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Archive for July, 2009
30 Jul
Bad mouthing countries other than yours
Recently, Fox News in the USA featured an article about the liberal drug and sex laws of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Clearly they didn’t go for the researched balanced opinion. Rather they preferred the sensationalistic version. An Amsterdam native decided to reply…
29 Jul
The Lazy Girls’ Guide to Chocolate and Orange Birthday Cake (for Mum)
I have somehow become family cook and baker. Somehow. Who am I kidding? I manoeuvred in and took over from my mother when I moved out of home starting with hosting Christmas three years ago. I love to cook. I love to bake. But never alone or for myself. I think, had I discovered this [...]
28 Jul
My favourite city meets a man with skills
My father is a cyclist. He doesn’t do anything like this guy but you can’t help being impressed with his dedication. I mean, honestly, riding up a tree?! Who does that?!
28 Jul
Lonsdale House succumbs to television.
This is Lonsdale House. Pretty, isn’t it? Well, it’s being bulldozed. I don’t mind overly. I would prefer the building had been given some love before falling into disrepair, but that is the nature of property development in Melbourne. You let something fall into disrepair and no one will stop you knocking it down. The [...]
27 Jul
Front doors
I love a good front door and this is the best we’ve had. Our last house, in Carlton, had a lovely front door with the name Victoria in frosted glass above it. Next door was Albert and one further down, George. There was a fourth but the glass had been replaced. We guessed that it [...]
26 Jul
The neighbourhood ghost story.
Many years ago, a young woman lived with her new husband in the house her father bought as a wedding gift in 1926. She was happy. She found out she was expecting their first child one year, twelve days after they said ‘I do’. She would wander around the house, one hand polishing, dusting, sweeping [...]
26 Jul
On the steps of Venice, anything is possible.
Venice is a great city. A total labyrinth of a place. We were there during the World Cup in Berlin in 2006. Italian pride was overflowing. On our last day, we ended up at the Venice train station hours too early. Once the night had taken our view of the canal for the last time, [...]
24 Jul
Manchester Unity Building – Open Day 19th July 09
Once a year, Melbourne opens a series of prominent buildings to the public. It’s called Melbourne’s Open House and this year there were 32 buildings taking part. I have always wanted to go inside the Manchester Unity Building on the corner of Collins and Swanston. The neo-Gothic exterior was enough for me to fall in [...]
