the Windsor end of Chapel Street and Tarlo and…
Read More
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…
Read More
We talk a lot about clean and green these days. Clean and green was the first thing I thought when I climbed the stairs to first floor dining area of Uncle on Carlisle Street, St Kilda. I think it is the plain wood tables but also the light that comes from high up…
Read More
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…
Read More
Car park off Green Street The laneway that leads to this car park off Green Street, Windsor, was dubbed Aerosol Alley by the artists who work in it. Stonnington City Council has officially named it Artists Lane. It is has yet to be sign posted. The area is an open gallery of street…
Read More
We lunched at this stylish restaurant in Carlisle Street recently and enjoyed the experience – its one we hope to repeat, soon. Ilona Staller is in a building which was once a bank then it became a Red Rooster outlet and now it has reinvented itself as a comfortable stylish restaurant. The striking art…
Read More
Saloop Cafe is in a little neighbourhood strip that is mainly used by locals. The long narrow entry opens out into a larger space at the back. The atmosphere is friendly and casual and the service somewhat slow. This would matter if it served a different population. We were there for lunch. It was…
Read More
Cuppa Cottage? What a name I thought. Who would think that up? Would someone really expect people to be drawn to a cafe with that name? I have a friend who can’t get the words the right way round and calls it Cottage Cuppa. Either way it is a silly name. I guess naming…
Read More