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A tale of Parisian museums
Over a period of five days we visited 5 museums in Paris. ‘Only 5?’ I hear you ask, or is it ‘OMG, that’s a lot to cover!’ There are so many to choose museums in Paris that you could spend … Continue reading
Review: The Art of Being Melbourne
Maree Coote is a writer, photographer, designer and illustrator, who has used her visual style to create books that can be read and cherished. Maree Coote’s first book The Melbourne Book: A History of Now (2003) is a celebration of … Continue reading
The Naked Face
The National Gallery of Victoria is currently showcasing an exhibition entitled The Naked Face: Self Portraits. It’s encouraging patrons of the exhibition (which is free- yay!) to take a self-portrati and email ot, which will then be showcased on the … Continue reading
Exit through the Gift Shop- a Banksy film
Another night, another DVD. I mean, why bother with telly when you can watch something without adverts? That’s not to say there are no interruptions when children at night become yo-yos… Exit through the Gift Shop could be a documentary … Continue reading
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N is for…
Natural History Museum We had been warned about the queues, so arrived early… and got stuck in the queue. Thankfully it was not too cold, it wasn’t raining, and we had a perfect chance to admire the architecture while waiting. … Continue reading
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Arvo Tea
I finally succumbed to the siren’s call of Sunday’s Kitchen :Food and Living at Heide and savoured every morsel. The premise of the book is a collection of recipes which belonged to Sunday Reed. These recipes are interspersed amongst the … Continue reading
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State of the art
We all have weaknesses for certain shops- I try and not walk past Haigh’s on my lunchbreak and am extremely thankful the Lindt shop is too far down Collins Street for me to be tempted in. Yet I braved the … Continue reading
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Streets of your town
This article which has famous Melburnians describe favourite walks around their city/past had me pondering my favourite walks/places of significance.I am not Melburnian by birth- I lived there for 8 years before my move to Ballarat. It’s a place where … Continue reading
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
This was a mesmerising start to the day. Initially found on Twitter, here is the YouTube clip What made it even more beautiful was the music, Bach’s Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, performed by … Continue reading
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Collins Street 5pm
We’re spending a couple of days in Geelong with my parents. Miss and Master Bookgrrl love it, as they get fussed over by their nana and papa and get to play with my brothers’ old toys- Transformers and He-Man figurines. … Continue reading
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