Virgo Sun Pisces Moon

Do you remember, when Melbourne GPO wasn’t just one big H&M building?

😅 lol… no?!

Sigh…

Am I the only person in the world who remembers pre-H&M Melbourne GPO so fondly?!

Fondly?!

Yes! I was very fond of that building as a shopping building before H&M moved in!!!

There used to be a store upstairs called Metallicus.

There used to be a store on ground floor called Mandarina Duck.

There used to be a really really yummy sushi place.

And there was lots of other little boutique shops with unique things. It was a really cool place to go have a browse…

Now… it is… H&M…

Yeah…

Have u been inside that H&M?

No.

Lol… 😅

I refused to step in because I missed my Metallicus and Mandarina Duck.

What the fuck is Mandarina Duck? I’m gonna google this…

Lol…

I know Metallicus, I don’t know Mandarina Duck?

Mmm…

They’re still around… just not at GPO…

Oh… 😅😅😅

Luggages?!?! 🧳

Yeah…

Do u still like them?

I don’t mind having a browse in their store if I’m in MELBOURNE if it still EXISTED at the GPO…

Lol… 😅

I feel like I have an almost photographic memory of some streets in Melbourne from the early 2000s… but it doesn’t exist anymore…

Awwww… yeah… it doesn’t exist in the same way…

It’s all very different now. Other people’s experiences of Melbourne is not the same as my experiences from Melbourne…

Uhuh…

Do u miss it?

No…

Then why are we talking about it?! 😅

I don’t know…

Lol… okay…

That sushi was so fuckin good!

I just forgot the name of it…

Did we ever go together?

I don’t think so…

Who did u go with?!

Media girls…

Not the mutual friends?

I’m 100% certain some of the mutual friends would’ve gone with me at least once.

Oh…?

At least.

What was so good about it?

It had like a soft shell crab roll that everybody was obsessed with… and some other unique flavours…

I don’t know how I feel about soft shell crab these days but yeah… it felt like GOURMET sushi… 🍣

Ahhh… I see… 👀

Lol… r u gonna find a similar place?

I’ll… do my best… 😅

Anyway… should we go visit the H&M at the GPO one day?

Sure! If you want to?

It’s not on my priorities list…. honestly I’d rather go visit Japan or India than Melbourne…

Lol… okay… 😘❤️

I’m not interested in any domestic travel within Australia.

I’ve done A LOT of that in my 20s and 30s… I’d rather travel internationally.

Okay! 🤓📝…

I hope Lisa’s not offended we joked about her dressing demure or not demure…

Lol… she doesn’t care! 🤣

Okay well, I feel like I didn’t explain myself properly…

I do think it’s demure but I also know it’s not your definition of “demure” —

It’s fine. U don’t have to explain anything, she doesn’t care 🤣🤣🤣

Okay… well…

Overall it was good! I liked her costumes and performances…

😏💕 that’s sweet my love…

Okay anyway…

Uhuh…

I think there was an installation at Melbourne GPO once? I think it was like, bird cages?!?!??!

Oh?

I’m just… faintly remembering something like that…

Lots and lots of bird cages… in the middle as an art installation…

Uhuh…

Were u there?

I don’t know, was I?! 👀

Did u buy a fish eye camera or was that another friend?!

I don’t think I was ever at GPO when u were there… 😅😅😅

I’m so confused… 😩

Awww… I’ll explain everything in person…

But my muscle testing says that u were there!!!

Lol… well ur muscle testing is WRONG! 🤣

U MUST’VE GONE TO THE METALLICUS SHOP WITH ME.

Lolllll…. how?!

I don’t know… but u must’ve!!!

I don’t know why u keep bringing up Metallicus all of a sudden?!

I used to love wearing Metallicus.

Metallicus dresses.

Oh… I see… 👀

Did u buy Metallicus dresses from the Metallicus at the GPO back then?

YES.

(Chuckles)…

That was my Melbourne memories and experiences… Metallicus was a big part of it!!!

Do they still exist?

I can’t find anything on instagram…

Oh I spelled it wrong the whole time.

There!!!

Uhuh…

They used to have a store at the Melbourne GPO and also at Chadstone!!!

Wow… Ur really reaching into the Melbourne archives now… Chadstone!

Yeahhhhhhh…

Sigh…

Did u like Chadstone?

Not really, we only went there a few times in the whole 5 years that I lived there…

I was definitely a Melbourne CBD girlie just shopping along Elizabeth and Swanston Streets…

(Giggles)… 🤭💕

Sigh…

There was a jazz… restaurant? Club? Bar? Lounge?

Uhuh…?

I had one of my birthday dinners there… must’ve been 20th birthday…

Oh…?

Oh COME ON… U WOULD’VE SEEN THE PHOTOS…

😏💕💕💕

But I was dating that other guy…

🙄 uhuh…

Before I met u!

Yeah…

I think he gave me Max Brenner’s chocolates for my birthday…

That’s it?!

Ummm… it was a simple, small gesture…

🙄 uhuh…

I liked the jazz place…

U like jazz…

I do! 💕

Okayyyyy…. we’ll go to a jazz place in Brisbane…

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!

I’ll do anything to see u smile… 😏❤️

Why don’t u like jazz?

Lol… it’s okay..…

Hmmm….

Did we ever go to a crepe place?

No.

Oh… okay…

Who did u go to a crepe place with?

Lots of people?!

I went so often that’s why I’m wondering whether we went?!

Lol… I was only there for 2 weeks…

Yeah… so we didn’t go to a crepe place…

U like crepes?

Yes!

😏💕