filed in CBD, Melbourne, books on Dec.17, 2009
I was looking up the Olivia helps with Christmas story and came across this video of the Myer Christmas window. If you can’t make it down this year here is the next best thing.
The Myer Christmas window video, staring the book Olivia helps with Christmas
filed in CBD, Melbourne, books on Dec.13, 2009
Christmas tradition is always good and this year the Melbourne tradition of the Myer Christmas window display is a winner – one of the best I’ve seen – perhaps even the best. It is the story from the book “Olivia Helps Santa” by Ian Falconer.
If you have any young children in your family you’ll know [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Richmond, Tram Route 70, Tram Route 78, books on Nov.05, 2009
At the Booktalk Cafe, 91 Swan Street, Richmond food, coffee and books seem to be of equal importance. The cafe is central to the ambiance of the shop. The tables and chairs are in the middle of the space and then they wander between the book cases to the back of the room. This is [...]
filed in Arcades, Cafes, Chapel Street, Markets, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram 72, Tram Route 78, Vintage on Sep.08, 2009
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 love.
I fell [...]
filed in CBD, Federation Square, Markets, Melbourne, Vintage on Jul.13, 2009
A regular Saturday Book Market is held in the Atrium of Federation Square from 11am to 5pm. There are over 5,000 books displayed at a variety of stalls that command the entire floor area of the atrium.
It is a great place for a market – warm on a cold winter’s day and cool in the [...]
filed in Cafes, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Tram Route 86 on May.31, 2009
Books and Cooks they go together.
Dedicated cooks and the rest of us who dabble in cooking and who eat, can’t resist books about food. Take a look at any book shop and there are whole sections of these books covering every possible aspect of food and eating. Often they display mouth watering photos of food, [...]
filed in Chapel Street, Melbourne on May.09, 2009
The funky end of Chapel Street – that is the end by the Windsor Station and Dandenong Road – is one of the first places in Melbourne that I explored. It was different from any place I’d seen and it is still different. Over the years places have come and gone and some have stayed [...]