Melbourne has been my home for a number of years and I am amazed that it is only now that I have discovered Basement Discs. A friend suggested I meet her there as she was picking up a CD she had ordered. I crept down the steep concrete stairs feeling intrigued. It was hard…
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It is almost the time of the year for me to scramble under the spare bed and pull out the box of Christmas decorations. I’ve had these decorations for years and every year I try to find another bauble to add to them. Last year it was a mouse with bracelets and a scarf…
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Books for Cooks has moved. The shop is no longer in that cute little house on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy. After all these years it now has a greater and more comfortable space at the Queen Victoria Market. I first wrote about this fascinating bookshop several years ago – Books for Cooks. There is…
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It is so easy to take a photo and so easy for us to make our photos look like those of the professional that I wonder what I am going to find in a photography exhibition. The NGV is running a festival of Photography so you can check out how your photos rank. When…
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I have lived in Melbourne for a number of years and thought I knew the place fairly well. But there was one great omission in my knowledge of this great city. I have never walked along the north side of the Yarra, that is the Flinders Street Station side. I have spent many hours…
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“I could live here,” that was my first thought when I stepped into Guildford Lane. It wasn’t such a silly thought. People do live among the businesses that operate here. Guildford Lane is tucked away from the main tourist laneway-attractions. This makes it quiet and gives it a homey vibe. When I saw the…
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Have you heard of Laneway learning? It’s what I’m talking about at the moment . I have been getting updates on their courses for a while now but I have only just attended one – ‘Write Your Own Short Stories’. That’s something I’m trying to do along with writing a book that I mentioned…
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It has taken me some time to get to the exhibition called Making the Australian Quilt: 1800 – 1950 at the Ian Potter Centre. I read about it back in June and I have only just made time to view these historical works of art. Show me handwork done by women in the past…
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I take a lot of pictures either on my iPhone which is ‘at the ready’ all the time or with my camera. It is so easy. One of the most popular presents for Christmas 2014 is reported to be a selfie-stick. That makes us sound a bit vain but it also says we want…
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Visiting Melbourne or just browsing the CBD. How about finding a piece of Melbourne to take home, or a piece of Melbourne for a present or something essentially Melbourne to have in your own home, to remind you of what an interesting and creative place Melbourne is – not that you probably need reminding…
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