And with it, a massive hangover, no doubt procured with the help of the French monks whose secret recipe tastes good but hurts bad the next morning. I’ve been neglecting the blog these last few days, but because I have to pack, shower, scuffle around the kitchen to get a few of the promised pancakes, […]
Monday was another great day wandering the city center of Melbourne. After finding a new book (the “ambitious” Ideas: From Fire to Freud) I circled the blocks and blocks of restaurants, looking for the perfect combination of cheap (and good) food, friendly lighting (for reading), and enough living patrons (to indicate that the food was […]
I can’t fully go into it on this post, but I will revisit this when I’m back online again (probably tomorrow morning). I did go back to Bennetts Lane Jazz Club on Monday night, which was a great decision. The Monday night band was incredible, the bartender was friendly (he showed me his mini-Darth Vader…don’t […]
Before I sign off, I want to add a thank you to everyone who has been emailing me or reading/commenting on the blog. While I wouldn’t want to read my writing, I’m grateful that all of you take the time to do so…and to write back. It makes a fortunate travel experience like mine that […]
So back on the now darkening streets of Melbourne (the daylight burns out pretty early here), I continued to wander, wishing I’d brought my journal with me. After stopping at a 7-11 (one of about eleventy-billion in Melbourne’s city center) for some coffee, I decided to look for a place where I could get some […]
Thanks to Liz (one of my MySpace friends) who posted this earlier today. Just for fun, go to Google and type your first name, followed by the phrase “was arrested for”. Then hit the search button and see what pops up. When I did this, my favorite was “Adam was arrested for robbing a pharmacy”. […]
Today (Monday), I trekked toward downtown Melbourne with the English girls (Jackie and Emily) on their adventure to the local Police Station (where they had to go to report a botched funds transfer, courtesy of Western Union; my advice, having seen how local police handle money-wire fraud is to avoid using such methods; you may […]
Sunday night, after finishing the Bryson book and guzzling more coffee, I hopped the tram (route #16) into the city center to check out the scene at Bennetts Lane. As it turned out, my destination was easily found, located several blocks east of the main drag going through downtown Melbourne, though I did have to […]
Last night after my walk around St Kilda, I headed back to the CP to have a snack, read a book, and hopefully meet a few people with interesting stories to tell. I played cards (rummy) with an English guy (Ian, I think) who had gone to graduate school in Ohio and had lots to […]
I awoke this morning with the realization that my bed at the Y on Hyde Park was nothing to take for granted. I had breakfast (”pancakes,” but they were more like crepes) in the kitchen and talked with the guy at the griddle. He’d spent the night out in the bars, finally ending at karaoke […]