Lotsand lots of years ago, when I first came to Australia, when driving through some Melbourne suburbs I saw quite a few houses with bright blue trims and doors. When I asked my husband about the copy cats blue, he told me that those houses belonged mostly to Italian families. They used to get some special meats, smallgoods and fish delivered to their homes, and it made it easier for the delivery man to find their houses.
I thought that was a brilliant idea, as some Italian person lost in the suburbs and with little english would know they could find someone to talk to and ask directions.
As I said, that was many, many moons ago.
Life was more peaceful then.
