Not as clever as you might think
Date: 5 August. Location: Emporia, Myer's pretentious little coffee shop on Little Bourke. If I had a licence to practise as an adult it would have been revoked yesterday. I […]
Author Archives: Alex
We all need a fishbowl
Date: 31 August Location: Pastuso, this neat new Peruvian place on ACDC Lane, named after Paddington Bear. I had such a great education. My parents are both scientists and encouraged […]
Slick, wet, seal-pup yogis
Date: 29 July. Location: The George, South Melbourne. I used to do 6.15 am hot yoga all the time and was always trying to convince friends to come along. I […]
She had come unstuck in time
Date: 26 July. Location: my couch, white wine in hand, killing time before the cab gets here. Sleep. How long has it been since you’ve been able to sleep, entirely […]
Let’s hear it for the boys!
Date: 20 July. Location: bed. Do you think hangovers accumulate? I used to think not. I used to think that, like your unused monthly broadband allowance, hangovers didn't rollover at […]
The Long Black Line
Date: 16 July Location: Centrelink Center, Collingwood. I think I’m in love with my barista. No, seriously, hear me out; this isn’t just some trendy rant about how good coffee […]
“What do you want for lunch?” “Wine.”
Date: 9 July Location: Nama Nama Japanese restaurant, sitting outside and pretending that, because it’s sunny, it must be warm. Someone mentioned to me other day that my travel blog […]
What does your yoga practice say about you?
Date: 8 July Location: One Hot Yoga, waiting for class with yogi-like patience (believable?) Notable sightings: friends galore. Dirty little secret: I don’t wash my yoga mat very often. I […]
Twentysomethings and tiaras
Date: 29 June. Location: South Of Johnson, a truly Melbourne favourite breakfast haunt, Collingwood, Melbourne. Notable sightings: home, winter skies, cold rain and my cat. As I unpacked, discovered weird […]
Filthy gorgeous?
Date: 24 June. Location: Venice Beach skate park. Notable sightings: Warner Bros Studios backlots, the sets of Friends/Pretty Little Liars/Ellen/Batman/Perfect Storm/Chuck, skater dudes, medicinal weed evaluations, my backpack finally zipping […]
An unsettlingly big place 