This man often stands on the corner of La Trobe and Swanston Streets with his crazy banner. He’s so old skool. I’m tempted to walk up to him to say ‘get a website dude!’
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Monthly archives: August 2007
meet the locals
Not all the local residents are famous. Painter girls and sailor boys lurk and loiter in Fitzroy.
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hot chocolate at Gertrude St Enoteca
The Gertrude St Enoteca is a very cool, cute and cosy place to visit at night for drinks and nibbles or, if you’ve already had dinner, for delicious hot chocolate. You can also drink and buy to take away many different wines.…
Mecca Bah
I was surprised to find that I have not written on Mecca Bah on New Quay at Docklands already. I love the food and although the service can be rather slow at busy times, I keep going back. I was there for lunch on Friday with the Docklands Marketing Network and had the wonderful Moroccan spiced calamari with Turkish bean salad.
Mecca Bah usually gets positive reviews from bloggers and I agree. With a crisp WA unwooded chardonnay and a view of the sparkling water, you won’t want to leave in a hurry.…
coffee at the Artery
I went to the Artery in Fitzroy recently. It’s another cute Fitzroy place located on a quiet side street that you could easily miss. It’s a relaxing place to hang out or have coffee at on the weekends. It has art exhibitions, bands and a calm spacious environment.
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hyperlocal
I’ve been following the growth of hyperlocal sites – sites that focus on specific geographical areas. Fitzroyalty is focused on Fitzroy, for example, though it also includes whatever occupies my miniscule attention span at any particular moment.
There are some other excellent examples: the Smith St blog covers Fitzroy and Collingwood, the Abbotsford blog specialises in Abbotsford and the inner north-east, and the Republic of Moreland deals with Brunswick, Coburg and surrounding suburbs. I also love I Love St Kilda.…
girls and guns
One of the things I find most rewarding about wandering the streets and laneways is reading the commentary and seeing the revisioning of street art. In case the writing on the left breast is too small or faint to see, it is enlarged below.
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parking ticket machine saga part 3
The Rose St parking ticket machine saga continued on the weekend with the installation of another ticket machine. This one is a little closer to the street than the last one, which lasted 2 weeks before disappearing (perhaps after being hit by a vehicle). I’m taking bets on how long this one lasts.
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Bob Dylan: I used to care, but things have changed
This is a concert review of Bob Dylan at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 17 August 2007. It was mostly uninspiring with maybe two excellent songs. The band was good, though not as good as the band he had on his tour here in 2001, which featured the sensational guitarist Charlie Sexton.
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