filed in Art, Chapel Street, Melbourne, Prahran, St Kilda, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78, Windsor on Jun.15, 2011
Brighten up a grey winter morning and take in the Graf Art as you stroll along Chapel Street, Windsor. Of course it doesn’t have to be the morning, anytime during the day will do. But the in-your-face colours gives a me lift on a grey morning.
The corner of McIlwrick and Chapel Streets (at Tarlo and [...]
filed in Cafes, Carlton, Food, Melbourne, Tram 16, Tram Route 1, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 72, Tram Route 8 on Dec.30, 2010
My first visit to Shakarhari, the vegetarian restaurant at 201/203 Faraday Street in Carlton, was a few years ago.
I was with a vegetarian friend who was visiting from overseas and I wanted to give her a experience of fine dining –something more than the average vegetarian fare which often seems to include beans or Dahl. [...]
filed in Chapel Street, Melbourne, Prahran, Richmond, South Yarra, St Kilda, St Kilda East, Tram 72, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78, Windsor on Dec.06, 2010
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 on a hard seat [...]
filed in Armadale, Cafes, European food, Food, Melbourne, Tram Route 6 on Nov.15, 2010
Georgios has been there forever. That is probably too grand a statement but I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t there. During the years I have known it, it has remained the same and become an Armadale icon if not a Melbourne icon. The decor is rather like a sophisticated cafe and doesn’t appear [...]
filed in Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78 on Apr.07, 2010
The Special Cake Shop at 207 Chapel Street, Prahran is an institution in the area.
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 Immigrant and then bought in 1976 by [...]
filed in Chapel Street, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78, Tram Route 8, Vintage, Windsor on Oct.28, 2009
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 paradise.
Womango’s [...]
filed in Armadale, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Tram Route 6 on Aug.13, 2009
A chilly but sunny winter’s day on High Street Armadale.
Exploring an area of Melbourne is one of the joys of living in this city where no area is the same as its neighbour. By exploring I mean wandering, drifting into shops and browsing through the merchandise. It is not so much about shopping as absorbing [...]