It's the gold that brought me here...!!!

That's what I would like to say... lol
But not true at all... it just sounded good
Ahhh... but as long as it caught your attention! 😄

It's the details, the old and the new, the fascinating and charming...

Looking at some of these photos below, I'm reminded too of my interest in doors of various kinds... so much so I actually started a collection under the hashtag of doorswindowsstairs at a previous site (of a previous life...) but that's another story...

Having said that, I hope some ex-members will remember that!
(You know who you are...)

Anyway, further to my explorations of the Heritage area of Georgetown, Penang... today, I delve into more detail of the gems I found and collected from Armenian Street.

Just one street ~ that was my undoing...

We (I) had budgeted two hours for the entire Heritage area consisting of a maze of narrow streets with street art, clan houses, Chinese temples, little shops, etc etc.

We had an early start (thank goodness) and more than three hours later, we were still on Armenian Street! Arrgghhhh.... darn!

Talk about schedules and time management...

I didn't take into consideration the crowds (in some places later) and another very important thing - the distraction of the architecture and details, and the "other little and not so little stuff" we found along the way... I couldn't give up on the "other little and not so little stuff"!

Oh well, I promised myself this was to be a leisurely exploration/discovery trip, and I wasn't about to give up on that!

Not covered everything? I'll come back another day!

Afterall, that is part of the fun of visiting some place, isn't it? That it makes you want to return again and again to see and experience more of it!

Prior to this, I also wrote the introduction of my trip, A many faceted Pearl and a Caturday edition in Caturday is alive and well in Penang!

Ok, let's get on with the golden gems that I have for today!
Golden and filigreed...
Just one bit of the details I found on a cafe door
Pity it was too early and it was still closed
I bet there would be more cool stuff to discover inside...
And look at those door handlesThat's the whole front!
Impressive, huh?!

I don't read Chinese and didn't know what shop it was...
Google later told me it was 'My Armenian Cafe'
But, the details....I love the Straits-Chinese style tiles on the lower front wall!
You don't see much of tiles like these any more...
much less are able to get them anywhere easily

Straits-Chinese or Peranakan tiles have these floral or geometric themed repetitive patterns
And something about the way they are made makes the colours something special
Other than Penang, you'll also find them in Malacca and Singapore