Author: Your Herald
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AN Inglewood eatery has attracted online ire for serving foie gras, a product made by force-feeding ducks and geese until their livers expand up to 10 times their normal size and become so fatty they can’t function. Miss Kitty’s Saloon serves foie gras on its poutine, a Canadian dish made from chips, brown gravy and…
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PERTH Liberal candidate Darryl Moore says he “doesn’t care” who he faces at the September federal election. Long-time Labor MP and defence minister Stephen Smith is retiring, with Vincent mayor Alannah MacTiernan odds-on at the time of going to press to be pre-selected in the battle to retain the seat. Mr Moore refused to be…
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FOUR months after the state election and John Hyde is still exhorting locals to vote for him, with billboards reminding locals of somebody they used to know. After losing his seat to Liberal Eleni Evangel, the former Labor MP’s been spending time in Asia as an advisor to the Asian Forums on Population and Development…
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PLANS for a new tattoo studio in Yokine have met with opposition from Stirling residents who fear “fire bombs” and bikies. Fifteen objections were lodged against the proposed studio on Michael Street, with locals worried about the potential for anti-social behaviour in nearby Knight Avenue reserve and surrounding streets. “I believe that tattoo studios are…
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THE Mt Lawley Society is going back to the future with a heritage renovator website. http://www.waheritagerenovator.com.au is the first forum dedicated to renovating heritage houses in WA.
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Are the homeless next? I WOULD like to make the following comments regarding the “name and shame” website created by the City of Vincent (Voice, June 29, 2013). I live in the area and have no objection to streetwalkers, people soliciting or, quite frankly, to people going for it hell-for-leather on the median strip as…
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BARRE, Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: The Barre Lounge Cafe, in His Majesty’s Theatre, is “showbiz central” so you never know if you’ll spot a famous face, the eatery brags. And blow me down if photographer Roger Garwood, and son Ben, weren’t having lunch there when Voice snapper Jeremy Dixon and I strolled in. Okay so…
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SOME virtuoso guitarists indulge in musical masturbation—an endless flurry of scales and arpeggios that lull the crowd into an apathetic stupor. But Steve Vai has managed to bridge the gap between technique and melody with aplomb, keeping audiences entertained and challenged for more than 30 years. Via, 53, was the first virtuoso rock guitarist to…
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AUTUMN hues frame Claisebrook Cove and its cute collection of homes across the water. It could be Europe: Germany, Denmark, perhaps? But no, this is definitely East Perth where charming homes congregate around sparkling water, trees bloom even in winter (except those that drop leaves and still look magnificent), and nobody seems to be in…
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State and local government are working to improve rail crossing safety in Bayswater, following a close shave at Caledonian Avenue two months ago. A man in his 80s escaped uninjured after his car was hit by a train at the Maylands rail crossing in April. The train clipped the rear of his car and spun…
