On the Brunswick St door of St Mary’s House of Welcome.
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Monthly archives: September 2009
beer and pizza at Joe’s Shoe Store, High St Northcote
After a fun afternoon at the recent blogger meetup, where I met Northcote local Vetti, we decided to get together again to further discuss our interest in all things local. Vetti recommended a great bar called Joe’s Shoe Store on High St that I had not been to before, and it was a relaxing place to spend time drinking the excellent Melbourne made 2 Brothers beer on tap and eating pizza from Pizza Meine Liebe (reviewed by many including Melbourne Gastronome and Where’s the Beef?…
Fitzroy history – wearing a short skirt and golf socks to court
Eccentrically dressed bicycle riding Fitzroy hipsters are not a product of twenty-first century postmodernism. In this amusing anecdote from The Argus, Thursday, 27 April, 1933, p11, a young woman called Beatrice from Nicholson St Fitzroy appears in court charged with hanging on to a car for propulsion while riding her bike on St Kilda Rd. Her court appearance ensemble is described as ‘a sweater, with a short skirt and golf socks’. She’d fit in on Brunswick St today for her fashion as well as her attitude.…
dinner at Mutti’s on Elgin St Carlton
On a recent Friday night I enjoyed a splendid dinner with a friend at Mutti’s Austrian restaurant on Elgin St in Carlton. The food and beer are fantastic, and it has already been positively reviewed by Hookturns, Melbourne delectable and Sarah cooks. There’s only one trivial thing wrong with Mutti’s – the music. On arrival I was greeted by an elevator muzak version of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Miss You’. Later I recognised a muzak version of ‘I Shot the Sherriff’.…
window of the week – turtles in heaven
I have forgotten to check on the activities of the turtles in the window of Geronimo’s on Smith St for some time, but when I looked recently two had died and gone to heaven.
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lunch at Charcoal Lane on Gertrude St
Having read Cindy and Michael’s review of Charcoal Lane restaurant on Gertrude St, I was determined to try their selections (spiced yam fritters served with bush tomato chutney and pumpkin gnocchi with sage, macadamia nut butter and saltbush) as soon as possible. Reading the review by That Jess Ho further tempted me, particularly her second review featuring the pumpkin gnocchi with sage again. A recent sunny Sunday provided the opportunity to invite a friend to share a relatively rare meal – a fine dining lunch.…
Fitzroy history – complaining about public transport
Complaining about Melbourne’s public transport has a long history as demonstrated by this letter to the editor from The Argus, Friday 23 October, 1885 p7.
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VeGMeL – a new Melbourne blog aggregator
Melbourne vegan food bloggers Steph and Danni have built a vegan food blog aggregator called VeGMeL. It uses different tools to the 10 local news sites I have built but the result is fundamentally the same: a place that syndicates lots of content so audiences have a convenient place to access it. This model is perfect for where there is a niche topic with an existing audience and a pool of potential contributors. Aggregators like this are particularly good at helping relatively new bloggers get found and read by audiences.…
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On Young St near the corner of Johnston St.
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