When Heather took Sheri on a historical tour of Brunswick, their first stop was The Spot. Heather, who has called Brunswick home for more than two decades and remembers the days when Sydney Rd had two cinemas, told Sheri of the times when The Spot was known as the Candy Tavern. The Tavern’s lesbian nights were amongst the first in Melbourne, and Heather spoke fondly of the hours she spent there, and her strange encounters with her gun-toting, taxi-driving, transgender ex-lover. Two beers later and the tour continued to what used to be another favoured haunt, now the Sporting Club. Memories of the monthly lesbian nights held there were more sedate—drinking, dancing and falling in and out of love.