Melbourne Places

The Red Door has been operating in the same space for number years.  I have seen the red door and the beautiful street art on the side of the wall but never visited until now.  I’m not sure why.

A strong recommendation from a colleague prompted my first visit.  She went on a week day evening [...]

This notice is in Tarlo & Grahm’s current window display – I hope you can read it.
Tarlo & Graham’s windows are always fascinating to me.  I have written about them before in ” Tarlo & Graham – view their windows”.
I don’t believe anyone else would decorate their window with objects burned in their fire.

This is [...]

Brunswick Street, Fitzroy can be hot on summer days.  But even the hot pavements don’t keep us away.   We still flock there to meet, drink coffee, eat, shop and so on.  I often browse  in the weekends and when I wish for a cool breeze or just time out from the hurly-burly of the [...]

The Johnston Collection in Melbourne is secret.  Well, not really.  Although I heard about it only recently and was surprised no one had mentioned it to me before.  It is worth mentioning because the Johnston Collection is unique.
Because of its location in suburban Melbourne the address is a sort of secret.  This is so tour [...]

Tarlo and Graham at the Windsor end of Chapel Street offer a great visual feast with their windows.

Strolling around the Windsor end of Chapel Street is always fun but what draws me back time and time again are the windows of Tarlo and Graham.
I find I’m drawn on a weekly basis just to check them [...]

You don’t have to be a railway buff to enjoy a stop at the Victorian Railway Arts and Antiques – the place that is like a museum.
Ride the 96 tram that’s the light rail, to St Kilda and get off at the Albert Park Station.
From the platform you walk into the old, red, brick station [...]

The Carlisle Street Bazaar opened just before Christmas adding another retail experience to shopping in the piece of Carlisle Street around the Balaclava Rail Station.
This Carlisle Street Bazaar replaces a store where I often browsed.  It was one of those stores that covered an eclectic range merchandise – clothes, furniture, home ware, jewelery, gifts.    All [...]

I couldn’t resist another post about ‘Books for Cooks’ that’s the bookshop  for cooks and foodies at  233  Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
I was browsing  there the other day and rummaged right into the depths of the shop – the depths of Books for Cooks is a sort of back room tucked away on the left hand [...]

Can you go past a bargain shop without popping in?  I can if I’m in one of the many shopping areas that have Two Dollar or Bargain cum Gift Shops dotted along the strip.  You’ve seen one you’ve seen the lot.
In Victoria Street, Richmond the Two Dollar Bargain and Gift Shops are different.

They can look [...]

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 [...]