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Melbourne Cup Day at Werribee South

Blisssss. The summer party season has begun! What better way to kick off than at a garden party nearby the Werribee South Marina. It was…

Brunch on the beach

Cruising through beautiful city streetscapes on a gorgeous spring morning. We were driving to Middle Park for brunch on the beach. And it was glorious….

a lovely mustard hotel on the Great Ocean Road – so cosy inside

What fun!! 🙂 hehe, , , what an adventure 😀 ((hugs)) -it is so nice to be here. and I feel like you know this…

Singing in Pub Choir in Naarm

If you have never been to a Pub Choir show before you may want to consider that! It is an opportunity to join with thousands…

dinner and dancing – Dr Morse and The Lame Duck

Our mission to find good music and dancing in Melbourne has begun. We met at Dr Morse because someone on their staff had told me…

dancing in Melbourne, , , but where???!!

I am craving surround sound. I am craving GOOD music. . . and I am craving a place where it fills the room, so that…

Streets ahead – Smashed Avocado

There is a certain kind of fragile that comes with a big Saturday night or at least, extreme sleep deprivation. It was the first real…

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

COVID-19 has certainly brought more television into my life. Some of it good, some of it not so good. A friend suggested Dirk Gently’s Holistic…

Ode to winter rain

Warm in winter clothes while the rain falls. Sheltered from the atmospheric cold and wet. And viewing the world, separated by glass. It pours down…

songs for moving, , , and fun

MORE potential activities for Turtle and I!! I just went past some interesting shops on Lower Johnston Street. . . one had the cutest turtle…

NGV Nights – Pharaoh opening night

The buzz of the city on a Friday after work. Sitting in a bar outside drinking a beer before I go and meet my friends…

Winter solstice 2023 – Happy Solar New Year!

The shortest day of the year (in the southern hemisphere) today! How are you feeling? I am good! If a bit right-brain oriented at the…

Your Name Means Dream – Red Stitch

In a world where more and more of our human experience is mediated through technology in some way, there is something incredibly enriching about sitting…

In the Club by Patricia Cornelius – review

There are probably not many plays you can think of where you want to just stand up and yell at the actors during their delivery…

Bloom – Melbourne Theatre Company – 5 stars!

If you want to be delighted. If you want to cry tears of joy. And enjoy 1 hr 45 minutes absolutely entertained by the most…

Singing in Pub Choir in Naarm

If you have never been to a Pub Choir show before you may want to consider that! It is an opportunity to join with thousands…

dinner and dancing – Dr Morse and The Lame Duck

Our mission to find good music and dancing in Melbourne has begun. We met at Dr Morse because someone on their staff had told me…

dancing in Melbourne, , , but where???!!

I am craving surround sound. I am craving GOOD music. . . and I am craving a place where it fills the room, so that…

Streets ahead – Smashed Avocado

There is a certain kind of fragile that comes with a big Saturday night or at least, extreme sleep deprivation. It was the first real…

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

COVID-19 has certainly brought more television into my life. Some of it good, some of it not so good. A friend suggested Dirk Gently’s Holistic…

Ode to winter rain

Warm in winter clothes while the rain falls. Sheltered from the atmospheric cold and wet. And viewing the world, separated by glass. It pours down…

songs for moving, , , and fun

MORE potential activities for Turtle and I!! I just went past some interesting shops on Lower Johnston Street. . . one had the cutest turtle…

NGV Nights – Pharaoh opening night

The buzz of the city on a Friday after work. Sitting in a bar outside drinking a beer before I go and meet my friends…

Winter solstice 2023 – Happy Solar New Year!

The shortest day of the year (in the southern hemisphere) today! How are you feeling? I am good! If a bit right-brain oriented at the…

Your Name Means Dream – Red Stitch

In a world where more and more of our human experience is mediated through technology in some way, there is something incredibly enriching about sitting…

In the Club by Patricia Cornelius – review

There are probably not many plays you can think of where you want to just stand up and yell at the actors during their delivery…

Bloom – Melbourne Theatre Company – 5 stars!

If you want to be delighted. If you want to cry tears of joy. And enjoy 1 hr 45 minutes absolutely entertained by the most…

Travel and holidays

Melbourne Cup Day at Werribee South

Blisssss. The summer party season has begun! What better way to kick off than at a garden party nearby the Werribee South Marina. It was…

Brunch on the beach

Cruising through beautiful city streetscapes on a gorgeous spring morning. We were driving to Middle Park for brunch on the beach. And it was glorious….

a lovely mustard hotel on the Great Ocean Road – so cosy inside

What fun!! 🙂 hehe, , , what an adventure 😀 ((hugs)) -it is so nice to be here. and I feel like you know this…

light art pipeldoot looking back on 2017
winter solstice 2024

Food and drink

Curry night at Dr Morse – 4 stars

I am at Dr Morse (again!!). They have a $25 curry night (including a drink) on Wednesdays and I was more drawn to it than…

Umberto Espresso – Spaghetti Marinara – 2 1/2 stars

Sol wants seafood pasta. . . and they don’t want to go and walk to get it. It is exy, and it would be TASTY….

N Lee Bakery – from 6 am daily in Collingwood

Can you begin to imagine what it is like to be homeless? it is a freeze response for sure, to think about that possibility. what…

light art animated gif best of 2019 compilation