Lee Bemrose

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• Bent Burlesque Review, February 2014

  

  Bend, Bent Burlesque, 1st Feb 2014Spiegeltent, DocklandsReviewed by Lee BemroseHow can I put this... I loved this show so much I want to marry it. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Oldest Budding Writer There Ever Was

  Someone suggested that because I took an interest in a certain magazine they were dropping off in the cafe today that I must be "a budding writer". Interesting... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Head's A Mess

  . Feeling tired.Feeling drained.Feeling excited. Feeling blessed.Happy at random moments.In daytime sunshine.Suicidal at 4:48am.I'm aware. I don't understand... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Conversation Between Grumpy And Dorothea

  

  I have to start answering the cafe telephone with "Grumpy The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome, this Grumpy speaking."Because today I picked up and... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Conversations with Our Customers - The Bonzer Bloke Award

  

  Firstly, to all the people arriving here after reading my quite old comment on another website about Suspended Coffee, that blog post is here. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cafe Dreams

  We've been flogged at the cafe over the Christmas/New Year period. I feel properly exhausted, but I've been properly exhausted in the past working for absolute... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Adventure So Far...

  

  My varied and colourful life, so far, has lead me to this little place. It's a humble little place. It's a place run by two people who take pride in what they d... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• On Being Awesome, and a Thing About Kanye Motherfucking West

  

  My free pouring latte art shows signs of improvement.In other news, I am a fucking idiot. Yesterday The Dreaded One and I had our usual Sunday lunch indulgence. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Team Awesome

  Three weeks or so into opening Grumpy The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome, I was not very happy with our first staff member. She was a good worker and... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Passion in Grumpy & The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome

  

  No, this is not a story about how passionate The Dreaded One is about preparing good food, or a story about how passionately Grumpy loathes fern leaf latte art. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Latte Art At Grumpy & The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome.

  

  Me and latte art... not exactly a match made in heaven. This was my attempt at a heart. Words can't express my feelings when I saw what an epic fail this was. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Made You Smile Today?

  I smiled at the smile of an old lady who had that smile in the eyes, like inside, she was still young. She smiled and thanked me for making her coffee and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Conversations At Grumpy& The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome

  

  Conversations with our customers. I suspect this will be an ongoing series. Customer: Oh. You serve organic coffee. Grumpy: Yes, we serve organic coffee.... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting To Nude You

  We have our regulars at our new cafe. It's nice getting to know them, to hear about their lives. One regular customer (large latte with half a sugar) comes in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Etiquette

  Wow. Some people can be so fucking dumb in a social situation. If you are fortunate enough to be included in an intimate group of six or eight people in a dinne... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Sorry, We're Closed

  Time constraints time constraints,Everyone trying so hardSo hardTo impress and make a markSo keen to please andGet aheadAnd make a markAnd make an... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Reasons I Don't Do Smalltalk

  There are many. This is one of them.Wednesday of the second week of running Grumpy The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome. A guy comes in just before closin... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• On Writing For Free

  This is probably it for me and writing. I've had enough. I've had enough of being asked to give my time, experience and - yes Goddamnit – my talent away for... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Keys To Our Cafe

  It was weirdly sad picking up the keys to the cafe today. You could feel the emotions the owner was feeling. I had been thinking about how she must have had... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Death Rides A Horse, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013 Review

  

  Death Rides A Horse - Rama NicholasReviewed by Lee BemroseThe title is taken from the 1967 Spaghetti Western by Sergio Leone and starring Lee Van Cleef, and... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION