Subiaco

I have clocked up a lot of time at Subiaco over the years. When Sox and I first got together his apartment was in Subiaco. I have gigged at Subiaco Oval on many occasions. I have done my shopping at the food markets there. I have sampled pretty much every single flat white along Rokeby Road over the years. I have even had one night at the Subiaco Hotel, which shall never be repeated (running into your ex's ex is never great at the best of times, but when she has just become an ex again it's even worse. Curse her and that Strongbow cider).

In other words, I wanted to see how Subiaco was travelling.

The Station Street Markets are half demolished, but the other half is thriving. Happily, this meant the Galette place was still doing a roaring trade! I very much enjoyed my cheese and tomato galette for $4.50. All crispy cheddar goodness. Mmm.



The techno music was slightly unfathomable in an outdoor market food court, but far be it for me to judge.

The Pavillion Markets (the first and only time I worked in retail) seem to be closed completely, I suspect they will be bulldozed flat and made into townhouses or some such. Subi likes its modern living.

Elizabeth's Second hand bookstore actually failed to deliver any surprise Enid Blyton Famous Five books for Simo (oops, there's THAT secret Chistmas present out) as it seems to be selling a lot more import and overflow books, which to me kinda isn't the "second hand" concept to fruition. But I like walking past there because I *always* end up singing the Missing Garden Gnomes song. ("What is she reading? Turning over pages. How is she feeling? She hasn't moved in ages ... ")

And Gelare! Yay! One scoop of choc chip cookie dough icecream please! Every bit as good as I remember.

Mental note: must go to gym again.

I also went on the hunt for a cd by a friend of ours, and failed miserably. Even 78's downtown didn't have it. Nice construction site by the way. Apparently everything in Perth is being rebuilt.

My camera battery died while hovering above my galette, so I bought a charger, and now have the fear about voltage. Is 240V ok? Must not blow up camera charger.

That's all. Big day. I took the train.