Darlinghurst Nights » sign

Have you seen my shoe?

ml — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:09:29 +0000

Those carefree moments, throwing shoes to the side when they were holding up the party, they’re long gone.

This sign appeared on a telegraph pole on Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, last week.

It’s rainy and grey. The party season’s gone and the summer sun has faded. All those shoes people left around town on debauched long weekends are hanging long in their memories.

A very Tiger Christmas

ml — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:09:11 +0000

Tiger Woods was one of the most tightly branded (and bland) public personalities anywhere. So with the unfolding story of 10 or more regular ladies on the side, it’s not too hard to imagine him rocking up at Kings Cross bar Porky’s on his last trip.

Every year around this time, Porky’s gets dolled up in tinsel, Christmas trees and Santas, and truckloads of lights.

A sign above the bar’s Darlinghurst Road front door gets used for ad hoc messages, kind of like a heathen take on the St Barnabas on Broadway. In June, they used it to point NRL players elsewhere. This week, they’re claiming Tiger as a recent guest.

Filmed stealing

ml — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:53:23 +0000

Walking down Surrey Street, Darlinghurst, this week, we were confronted with this threatening sign.

It doesn’t seem like a neighbourhood for empty threats – the owners have either gone to the police with the film or they haven’t.

It’s hard to imagine someone who’s prepared to uproot a nascent hedge (is it really a hedge at that height?) in a high traffic area like Surrey Street worrying over a handwritten sign.

From Oswald Lane to where

ml — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:09:34 +0000

Our occasional contributor BT picked this one up a while ago.

Apparently a few of these metaphysical additions to the council’s street signage have appeared recently.