Dallas Buyer Club
It’s raining cats and dogs in Sydney so I have spent a lot of time in cinemas – and more is planned. I never saw a Matthew McConaughey movie – at least none I remember. He usually plays those easy-to-forget romantic comedies, fine if nothing else is on TV, but nothing with a bit of […] Read More
Burning the man
I got up at 7 in the morning today to try and secure tickets for Burning man. It’s this massive festival that takes place every year in the Nevada desert at the end of August. Thousands of people come together for a week in the desert, build Black Rock City, create art, share, live, love… […] Read More
Meeting Meryl
It was a grey, rainy-ish day yesterday in Sydney so I went to the movies to finally see Meryl Streep in August: Osage County. It’s about a family reunion, and Meryl plays a sick pill addict. Prime stuff, like only she can do. It’s creepy, she’s so far out…. just brilliant. It won’t happen now, […] Read More
Salamanca Market
I love the markets. This one was recommended everywhere, and I expected a little local market, but it was indeed big, all along the Salamanca Market front and up the street along the park. Mostly local produce, berries, honey, vegetables, and local craft… Tasmania is big into wood, so there were lots of stands with […] Read More
MONA is the new MOMA
Everybody, without exception, whom I told that I would go to Hobart, said: you have to go to MONA. Even those who never have been to Tasmania. The museum’s reputation is noteworthy for a place that only opened in 2011. MONA is the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. I had never even […] Read More
I am Fitzroy
The choice of the neighborhood you live in very much determines the whole vibe of the stay. It sets the tone, the places you discover, the people you meet… After five weeks in Melbourne I can say: I am Fitzroy. This is my area. I really like this tiny little rectangle, bordered by Nicholson and […] Read More
Movie Day
Monday started out hot and cloudy, but temperatures dropped significantly during the day. I went for a swim in the pool, the water being eerily hot in comparison to the cold wind…. and then on to see a movie. I was set to see the latest Meryl Street Movie, August Osage County, that earned her […] Read More
Melbourne NOW
The first day of rain in, like, evah! So I headed down to the National Gallery of Victoria south of the Yarra river. We had already seen a photography exhibition there, this time I was in for there permanent collection, which is free (!) to see some of their modern art, from Warhol to Rothko, […] Read More
Everything I know…
…I learnt from Madonna! I went to a Midsumma event last night, a one-man show by a fellow Madonna fan, obviously, who wrote and acted in a play about his life, work, lovers, and told the story through a number of quotations taken from Madonna’s extensive song catalogue. It was funny, sad, touching…. The Queen […] Read More