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On the street where I live + Shadow Shot Sunday

This is my Shadow Shot Sunday photo of one of my favourite streets in Sydney and I feel very lucky indeed to live just around the corner from it. It's called Macleay Street and it runs from Kings Cross down to Potts Point where it turns into Wylde Street and then curves down the hill past the naval vessels moored at Woolloomoolloo/ Garden Island and Russell Crowe's house!! True!

Shadow Shot Sunday is a terrific meme set up by all round good guy Tracy of Hey Harriet fame! Anyone can enter...here are the instructions on how to do so!

...and here are some more shots along this pretty street...

Architectural geekery.

From time to time, I like to wander around the city and take photos of buildings that particularly tickle my fancy. Anything Art Deco always gets my camera out as does a fine piece of Victorian detailing.

Above, in all its Art Deco splendour, is Wynyard or Railway House as it's officially known as. It's the classic Deco green terracotta tile cladding with the mushroom coloured granite that really gets me going!

Did you know that Brian Singer's "Superman" used this glorious building for The Daily Planet? I walked past a couple of times while they were filming and I nearly caught sight of Kate Bosworth and her then boyfriend Orlando Swoon...ahem Bloom..gazing into each other's eyes.

This piece of fine plaster work is from another era entirely. It's from the Trades Hall a building that was owned by the Trades Hall Association, the original trade union affiliates who built the hall in 1888. This bit of lovely Art Nouveau was casually tucked away in some corridor. 

This last photo is one I risked life and limb for! Well, not really but it was a scary photo to take as I had to dangle over the railing of a very high stairwell. It was taken in a grand old Victorian building that is still used and loved today: The Department of Lands Building. I'm a real sucker for black and white tiled floors! 

A day to remember.

I saw these very pretty lantern window displays in Paddington.  They are a combination of three of my favourite things : lanterns, blue/ green and lights.

I went and saw the epic nine hour Robert Lepage play yesterday called "Lipsync". Phew! It was phenomenal and I think I'll be processing it for weeks to come. It followed the intertwined story of nine different people and their connection to the central character who was an orphaned boy. But that doesn't really do the story justice because it's infinitely more than that of course. It was like a finely woven basket which tied up very nicely - or tragically should I say - in the end. It was a mystery play where Lepage gave you small clues and hints as to what the final truth was. But it was done so well! What an enormous brain Lepage must have to conceive  of such a microscopically detailed and entertaining nine hour story. I was not bored for a nano second and I know the audience was fully engaged 110% for the entire duration too.

The stage sets and lighting were a wondrous thing unto themselves! The acting was very solid and everyone interacted with each other's characters seamlessly.  What more can I say but that we, the entire audience lept to it's feet when it was over and gave the cast and crew a full fifteen minute cheering, whistling, hooting, clapping standing ovation. What an incredible experience it was!