Author: Your Herald
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DID I really see a man in a pin-striped suit doing a single-handed handstand on the head of a man reading The Times of London? Or one of the same men extend his body rigidly from a lamp post and proceed to “climb” an imaginary set of stairs, in time to Singing in the Rain?…
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Mark and Stephanie Sayers have always had a passion for food. Their culinary adventures and business ventures have led this irrespressible husband and wife team along an exciting and ever evolving path. After owning and running highly successful Sayers Cafe in Leederville for 7 ½ years, Mark and Stephanie felt the time was right to…
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Lucky 9 is not like your average corner store. Part convenience store, part cafe and part gourmet grocer, Lucky 9 is a one-stop shop. From speciality foods to your everyday essentials, Lucky 9 is the place to go. Take a deep breath and savour the aroma of quality barista-made coffee, or bubble tea for those…
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FRINGE was in full swing and my mate and I were off to the Pleasure Gardens, but first we stopped off at Il Padrino to ensure we had the stamina to make the distance. The Italian eatery has been around Northbridge for a while, although it’s moved a time or two just to keep its…
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THE history of this gorgeous two-storey federation town house is a domestic one, traced through the pages of Perth’s once many newspapers in gentler times. Daughter of the house Miss Ethel Philp gets quite a few mentions in The West Australian either for winning Highland dancing championships, or giving dance lessons from her home in…
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PERTH’S paid parking revenue is in free-fall, with council machines collecting $120,000 less per month than budgeted. The budgeted figure was itself $3.8 million less than earlier projected figures. Parking fees make up $75m of the PCC’s projected $111m operating revenue budget. With the public transport authority also reporting a drop in commuters on trains,…
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ON Monday February 2, hundreds of local children will bustle for the first time into the rebuilt Mt Lawley Primary School. Principal Don Barber says the new $11.2 million school is state-of-the-art, with reverse-cycle air conditioning in every classroom. “We’re on track and raring to go,” he says. “We’ve got a new undercover area in…
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A MOVE to install free wi-fi in the Morley CBD has been voted down by Bayswater city council. Cr Chris Cornish was unhappy with his colleagues’ decision, stating the program would have been “half the cost of the mayoral dinner”. He’d tabled the motion for the council to spend $25,000 on free wi-fi, just as…
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STEVE LAVELL is making an emotional return to Maylands to open a cafe and small bar on Eighth Avenue. After spending seven years working as a journalist in Melbourne, Lavell got homesick and has returned to his childhood suburb to embark on a new career. He will spend around $600,000 kitting out Henry on Eighth,…
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ALRIGHT, so the geothermal heating is still a bit temperamental (Voice, January 24, 2015) but the upgrade at Beatty Park has seen a good number of wins for the centre. Before the $17.5 million upgrade the centre was getting a bit old and tatty, a far cry from the days of the 1962 Empire Games,…
