Satay Bar, Melbourne

For a business that basically does char grilled sticks of stuff with a sauce you could have by the bath tub, it’s doing pretty well for itself. And if they ran out of those skewers of beef, chicken, prawn, lamb and even tofu or veggies, there’d probably be little complaint in having that deliciously crunchy yet gentle on the chilli peanut sauce with rice and sides of achar and krupuk (crunch veggie crackers). A brainless lunchtime meal for the Steinbrenner routiner in all of us.3.5 / 5 yums!------Where? Flinders La (Cnr Custom House La), Melbourne, VICWhat? Large Meal ... read more

Stroke


African Drumming

Are you har-ving fun? I kar-not hear you… boom de boom, boom de boom boom… these Africans sure know how to get the groove on! Shot at the Lord Mayor’s International Students Welcome 2010 at Federation Square.

f/5.6, 1/320 sec, with flash


Strangers Corridor Parliament HouseSpring St Melbourne Telephone: 03 9651 8483Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 12pm - 2pm (Lunch); 2:30pm - 4pm (High Tea)**With the exception of sitting datesOn the first Friday of autumn, I marched the girls up Spring Street with the ever-successful lure of an afternoon tea. Their enthusiasm, however, was somewhat dampened when we arrived at Parliament House."Here we are!" I said, waving both hands in a flourish. ... read more

CBD-Chinatown

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Photographs all loaded and ready for sharing – sorry about the delay!

As I mentioned in the last post, at last Katherine Wheeler and Abby Seymour have collaborated and the result is quite a beautiful exhibition ‘Hidden Facets‘. I’ve said before how much I respond to and love art that is created in response to other art, and an interdependent collaboration is a perfect example of that kind of approach and the resulting symbiotic relationship.

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Big Z

Sighted Degraves Street, Melbourne CBD, on the 14th of January 2010

The High Life

This morning I installed my work for 'The High Life' at Rooftop Bar. The bottom image is Adam Cruickshank's work, also at Rooftop.The High Life is a series of ... read more

Last night saw the opening of the exhibition of jewellery by the lovely Katherine Wheeler (see my previous artist profile story, and her blog) and printmaking/drawing by the equally lovely Abby Seymour (tumblr), and pieces they’ve collaborated on.

I had intended to share photographs with you today, however I am ‘en plein air’ (ie. gallivanting around the place) and failed to bring my camera connection thingy-whatsit. For now I share the gorgeous invitation, which gives an indication of the delicacy of the work.

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Luke You of free, anonymous, weekly paper zine “You” presents "The You Zine Making Marathon: Project Bowie".

This will be an open zine workshop where Luke You, with help from the general public, will attempt to create 250 zines in one hour.

Members of the public will be asked to paint, draw, sketch or scribble a picture of David Bowie on the cover of all 250 zines to create this week’s print run.

Presented by the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas with the Sticky Institute

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Breadwell: (another!) great macaron

Breadwell is one of a multitude of coffee shops situated right near my workplace.  A differentiator is its great selection of teas (including a pretty great chai if you are that way inclined). I recently noticed a new inclusion in the cakes cabinet – teeny tiny little macarons. Obviously they were calling for me to try them.

The other day I had a quick lunch with my mum, she had olive tapenade and bread ($6) and some meatballs ($7):

I’ve had the meatballs before and they are fine, although a ... read more


Francis St and Stock Exchange building


Works from ‘Awesome Prizes’

Here is a selection of trophies made during Adam Cruickshank's ArtPlay workshop Awesome Prizes.... read more

Too Many Words

Sighted Melbourne CBD on the 14th of January 2010