It has been a really long time since I made a post. But that doesn't mean that I stopped eating! Far from it, its the best time of year for eating, and believe me, I've done well. I got really busy finding a new place to live, moving into the new house, starting a new job, surviving christmas and starting a new year! So as well as my memory serves me, I will attempt to wrap up of the places I have been and the things I have seen....The move has bought me within walking distance to Banda Parte` Pizza. ...
Archives for January, 2010
On a wall near the Elgin St corner of Canning St. It uses unusually big words for graffiti. University students? Fitzroyalty - hyperlocal news and reviews about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 by Brian Ward is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.
The idea of Australia Day makes me feel vaguely unwell: the thought of yobbos with Aussie flags and cans of VB clasped tightly in their hands staggering around the streets. So here I am, hiding out at work, and hoping it will soon all be over. But despite disturbing reports coming out of this country about the way we treat aboriginals, Indian students and refugees, among others, there's gotta be some good news, right? Well here are some of the best things to come out of Australia recently - fiction, art, history - take your pick. And while your waiting for the snags to cook up on the ...
It's Australia Day today. As our national day of celebration, it acts as a post for all sorts of flags. Once, in more innocent times - or at least, in the days when White Australia was a harmless nationalistic masthead that merely signified cutting off the pigtails of Chinese goldminers - it meant the Land of the Long Weekend was nearing the end of its summer hols. The Australian Worker returned
Today my recently Melbourne-relocated Sydney friend commented that Melbourne seems to have a particular fascination with Spanish cuisine which wasn’t evident in the Sydney dining scene. I can’t vouch for whether that’s actually true or not, but tonight I found yet another cool restaurant/bar serving Spanish-inspired food. And it was muy bueno. Markov Place is the perfect Melburnian space – an unadorned concrete frontage hides a cool front bar and more. The bar reminded me of shadowy 60s vintage pictures of coiffed women perched on cocktail chairs, profiles silhouetted against the mirror. But walk in a little further down the corridor ...
A couple of weeks ago Tim Watts got a lot of coverage (here’s the Club Troppo version) for criticising the lack of response – from himself, and from others – to an incident on a tram, where a beggar started threatening and racially abusing a group of young Asian people. Like everyone else on the tram, he felt intimidated. He said the ‘inadequacy of the police response has created a climate in which people are fearful of speaking out’. While the incident I observed on the number 96 tram this morning didn’t have a racial element, it did show that not ...
What with living and working in the neighbourhood, I must have walked by Toki dozens of times without paying it any attention. Then That Jess Ho posted a picture of their 'Lucky 7' and I paid attention. I stopped by Toki for a Friday night dinner with a couple of friends and found the vego options pleasant, if not inspiring - mostly I was just disappointed not to see the Lucky 7 on the menu.It's actually a permanent fixture on their lunch menu, so this week I craftily steered a group of colleagues there at midday. There ...
Hello all, Cafe Pinocchio will be closed from Monday 1 February and re-opening on Tuesday 9 February, 2010. Time for a mini-break! Best wishes, and looking forward to your continued patronage when we return…
From Practicing hybrid/interdisciplinary artist seeks studio space with other inspired creatives. 24hr access, lock up & parking required. Fitzroy, Collingwood, City, North & North East suburbs. Flexible warehouse space preferred. Communal rehearsal/jam/gallery space a distinct advantage. Price negotiable, including professional skills trade. Please contact if you have something up for grabs!
Thursday 18 February 2010 at 10:00amReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Drop into Readings Carlton for Story Time, every Thursday (excluding school holidays), from 10am to 10.30am, beginning Thursday February 18. For children aged 2 – 5 year old. Free event, no need to book. Please note: This is not a child-minding service. We ask that parents stay with their children for the reading. To find out more please call us on (03) 9347 6633.
We are a boutique graphic design studio looking for a new space. We are looking at a space for 3 people minimum 40sqm. We are also willing to sublet a space. We are looking to rent in St.Kilda, Windsor, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak, Richmond, Cremorne, South Melbourne, Southbank or the City. If the space is awesome we will consider Fitzroy, Carlton, Collingwood etc.
Tuesday 02 March 2010 at 6:30pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Elizabeth Kostova will talk about her latest novel, The Swan Thieves with Amanda Smith, presenter of Artworks on ABC Radio National. The Swan Thieves is the much-anticipated new novel from the author of the international bestseller, The Historian. When Robert Oliver, a renowned painter, attacks a famous canvas in the National Gallery of Art, psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe is intrigued and takes him on as a patient. But the seemingly random act of violence is a mere scratch on the surface of something altogether more mysterious. Told through the narratives of the psychiatrist and each of the women in Robert Oliver’s ...
image from New York Times All the guides are out and everyone has a best-of list, but what have we actually been reading over the break? When I asked around the shop this morning, this is what I found: Ruth raved about The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam, a story of intersecting lives lived in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan that is both beautiful and darkly compelling. Sharon agreed with the great reviews being received by Colum McCann for his latest novel, Let the Great World Spin, that explores the character and politics of seventies America, through the act of a high-wire artist crossing the air between ...
