The best works of street art are those that blend in with their environment, and these are some of the hardest to find! These are in a short dead end laneway off Fitzroy St near Alexandra Parade.
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Monthly archives: November 2008
hyperlocal media is a bad competitor
I love reading about economic theories and how they relate to and describe the internet and the information economy. An article I read some time ago called Bad competitors are ruining markets everywhere helped clarify my thoughts on the industry. The article makes me even more impressed by the founders of Craigslist than I already was.
It describes how their interest in the utility of information (specifically classified advertisements) has contributed to the collapse of the business model of classified advertising supporting newspapers.…
when the elephants fight
This was on Johnston St Abbotsford near the train station and the petrol station, but sadly it’s already been covered over. Street art is zen. It is in the now and then in another now it is gone…
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goodbye cafe 328
Goodbye cafe 328. You have been closed for a while now. While I never came and ate at your place on the corner of Nicholson St and Leicester St because you looked a bit sad and scruffy, I now worry that whatever replaces you will paint over the groovy mural by Phibs and colleagues. Nicholson St is perhaps the least loved side of Fitzroy. I hope something new and exciting finds a good home here.…
Marion Lane Fitzroy
Walking north along Fitzroy St late one night I was transfixed by the view of the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens through Marion Lane. The pubs were all closed and the streets were almost silent.
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La Paloma cafe in Brunswick is wonderful
It’s difficult to go to a new cafe or restaurant without expectations when you’ve read so many good things about it. When I eventually got to La Paloma in Brunswick recently my expectations had been fueled by affirmative reviews, from Mistletone’s description of the sandwiches to Truffle’s raving about the churros and coffee. There’s also a recent review by Words and Flavours that got me inspired again to visit and a good description of La Paloma and other small cafes in the inner north in the Age.…
from another planet
A Ghostpatrol face and one of our Ape overlords from the future decorate this laneway off Fitzroy St between Victoria St and Johnston St.
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Scion winery, Rutherglen
Scion in Rutherglen is one of my favourite and one of the best boutique wineries in Victoria. Vigneron Jan Milhinch is one of the most illuminating people in the wine industry that I have met. She is extremely welcoming at the cellar door, and has a manner unlike most other winery owners or staff. Some Cellar door staff seem only interested in sales and not in communicating to their customers. Jan sells the story of Scion as much as she sells wine, and it is the uniqueness of this approach that makes visiting Scion so much fun.…
how should Yarra spend the $305,000 Rudd bonus?
Update 27 November 2008: one proposal is to spend the money buying the two childcare centres in Yarra that may close due to the greed and corruption of ABC Learning.
The Age reports that Yarra will get $305,000 from the Rudd government’s local government bonus. Councils are required to come up with new initiatives that are not already planned or costed in their annual budgets. So what should Yarra spend the money on? Write a comment here to let the Fitzroy community know what you think, or email the Yarra council and let them know what you’d like them to spend our money on.…