The wall on Rose St near the corner of Brunswick St has been thoroughly pegged. What a lucky wall to be so loved!
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Monthly archives: July 2011
rebranding
Farewell Chopsticks House, hello Sizzling Saigon. The rebranding of this Brunswick St restaurant is well underway.
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green bicycle
On Brunswick St on the corner of Moor St.
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hot babes of the quattrocento
After my first trip to London in February last year I was sure I would return. I was very disappointed that Leonardo da Vinci’s second version of The Virgin of the Rocks was not on display in the National Gallery because it was in the conservation studio. In July 2010, when I first read about a planned exhibition of Leonardo’s paintings due to open in late 2011, I knew why – the painting was being prepared for this exhibition.…
foxy
The sad fox has lost his tail – another glorious new work in colour by Kaffeine in a laneway off Exhibition and St David streets.
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Top Floor, Left Wing
Disgruntled bailiff François (Hippolyte Girardot) arrives at a scruffy housing estate with police backup to turf Mohand and his family from their council flat. That sounds like a bad start to the day. But Mohand’s son Salem is a drug dealer with a large stash of cocaine in his room, and he takes François hostage.
As a result, François misses an appointment with a marriage councillor and his wife (Judith Henry) is about to leave him.…
seeing someone
A very cute paste-up on Exhibition St.
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an admission of defeat
The last few months have been busy with old school journalists attacking food blogging and bloggers, who have been accused of having sinister motives, despite journalists being enmeshed in multiple conflicts of interest. The latest contribution is from Stephen Downes in the July issue of the Virgin airline’s magazine (p123, warning horrible flash content).
Downes begins by criticising a few random sample of writing from food blogs. They are what they are. Most bloggers are not professional writers (but most are professionals who write as part of their job, such as lawyers).…
football
A new work in colour from Kaffeine on Exhibition St!
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