On Smith St near Gertrude St last week.
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Monthly archives: December 2011
the bureaucratic nightmare of having your myki card blocked
I recently found fraudulent transactions on my credit card, and it was cancelled and my bank issued me a new one. I thought I had changed the few automatic payments I had set up, but I had overlooked myki. I had my myki set up to automatically top up with credit from my credit card when it fell below $10. Now I’m stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare of having a blocked myki card that will take days to fix.…
Smith St closures
The dodgy looking bakery, the weird cafe/bar called Monties that was always empty, its companion pizza bar and neighbour cafe Tango Charlie, which lasted a year since changing from its predecessor, have all closed. While gentrification is not always a good thing, if it helps remove bad businesses that no one frequents and encourages new entrants to the area then residents will benefit.
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Collingwood laneway update
This laneway in Collingwood was updated sometime this year with new art by Makatron and Phibs.
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caged
Some rather melancholy whimsy from Klara on Rose St.
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corrugated
Two recent paintings on fences and garage doors on Rose and Leicester streets.
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The City of Yarra publishes a video
The City of Yarra has published its first video on Youtube. It’s about the 2011 community projects undertaken thanks to grants from the council. It’s very well made and I hope it gets seen. I know about it because they sent me an email about it and asked me to link to it or embed it.
It would help if the City of Yarra enabled commenting on Youtube, and also if it embedded the video in the news item about it, rather than just linking to it.…
making jeans
A video from Nobody showing how they make their jeans in their Fitzroy factory.
The making of NOBODY denim. from NOBODY on Vimeo.…
dinner at La Cholita in Perth
While holidaying in Perth recently I joined friends at La Cholita, Perth’s new modern Mexican bar restaurant, which is similar to Mamasita. It’s also similar to Taqueria in London, as all exemplify one of the current world food trends – taking Mexican street food into a new environment. It also has an extensive tequila list in the way that Kumo Izakaya has an extensive sake list.
I’m curious about about such trends and how we as customers engage with the experience.…