Good coffee around Sydney

Workshop coffee / Toby’s Estate decaf. Shop RG01A, the Galeries Victoria, 500 George St, Sydney.

Good coffee opposite the QVB building. There is just about always a queue here.

Picture below of Mecca - As soon as I took my first sip, I was hooked. This is great coffee.

Mecca Espresso 646 Harris St, Ultimo 2009. (02 9280 4204 meccaespresso.com). Mon-Fri 7am-4pm; Sat 7am-3pm

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

there Zakka

Found a great little shop of things There Zakka in Haymarket

Like their definition of Zakka - great new word

"Zakka (from the Japanese 'zak-ka'（雑貨）or 'many things') is a fashion and design phenomenon that has spread from Japan throughout Asia. The term refers to everything and anything that improves your home, life and appearance. It is often based on household items from the West that are regarded as kitsch in their countries of origin, but it can also be Japanese goods, mainly from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In Japan there are also so-called Asian zakka stores; that usually refers to Southeast Asia. The interest in Nordic design or Scandinavian design, both contemporary and past, is also part of this zakka movement. Zakka can also be contemporary handicraft.

Zakka has also been described as "the art of seeing the savvy in the ordinary and mundane". The zakka boom could be recognized as merely another in a series of consumer fads, but it also touches issues of self-expression and spirituality. "Cute, corny and kitschy is not enough. To qualify as a zakka, a product must be attractive, sensitive, and laden with subtext.""

Haymarket, Sydney, Australia

Shop address: Shop 8, 107-121 Quay Street, Haymarket Sydney 2000

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Sydney Children's Festival

We spent the day at Carriageworks for the children's festival. Great fun.

The new show by Erth is definitely worth catching, we listened to some authors talk about their inspirations, tried some circus tricks and visited the markets.


Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Shopping online

the perils of sitting at home with online shopping, is how much money you can blow in a short space of time.

mmmm, all things on my shopping list. New toys to arrive soon.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au