static confusion – cutting out the noise. decluttering life. just being at peace, focusing on the simple things. like happiness. when reflecting on a recent ‘life revelation’ with a friend, trying to explain what lured me to make the decision to move across the world, all i could say was “things got noisy – i was losing my way”. “what do…
from up over to down under.
Great expert from Bill Bryson’s In A Sunburned Country – a book that is a great introduction into this brilliant country: “…Standing on Collins St. in downtown Melbourne….watching the clanging trams and swirl of humanity, and thinking, “Good Lord, there’s a country here”. It was as if I had privately discovered life on another planet,…
simplistic loveliness.
revisiting the topic of decluttering life my friend who has inspried so much internal soul searching asked me how i have been feeling since arriving here. i said that it was peaceful, effortlessly quiet. and brilliantly he coined a phrase that i knew would be referenced many times moving forward: simplistic loveliness.
southside.
An afternoon in St. Kilda. A beautiful serendipity of sorts, St. Kilda is a fine combination of CNE Expo meets Miami meets City Waterfront. Made up of St. Kilda Road, Acland St. and Fitzroy St., there is a wonderful balance of quirky local bar institutions (The Espie!), delicious cafes and trendy boutique shops. The people…
cheers, melbourne.
My first Melbourne pub experience – and how important finding a good local pub is. The Napier Hotel. Bar guide describes it as one of “Fitzroy’s vintage favourites, serving up classic pub fare in a relaxed space that’s packed full of locals”. From the moment I sat down with my first jug (pitcher) of Coopers…
elated.
Today, in this exact moment, and for no real reason, I am utterly happy. Happy to breathe. Happy to just be. Happy to live. Happy to have left all the noise behind. A new start, a new country. Four weeks to explore and play and then the start of a new reality….whatever that may be.
lost and found.
Some thoughts from a day of wandering… …’The City’ – the central business area as its referred to – is only a small part of Melbourne. Each suburb, regardless of its size, preserves its name as well as its identity. Its brilliant. And the best part about the ‘City’ – the laneways. A door that…
my love affair begins.
Fourth day in Australia and with jet lag settled I feel – for the first time – far away from home. Melbourne is a beautiful city – fashionable, cultural, artistic, rustic and mildly fast. It has elements that most major metroplois’ have. A central business area, convenient transit, the ‘it’ bars, fine cuisine, great patios…
first impressions.
Blurried eyed and tired I land in Melbourne. Immediately it is a different world from the -30 degree snowglobe I left in Toronto. The sky is so blue. The air is so warm. Everything just feels brighter, cleaner, fresher. I don’t know if it is because it is March and the seasons are backwards or if it’s…
waiting for life to begin.
five months can go by ridiculously fast when you are waiting for life to begin. from the moment i made the decision to take an adventure in australia i have been anticipating the day when i would be up in the air heading to the land down under. and now here i am – a storm-cloud of emotions. excited, liberated,…
static confusion. 