>> I'm not ashamed to say that much of my short jaunt to Melbourne after Sydney was spent holing up in my hotel the Crown Metropol where I may have gotten momentarily sucked into fruit machines at the casinos and spent a fair amount of time by the sky-high indoor pool.  This was veritable down time, where I can be a selfish slug and not have a full on agenda planned for every hour.  For those wanting a guide, Fashion Hayley has done a useful guide for On The Streets of Sydney and as a reader pointed out, the website Three Thousand is heaps helpful (yup, 'heaps' has entered my lexicon...).  From my perspective, I can only point out the obvious spots of Curtin House, Flinders Lane, Gertrude Street, Brunswick Street and the one place where I did any veritable sort of shopping was at Lost & Found Market where I picked up a patchwork patterned padded jacket that was like the de-puffed version of these floral cushioned coats, which I was very nearly bought on my trip to Reykjavik at Nostalgia on Laugavegur...

However I resisted at the time deeming the puffiness slightly overwhelming.  Lo and behold at Melbourne's Lost & Found Market, an indoor four-floor bazaar STUFFED with all manners of vintage, I found this specimen that was less puffy with more prints mixed in and in a way, a super loud, super garish version of the sort of jackets that my Chinese great aunts wear in the winter to keep cosy in the not-so-cold winters of Hong Kong.  I sort of love how there's a bit of everything here... Cath Kidston-esque roses, leopard print, paisley styled foliage... and best of all, considering everything else seemed pricy to me because of the strong Aussie dollar, $18 for the jacket was a genuine steal.  I may not have much to proffer by way of useful information but the conclusion is that even if the trip was fleeting and I was being a lazy slug, I did come away hearting Melbourne... 

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