This is what St Kilda pier looks like at night when it’s cold and rainy. We night people will take any chance we can get to smell the beach, you see. I have to say it was quite lovely — quiet and still.

There were hardly any people around except for fishermen. I don’t think I saw any women. Unlike the summertime, of course, when practically all you can see is underage boobage.

 
This is an accidental photo, but my favourite of the batch. It started raining heavily so we sought cover. I was wearing gloves and my finger slipped. Thanks camera!

We ventured out last night, too, to the new St Jude’s Cellars on Brunswick Street and then to the Night Cat. It was a bit of a nostalgia trip for me, as I used to go to the Night Cat all the time when I was a university student living in a share house nearby. I forgot how much fun it was. And I went nuts when I realised St Jude’s used to be the Hide-Out, the very same garishly colourful diner where my housemates and I used to eat huge plates of nachos. It’s now swanky and gorgeous — even the menus are lovely to look at.

The food was very good — a bit pricey, but worth it, I think. My only gripe is that they didn’t have enough vegetarian main dishes. There were options, but not enough to keep me coming back regularly. I don’t want to have to keep eating the same things. But definitely 1000% better than the Hide-Out.

There’s also a new IGA supermarket across the road. Small but decent and well organised, and a stone’s throw from my home. Brunswick Street is definitely changing. I hope, as someone said in The Age recently, that this is a sign of things to come.