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Artisan Books: Art, Books and Exhibitions
Artisan Books: Art, Books and Exhibitions
If you are visiting Melbourne or Fitzroy for the day and are artfully inclined, or of an arty disposition then I highly recommend that you visit a favourite bookshop of mine. Artisan books is currently having its ninth annual beanie festival and this year it is more popular than ever with lots of cheerful...
Fashion at NGV: Empire and Regency Dresses
Fashion at NGV: Empire and Regency Dresses
The National Gallery of Victoria in St Kilda Road is always worth a visit and especially on a cold wet Melbourne day such as the day I took myself off to soak up some culture. There is a warm and enveloping air of gentility about the place which I find comforting, and I’ve been going there regularly...
Walking In Melbourne
Walking In Melbourne
“Solvitur Ambulando”- It is solved by walking. –St Augustine Several years ago I bought The Artist’s Way books by Julia Cameron. She talked of using regular walks as a kind of creative tool to fill one’s eyes and mind with images, to work things through, and to stay in touch with nature. She...
Vintage Stores
Vintage Stores
Vintage Stores Melbourne Like many a modern Melbourne woman with a discerning eye, I love a bargain and I love to browse and graze at the shelves of the multitude of vintage stores in Melbourne. I think shopping and especially vintage shopping, satisfies a deep and primal urge in women. It is foraging...