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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What’s happening on Lygon Street? When I first came to Melbourne it was Italian. It felt Italian and the food was Italian – the delis were Italian. It felt exactly like it’s nick name “Little Italy”. I wrote about it here Now, some years later, it is taking on a more international feel, reflecting…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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 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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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…
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