Saturday, October 22, 2011
More good coffee around Sydney
Other good places for coffee in Sydney:
Workshop coffee / Toby’s Estate decaf. Shop RG01A, the Galeries Victoria, 500 George St, Sydney.
Good coffee opposite the QVB building. There is just about always a queue here.
Picture below of Mecca - As soon as I took my first sip, I was hooked. This is great coffee.
Mecca Espresso 646 Harris St, Ultimo 2009. (02 9280 4204 meccaespresso.com). Mon-Fri 7am-4pm; Sat 7am-3pm
Bourke Street Bakery - Potts Point
26a Macleay Street
Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
More Sydney Shopping
These shops are for nic nacs - cute shopping.
Newish shop - There Zakka
Love the theme for the shop
Zakka (from the Japanese 'zak-ka'(雑貨)or 'many things') is a fashion and design phenomenon that has spread from Japan throughout Asia. The term refers to everything and anything that improves your home, life and appearance. It is often based on household items from the West that are regarded as kitsch in their countries of origin, but it can also be Japanese goods, mainly from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In Japan there are also so-called Asian zakka stores; that usually refers to Southeast Asia. The interest in Nordic design or Scandinavian design, both contemporary and past, is also part of this zakka movement. Zakka can also be contemporary handicraft.
Zakka has also been described as "the art of seeing the savvy in the ordinary and mundane". The zakka boom could be recognized as merely another in a series of consumer fads, but it also touches issues of self-expression and spirituality. "Cute, corny and kitschy is not enough. To qualify as a zakka, a product must be attractive, sensitive, and laden with subtext."
Newish shop - There Zakka
Love the theme for the shop
Zakka (from the Japanese 'zak-ka'(雑貨)or 'many things') is a fashion and design phenomenon that has spread from Japan throughout Asia. The term refers to everything and anything that improves your home, life and appearance. It is often based on household items from the West that are regarded as kitsch in their countries of origin, but it can also be Japanese goods, mainly from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In Japan there are also so-called Asian zakka stores; that usually refers to Southeast Asia. The interest in Nordic design or Scandinavian design, both contemporary and past, is also part of this zakka movement. Zakka can also be contemporary handicraft.
- Haymarket, Sydney, Australia
- Shop address: Shop 8, 107-121 Quay Street, Haymarket Sydney 2000
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