A new food business that is soon to open, La Latteria on Elgin St, describes itself as a ‘mozzarella laboratory’. Hmmmm. Is it raising the stakes in the game of having the most pretentious name? Fitzroyalty - hyperlocal news and reviews about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 by Brian Ward is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.
Cafe Pinocchio would like to thank all our customers who have been so supportive throughout the past year, enduring our renovations in November. The new look cafe is headed up by the La Marzocco in the window, that reduces St Ali’s espresso blend to liquid gold, shot after shot after shot…and complimented by our new summer menu, combining customer favourites with new Hungarian specialty dishes such as Toltott Kaposzta (Hungarian stuffed cabbages in sauercream sauce) and Retes, Hungarian strudel with sweet or savoury fillings, changing daily.
Best. Seriously. Go There. The End.Papaya salad (I wasn’t that keen on it - too sour/sweet for me)Lentil Tofu Parcels with ponzu reduction? (delicious)Quinoa Croquettes (just just delicious)Morroccan Sunset stew (again so so SO tasty)They were sadly out of Tofu Crème Caramel which I was devastated over (I had only 2 entrees so I could cram in dessert) but after scarfing some of Glen and Daniels meals also I was full as a goog by the time dessert came around. Their coffee is surprisingly good as well. They really excel with their entrees however and next time I will stick ...
Monday 08 February 2010 at 6:30pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Welcome to our first poetry gig of the year – and what a beauty. We are delighted to bring you three of Australia’s finest. Kevin Brophy was editor of the literary journal Going Down Swinging from 1980 to 1994. He has had eleven books published including four books of poetry. He teaches creative writing at the University of Melbourne. Chris Wallace-Crabbe is a Melbourne writer and Chair of the Australian Poetry Centre. His latest book is Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw. Andrew Sant co-founded the literary magazine, Island, in Tasmania and served as an editor for ten ...
Monday 15 February 2010 at 6:00pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Room to Read is an innovative non-profit leader dedicated to promoting and enabling global education. Founded in 2000, the organisation is based on the belief that education is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty in the developing world. Since then, the organisation has supported over 3 million children by providing increased access to higher-quality educational opportunities. Founder John Wood will talk about the organization and how you can become involved. Free, but please book on 9347 6633 or by email.
Monday 22 February 2010 at 6:30pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Need a new perspective on life? Well, here you are – in celebration of Bob Franklin’s debut collection of stories, Under Stones, comedian and author Tony will be rejoicing in asking Bob the difficult questions! Free, but please book on 9347 6633 or by email.
Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 5:45pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Minister Bronwyn Pike will be launching Jackie Dickenson (recipient of an Australian Prime Ministers' Centre 2009-10 Fellowship) and Robert Corcoran’s comprehensive guide to Australia’s unique and colourful political language, A Dictionary of Australian Politics. Free, no need to book.
Wednesday 17 February 2010 at 6:30pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053Poet Kevin Brophy will launch David Carlin’s memoir Our Father Who Wasn’t There, his investigation into the life and death of his father, who committed suicide when David was six months old. It was the 1960s in isolated Western Australia, a place in which emotions were discreetly veiled, women did not attend funerals — and suicide was a sin. Free, no need to book.
Monday 18 January 2010 at 6:00pmReadings Carlton: 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 Drop into Readings Carlton to see Charlie Parr - one of the greatest musicians and human beings. So many country-blues artists are crippled with retro-ism and purism, but he has brought wonder and excitement to this music. Even Charlie's foot coming down on the floor boards screams with more soul and life than most anything – past or future. Free, no need to book.
Lisa Dempster has written an excellent article on I eat I drink I work exploring the intricacies of the coffee surcharge, from decaf to mocha to - the main interest of this writer - soy milk. I have always hated but accepted with grumpy surliness the soy surcharge imposed by almost every coffee shop, but Lisa's interviews with various coffee vendors has shown that soy really does cost extra, and despite the call that the extra cost should be averaged out over all beverages, the imperative of the business owner to, you know, make a proft from their business makes ...
237 Nicholson St, Carlton - ph: (03) 9347 7311http://www.thefrenchlettuce.com/I often go for a run around this area and am always tempted to stop at The French Lettuce for one of their amazing looking pastries or just to stare at their gorgeous cakes.Apparently, this shop if famous for wedding cakes that look (and taste) fantastic.Last weekend, I finally drove there - after completing my morning run - to try some of their goodies. Pistachio croissant ($4) I really wanted to go for the sweet pastries, chocolate croissants, etc... but trying hard to be good and loose some weight after Christmas, ...
