Pop ups are fun, but prefer the real thing -

I ventured out today to catch up with some small businesses I have not been chatting to for a while, and amongst saying "Hi" to valued colleagues, I visited the much hyped Broadsheet Cafe in Crossley Street....

Day 1 is by Seven Seeds, and passionate founder Mark Dundon was there orchestrating the tiny room... Great to see him out front.. The room was quietly filling, and almost all food was gone..

Pop ups are great for the buzz they generate, and congrats to Broadsheet on the idea, but for my money ( precious as it is) do your self a favour and go fr the real thing.. its not even that far - Seven Seeds is an awesome venue, the machines and products are worked, tuned loved daily.. and this is seen in the results! ( I don't know how to make coffee or the essentials to do so, but know those who do...)

So take yourself for a walk, or a tram ride and head to one of their 3 current locations.. http://www.sevenseeds.com.au/cms-locations/ and get a great coffee, that you can go back for again.. as you will surely want to!

A sweet tooth? we can help...

We must thank the Sunday Herald Sun ( Escape Section) for their little note about our new Cafe Culture tour last Sunday - we have such a lovely lot of new clients book in.. I think it even got into the Sydney one too - need to find a copy!

Tomorrow I have an extra early start for some VIP Malaysian Journo's to try out our tour... Little tastes along the way will compliment our coffee stops.. and get stuck into the lovely macarons from Maylynn and Hugh of La Belle Miette - they only use butter made in Victoria, and their boxes are designed in Melbourne too!

FIND - Hands to Hold and urban paper cuts

We are not always the first to write about spots in the city, that is not our mission, but to share them, as we like them is! SO if you have not found this lovely little gallery yet, don't fret, there is actually not much room in there any way! BUT a recent exhibition opening has compelled a post here! DO SEEK it out!

Kathy Fahey's Work ( from http://handheldgallery.blogspot.com/)

Its a tiny difficult to find gallery called "Hand Held" - Its upstairs in the Paramount Arcade
108 Bourke Street, Melbourne..    Look for Suite 18.. 

Jan 13 - Feb 5:     Melbourne artist Kathy Fahey presents her work :  'To Penang and Back'. 
This is a collection of the artist books, sculptures of sorts in paper and drawings inspired by a month Kathy spent as artist-in-residence in Penang in 2010

We at Hidden Secrets Tours walk the streets daily, and Kathy's deft and beautiful small works are an inspiration for us to re- look at our own surrounds.. 

What will you take away from Hand Held Gallery Melbourne?.......