when the fete rolls in.

Every two years the local primary school holds a big fete to raise money for the school by hawking various jams, bric-a-brac, plants, toys and so on. It's always a great day (provided you don't accidentally buy back something you donated..it CAN happen!) and this year I found some pretty quirky things among the mountains of stuff, which left me pretty chuffed with the bi-annual splendour that is School Fete day.






Chalkboard- 50c.
Little plant- $2
Books + Comics- $3 for all
Dress- $3
Belt- $1
Brooch for a friend- $3



The Tolstoy children's book was worth it not only for the great illustrations (above) but the curious names of the stories; "Masha and the Mushrooms", "Why Wolves are Mean and Squirrels are Frisky" and, my personal favourite, "Better to be Lean and Free than Plump and Chained" (??).

muccibird.

foodhall love.

I was so overwhelmed with love for good food that I had to return two days after my visit to the David Jones Foodhall on Pitt St.

It's certainly not a new thing, but having not been there for years I had actually forgotten just how amazing big delicatessens are. Every type of cheese, olive, fish, fruit, salami and pasta shape you could think of all housed together in a subterranean haven under the city.

My only sadness is that there aren't more of these in Australia. The whole experience (and it was an experience) left me wishing I lived in a country where supermarkets are the minority and delis and markets rule supreme.

Bring back the deli I say.




muccibird.

Ohayo gozaimasu !

I went to the Taisho Chic exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW yesterday (Sunday). I really liked it. I'm no artist so I won't launch into an analytical exercise about the clash of Japanese culture with Western modernity.

Sometimes it's just nice to see things as they are, in all their beauty, without deconstructing every aspect.

Anyway, I didn't come here to preach either. I came to share. This was one of my favourite pieces from the exhibition:


It's called 'Two girls by the sea' by Kafu c mid 1920s.

I think I will have to go back for a second look. Just to please myself more than anything else.

How I miss the place..

-michiko-