Seriously, what’s going on in Surry Hills? Or at least my end of Crown Street… another shop closing. I’m sure it will be replaced by a cafe or a restaurant in due course, but in the meantime, there’s more “for lease” signs in my part of Surry Hills than I’ve seen in the sixteen years … Continue reading »
“Can’t the cows milk themselves?”, I asked my friend Paul The Dairy and Goat Farmer on Twitter this morning. It was early – five-thirty – and I’d just woken up and, pleasingly, it was still dark. For the last few weeks it’s well and truly been daylight by then which has been a bit of … Continue reading »
“Marlborough House” is a building I’ve walked past possibly hundreds of times, and yet have had no idea what was located inside. A bit of googling reveals this massive building is home to fashion graphic designers, fashion designers, furniture designers etc. I only really discovered it today when I went walking along Marlborough Street as … Continue reading »
For the last four years, from time to time, I’ve been indulging in a photographic project I’ve called Surry Streets. The project came out of a personal discovery desire to get to know the area in which I live a little better. There’s a tendency just to walk along the main streets and the same … Continue reading »
“Do you know her?”, the bloke behind the counter at Coffee Trails asked me this morning. “No idea”, I told him. Coffee Trails, by the way, is where I grab a coffee each weekday morning. They’re nice people and they make great coffee which is also organic, free-trade, yaddah yaddah. They also have a loyalty … Continue reading »
“Shall we have another glass of wine?”, said one of my friends, to which they other replied, “Did you say ‘bottle’?” Look, in the grand scheme of things, when you have three people all having a glass of wine it makes economic sense to buy a bottle instead, right? It’s a bottle of wine I … Continue reading »
The transformation of “our end” of Crown Street continues with the imminent closure of another long-term local business. For as long as I’ve been living in Surry Hills, I’ve been popping in to our local “variety store”. As befits the area, it’s more than a “two dollar shop”, selling a variety of “stuff”. Most of … Continue reading »
