Sunday Again

Ok so last sunday was another Brooklyn adventure. We went to the Brooklyn flea market on a beautiful spring (we pretended) day. Sun shining and first weekend without gloves and a hat for what feels like months. Can I just say that milk truck grilled cheese at the Brooklyn flea is where its at. They are hands down the tastiest toasted cheese sandwiches i have ever tasted. Like ever. Might have something to do with the pound of cultured butter in each one and the and the Vermont cheddar or Wisconsin Gruyère cheese with the Blue Ribbon Bakery white bread. I died and went to toastie heaven. followed by (It'd be rude not to do dessert on a sunday) some fine and raw chocolate - artisanal raw chocolate with seasalt. OMFG.

Then a leisurely stroll around the vintage sellers in a beautiful old bank - see picture below.

Well after the crazy hail storms of Melbourne saturday hubby and I decided a lazy sunday was in order. So we popped to the Cinema Nova in Lygon Street Carlton to catch a glimpse of 'the soon to be oscar winner' Jeff Bridges stumbling all over the screen in Crazy Heart.

Tracking the story of Bad Blake, an ageing alcoholic country singer, Crazy Heart is a touching story of one mans journey to find redemption and reconnect with the world he had so long drowned out with whiskey and self doubt.

With a taste for culture I couldn't say no to a pizza at DOC Pizza + Mozarella in Drummond Street, Carlton (yes the culture call is rubbish I just wanted to eat pizza). However having already consumed approximately 1kg of buttery popcorn we responsibly decided that perhaps one large pizza to share would be enough. Thin pizza base smothered in brocolli puree and scattered with Italian sausage and buffalo mozarella - sure why not!!

And to tie in with my theme of the day - redemption in case you missed it - I happened past a quaint little shop next to DOC on Drummond Street. The sign in the window read ....

A Prisoner Gets A Life: At the age when many young people are beginning a career or university MICHAEL KELLY was doing hard time for armed robbery. Life and death stood before him. He decided to make good use of his time in study, physical training and art. At the end of his sentence he was interviewed in his cell by a lecturer from Sydney College of the Arts and accepted directly into a post-graduate degree (by passing a degree on the quality of his work). In the years since Michael has applied his art in a unique hand made building style.

I have my eye on the beautiful handmade shutters he had on display in the windows - well worth a visit.