When I was in Sydney recently I was lucky to be able to attend Young Blood – a temporary market for young designers held at the Powerhouse Museum. Artworks, jewellery, fashion and graphic design were available.
The work available is comparable to that of the Rose St Artists Market in Melbourne’s Fitzroy, but Young Blood is only an occasional event, whereas Rose St is open every weekend.…
Una’s in Darlinghurst is a German / Austrian / Swiss cafe restaurant, which is always full for dinner in the evenings but strangely quiet in the morning for breakfast. I don’t understand why, because they make a great breakfast with very good coffee.…
I’m responsible for writing and photographing some lightweight gastro-porn stories recently. I think it’s because, when I’m travelling for work and don’t really want to be where I am, I try to make the most of the pleasurable opportunities available to me.…
I consider the point of art to be a shared experience of beauty and aesthetic imagination. Art is subjective and all meaning is contingent. A shared art experience is a form of communication, where people learn something of another’s experience of the world.…
I’ve been on a Spanish quest recently, eating at Spanish places in Sydney and Melbourne. The last place I tried was Kika Tapas on Victoria St in Darlinghurst, which has a loose Pedro Almodovar theme, with menus covered in pages from Spanish Vogue.…
Hako is the most enjoyable Japanese restaurant in Melbourne. The food is amazing and, with only 7 tables, getting in is an accomplishment. When I had dinner there last week I learned that they are moving to bigger premises later this year, which should help.…
On Sunday I attended the Art Melbourne07 art show at the Exhibition Building in Carlton. There was a lot of art to see, and a healthy attendance. This post requires the following digression: I am at heart a trouble maker, and I often admire other trouble makers.…
There are many ways in which Sydney and Melbourne are different. Darlinghurst is not Fitzroy, but there are a few works worth seeing as you walk around.
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Zoolander is one of my favourite films, particularly for Will Ferrell‘s character Jacobin Mugatu’s inspired satire of fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. I also love the critique of fashion, and Mugatu’s new line called ‘Derelicte’, which is inspired by the homeless derelicts of the streets.…