I went to Lune Croissanteri for some pastries and coffee this morning, Brunswick Street Alimentari for lunch, and Rock Salt & Vinegar for dinner, before seeing some owl street art on my way home. I also survived my first trip to the grocery store today!
Lemon Curd Cruffin from Lune Croissanterie
Ham and Gruyere Croissant from Lune Croissanterie
The bakers at Lune Croissanterie
Porchetta panini from Brunswick Street Alimentari
I survived the grocery store!
Fitzroy owls
I walked down to Carlton and had a delicious open lamb sandwich at Seven Seeds, before continuing my walk to Hosier Lane to see my dope street art. I also met up with Taylor & Maki for dinner!
Lamb sandwich at Seven Seeds
Mark Zuckerberg is watching you
Some shots from Hosier Lane
Audrey
My first morning in Melbourne! I walked across the street to Industry Beans, where I had a wonderful breakfast in a beautiful sun-drenched restaurant.
Flat white
Smoked Manchego Omelette: “Chilli roasted zucchini, pickled sweet fennel, paprika roasted pumpkin seeds and pumpkin sourdough”
The interior at Industry Beans
In order to stave off impending jet lag, I walked around the neighborhood on this beautiful Spring day.
Edinburgh Gardens
“The Unsung Hero” (2019), by Kathy Holowko
Fitzroy Nolij
Fitzroy art
Baby on top of a building in Fitzroy
Fitzroy animal house
Starting Sunday afternoon California time, I took a Lyft from Vallejo to Sacramento airport, where I endured a 5 hour delay in taking off. We made it to Los Angeles, just in time for me to sprint across two terminals and take a shuttle bus to make it for my next leg from LA to Sydney. Delta’s “Premium Select” was very comfortable with a fairly large TV screen, good food & wine, and quality service from our flight attendants. I surprised myself by sleeping for a few hours on the flight. Customs in Sydney was a breeze, and I rechecked my luggage with Virgin Australia and made it through security in time to freshen myself up and have a sandwich & coffee before flying on to Melbourne, where I landed midday on Tuesday. A short Uber right got me to my Airbnb in Fitzroy, where I will be staying for the next few weeks. I dropped off my luggage and checked out the place for a bit before heading across the street to Grace Cafe for a “sanga” (aka a sandwich; I have a lot to learn!).
A sandwich & a glass of wine before sitting in the Sacramento airport for hours on end while Delta had a “maintenance” issue with our plane.
On board Delta’s flight from Sacramento to LA. I wasn’t too happy after spending the previous hours worrying when we would finally get to fly.
Surprised I made it onto the Delta flight from LA to Sydney.
Delighted to be on the final leg: Virgin Australia from Sydney to Melbourne.
Who knew that Winston-Salem’s own Krispy Kreme could be found in Australia?
Delighted to finally be at my home away from home.
Outside my Airbnb.
A sanga (sandwich) and coffee.
Adam, Tara, & I drove from Vallejo up through the greater Sonoma region and Russian River Valley to visit a few wineries: Moshin, VJB, and Domaine Carneros. Later, Adam & I made a brief trip into San Francisco to attend a sound bath, complete with gongs and flutes. The wine was great, while the sound bath was a bit odd (and I probably wouldn’t return any time soon). But we at least got a solid hamburger in at a diner afterwards.
VJB wineglass
VJB tasting menu, customized for us
Me and the Domaine Carneros building
Me, Adam, Tara
The view from Domaine Carneros
Sound bath
A lazy day in Vallejo, California, hanging out with Adam & Peter’s dogs & pig.
Chich
Uta
Ita
Backyard
I checked out from the TWA hotel and took off from NYC, off to California for a few days!
Checking out of the TWA hotel
Delta airplane to California
Before leaving town, I spent the night at the new TWA Hotel at JFK airport, where I enjoyed the Sunken Bar & the Connie bar, which is pretty neat in that it’s inside an actual vintage airplane.
A hallway at TWA
The Sunken Bar
Martini at the Sunken Bar
The outside of the Connie bar
The airstrip outside the hotel.
Inside the Connie bar
The bar at the Connie
The roof of the TWA
The hallway of rooms
Today, I had lunch at Allswell in Williamsburg, and then walked up to see the Kaws sculpture in Greenpoint, before heading over to Manhattan to pick up some currency ahead of my trip.
Allswell, Williamsburg
the kaws sculpture