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…
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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…
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Carlisle Street is bathed in late-autumn sun and it is buzzing with locals and visitors. We stroll through this crowd to Ilona Staller for lunch. It is a special lunch for us and we are early. We wander into their lovely Art Deco entrance and they let us in and give us a menu…
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An easy and pleasant stroll is to wander along Chapel Street as it flows into Church Street. The road changes its name as heads into Richmond. This can be an interesting way to spend a bit of time in South Yarra. My favourite bridge is here. When you cross you can look down…
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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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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…
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There are always people around the entrance to The Local Taphouse in Balaclava. One reason is because it is right on a tram stop and another is that the downstairs bar is popular and people sometimes spill out particularly in the summer. Last week on a surprisingly sunny July day I ate in…
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Get the flavour of East Timor at the Gallery in the St Kilda Town Hall – enter from Carlisle Street. The gallery is opposite the cashier in the foyer. You can check out the gallery when you pay for parking permits, rates or other council fees, or just pop in and take a look….
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Glamour isn’t the usual feeling you get when you walk into an op shop. Yet, glamour and style is a vibe you get as you walk through the wide uncluttered doorway of the Salvos new op-shop in Chapel Street, Windsor. The display is all about style, well as much style as you can have…
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I visited the Red Door in Windsor about eighteen months ago (see here) and had lunch with a friend. The Red Door was relaxed and peaceful. Even though there were a number of customers the feeling was one of intimacy. Last Saturday evening I returned with a group of ten people for an evening…
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