Simply called “Bottega” on Muntri Street, not “The” Bottega or “La” Bottega, this modest Italian Deli/Restaurant/Cafe is a few minutes walk from the famous Blue Mansion, and runs perpendicular through Love Lane. I loved the versatile seatings, at the bar, or conventional tables, or al fresco, wherever you’re seated there is so much movement. We…
Category: People Of Penang
Things to do : What tattooed folks have in common; They have tattoos. Period. And it’s very personal.
“”The first two years I had to work on my own, a baptism by fire, I had a trusted and excellent friend who really believed in me, I would say more than myself, and he allowed me to practice on real skin, his name is Luis, and he ended up with my most bizarre work. For this I will be ever thankful. ” Weshmagul
People of Penang ; Josephine Choo’s book, part memoir, part guide “Never Forgetting Balik Pulau” captured by Photographer Adrian Cheah
I LOVE Adrian. I met him 10 years ago when I was on a publishing project for the very first hard-copy of Time Out Penang. Adrian was hand picked for his intimate style of photography of Penang. Something unique and trusting about his demeanour, we were confident that he would guide us with his photography…
Art Exhibition Review ; Boxed In (one foot at a time) at Hin Bus Depot runs til the 31st of Dec 2020 with Ivan, Curator for Life (Part 1)
This art exhibition review is long overdue. We have just a few days til the exhibition closes, and what a perfect way say goodbye to 2020. Let’s hope 2021 be a little more uplifting, a little less scary, a lot more smiles on faces and a cautious step out of the box, a foot at…
Off the Island : 14 day Photo Journal under Quarantine from an Extra-Extrovert, and humble tips from inside a box
Never could I have imaged 2 or 5 years ago or ever, that a virus in our time , could cause an illness so powerful , so deadly that its changed the whole world and our way of thinking in a matter of months , days and even seconds. “…The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through…
People of Penang : Stuart Every , Producer, CEO Dolphin Creative on All Things Weird and Wonderful
“In a word: humanity. These are individuals who lean into fear. They decide to go into a public space for one reason; to make people happy. If they succeed, then they’ll get rewarded by cash tips, a good artist can make 1,000 USD in 30 minutes!.” Stuart Every , CEO Dolphin Creative
People of Penang : Artist Mandy Maung on Love behind the Covid wall.
Dear Covid, You suck. At this time of writing , I am in Dorset, England. We are one of the lucky ones to have slipped thru the COVID “net” and able to travel for family. Approval did not come easy, we applied and reapplied, called and waited til the ring tone died off, on some…
Art Exhibition Review and Q&As : Witnessing the Stillness in Sharon
I was pleased to witness Sharon’s very first solo exhibition. The invite came through text, with several bossy messages later informing me that the private launch was on the 25th September NOT the 24th. We , Penangites, don’t like to read, we’re usually too lazy to scroll to the bottom, the fine print is way…
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