Docklands fireworks

It’s cold and it’s windy, but it’s worth heading to the Docklands fireworks and making a night out of it. Docklands is an inner-western suburb of Sydney adjacent to the CBD. You wouldn’t know by looking at it, but this area was once a swamp that became used as a dock. It had a network of … Read more

Oz Comic-con sign

Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2013

I’ve always wanted to go to Comic-Con, but I never made the journey from Miami to San Diego for it. I was really excited when I discovered Comic-Con was coming to Melbourne. It took place this past weekend at the beautiful Royal Exhibition Building and I’m so glad I went. The two-day event had an … Read more

Ceres community environment park.

CERES

Recently Theo and I visited CERES Community Environment Park. I thought the name of the park was just a reference to the ancient Roman goddess of agriculture (which works too and I’m sure it’s no accident), but it turns out that CERES stands for Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies. CERES is a not for … Read more

The Helix Tree at Federation Square for the Light in Winter celebration.

The Light in Winter

How do you find the light in winter? Winter without Christmas feels strange to me, but there are still fun things to do during winter in Melbourne. Saturday night, my partner Theo and I went to Federation Square for the solstice celebration, the culmination of the month-long event, The Light in Winter. The Light in Winter … Read more

Flinders Street Station lit up for White Night Melbourne.

Scenes from White Night Melbourne 2013

It’s White Night Melbourne! On Saturday night, Melbourne became the first Australian city to join in the all-night global celebration of art in public spaces. White Night Melbourne drew over 300,000 people to the city centre between 7pm and 7am and featured over 80 events in music, film, performance, light and sounds, art, and food. … Read more

Montsalvat

Montsalvat artist David Brown

Recently I blogged about my visit to the Montsalvat studio of renowned Australian artist Matcham Skipper. While I was roaming the artist community with friends, we also happened upon Montsalvat artist David Brown, one of the residents and a master craftsman and maker of shakuhachi and violins. The shakuhachi is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is … Read more