HOLLYWOOD

last night we were a little restless in the after-work hours and decided to take a walk. we strolled through hyde park for a while and then carried on to surry hills. we thought we'd walk passed a couple of bars and restaurants in the area that we'd read were good, just to see. one of them was the afore-pictured HOTEL HOLLYWOOD (see post: sydney deco) which, in the daytime, looks deco cool but also a little scary and abandoned. we went in for a drink anyways and much to our surprise, by night, it is a charming and vivacious little pub. by charming i mean kitsch with a twirling disco ball, etc. and smelling of stale beer, but vivacious because there was a good amount of people and a great little blues band playing in the corner. (for those in boston, think b-side lounge only actually old and divey) anyway, the band was called "black sea blues" and they had one member who played guitar, wore tambourines on his shoes, and could make the kazoo sound like a saxophone. needless to say they were great entertainment. so we've decided, being that it's only a 5 minute walk to from our apartment, hotel hollywood may be our new "local".