Saturday, December 26, 2009

New Look at an Old Tradition

Day eight. Queen Victoria Market since 1878.

On Sunday, the whole market takes on a carnival atmosphere. It is more than Melbourne's shopping mecca. It is a historic landmark, a tourist attraction, and an institution for Melburnians. 513 Elizabeth Street.


Out with the new & in with the antique.


Mini pancakes with maple syrup, cream, & berries from Cafe Verona.


Scones with cream and jam.


Not a Lift, but a Solo.


Terrible, horrible, no good Turkish coffee.


Santa's not in right now, but you can sit on my lap.


Somewhere in between shed A-F.


The City & North Melbourne.


Most pervasive and powerful culture forms of our time.


Corner of Flinders & Swanson Street.


Federation Square.


African festival in the courtyard.



Australian Mediatheque. A collaboration between ACMI and the National Film & Sound Archive.


Best of the Independent Games Festival 2009.



Blueberry Garden (2009) Erik Svedang, Sweden.


Screen Worlds: The Story of Film, Television, & Digital Culture.



Time slice. Think Matrix.


Russian nesting dolls are larger than they appear.

Dinner at Nyala African Restaurant on 131 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Their business card states "When dining at Nyala, the rhythm of the motherland flows through your body like all the great rivers of Africa."


Nyala Special is an Ethiopian stew with lean boneless beef, ginger, garlic, & homemade peri peri (chili) served with futari (mix of veggies). Traditionally served with injera.


Tafach mooz is an east African favorite. An exotic name for "sweet bananas" with layers of bananas, brown sugar, cream cheese, & cinnamon. Lightly baked.


Proper way to use a staircase.


Shots of the pleasant cock-sucking cowboy & cunt-licking cowgirl. Difference is peach schnapps.


Drag king show on a Sunday.



Neverwhere on Smith Street in Fitzroy.


Magnum trumps
Häagen-Dazs for supreme ice cream.

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