Lamp

This unusual lamp made an interesting feature in a Newtown shop window.

Shopping music II

I was just feeling so mellow with that piano music in DJs I went back for some more! And I didn't buy a handbag either. It's a beautiful piano, so today I show you more of it.

Music To Shop By

David Jones Department Store in Sydney employs pianists to serenade shoppers. This elderly couple were enjoying a rest and the music. The piano is in one of my favourite sections - the handbags department! This painist told me she has been working at DJs for 20 years.

Have you come across any musicians in department stores or other unlikely places?

Relationships? o0h!

I don't THINK there is a relationship between the shopfront advertising their pest control services, and the billboard in the airspace above, despite the colour schemes of both. (The billboard can currently be seen in many locations around Sydney).

o0h! But I have been laughing about it ever since noticing this juxtaposition on the Princes Highway at Tempe yesterday morning.

It certainly put a smile on my dial, but on the other hand, perhaps it's just creepy?

Ski equipment

Ski shop, Princes Highway, Banksia.

Winter is here, and although the ski season has started, I'm not sure that there's a lot of snow in the Australian Alps yet.

Get equipped before you head for the snow. The nearest ski resorts are about a 7 hour drive south from Sydney.

My corner shop

I've posted this before, but no time to take new photos before leaving on our European jaunt. This shop is jam-packed with everyday necessities, and those things you decide you need for dinner at 7pm on Sunday night. Open long hours, this is a typical example of hard-workign migrant enterprise. When i moved into my street in 1984, the owner was a postwar Greek immigrant. He sold it to the present Lebanese-born proprietor. Several of his 13 sons and daughters work there from time to time (including two you can see here). The family works hard, and the children are making the classic immigrant journey into the professions as they complete high school and move on to university to study architecture, pharmacy, accountancy and other professions.

To see other corner shops around the world, look at the Daily City Photo Blog Portal.

Oops - I think I'm missing some body parts!

T shirts

A rather impromptu t-shirt sales point. Surry Hills.

Holey Moley, Newtown

Illegal shop

This "back door" shop (at the back of a house in a residential area) operates selling blankets and other manchester. The salesperson got very shy when she spotted my camera, as you can see at the left hand side.

Once was Map World...

...now a car tyre outlet at Tempe.

Jute Coffee Bags from Kenya - $5 each

Second hand shop, King St, Newtown

Post-Christmas Sales

The after-Christmas sales attract people to Pitt St Mall in the city.

Reading in the bookshop

The children's section of Kinokuniya Bookshop in central Sydney

World Square, Sydney

Christmas decorations and lighting

Window display, Surry Hills

PS I just posted an update on a previous blog about two Chinese workers in Australia who were battling for fair recompense for the work they did. Their case was settled in their favour.

My blog entry is here, and the Sydney Morning Herald report is here.

Tutus and handbags

Tutus from the Australian Ballet enhance this display in the window of the Hermes store.

Green grocery, Kogarah

We really are spoiled with fresh fruit and vegies in this country. This is a typical suburban fruit and veg shop. And it's apricot, plum and cherry season - my favourites!