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A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand

Month: March 2018

This week’s small pleasures #89

Here we area again with a quick round up of this week’s small pleasures.  It will be the last one … More

autumn, blogging, blue skies, Cuba Dupa, Cuba Street, feijoas, flags, fruit, grass, Instagram, new mown grass, New Zealand, Pilates, Small Pleasures, street theatre, sunshine, Thistles and Kiwis, tired of blogging, Wellington

Cuba Dupa: where the streets are alive to the sound of music

It is Cuba Dupa time again!  Wellington’s annual street festival took place this weekend, a fun event that takes over … More

autumn, Balkan music, banjos, batacuda, beer, Cuba Dupa, Cuba Street, dance, disco ball, fair, lunch, music, New Zealand, one man band, Pale Ale, Parrot Dog, spider, street art, street festival, Sunday, Sunday afternoon, sunshine, tap dancing, Te Auaha, umbrellas, weekend, Wellington

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea on this grey and damp day, we would talk about … More

autumn, candles, coffee, conversation, cosy, Cuba Dupa, discussion, flowers, Friday, friendship, hygge, If we were having coffee, Japanese anemones, New Zealand, orchid, photographs, pink, Scandinavia, skies, tea, weather, Wellington

This week’s small pleasures #88

The week seems to have flown by, and here we are again for a round of this week’s small pleasures. … More

Anzac Biscuits, aubergine, autumn, chocolate, cinema, clouds, cookies, cooking, Cuba Street, cushions, design, eggplant, flowers, lamb, marigold, morning, moussaka, recipe link, sky, Small Pleasures, southern hemisphere, Sunday, Sunday dinner, sunrise, The Lighthouse, walk, Wellington, Wellington Chocolate Factory, wrapper design

A simple pickle

2017 was supposed to be the year I pickled and preserved.  It didn’t happen apart from some gorgeous (with many … More

black mustard seeds, jar, peppercorns, pickle, pickling, pink, pink Himalayan salt, Pinterest, preserving, recipe, rice wine vinegar, salad, salt, smell, strong smell, sugar, taste, watermelon radish

This week’s small pleasures #87

Here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures, which saw the weather change from sunshine, … More

apples, autumn, avocado, avocado on toast, books, bowl, crumble, dessert, food, Fringe Festival, holidays, ice-cream, New Zealand Festival, planning, plums, pudding, pumpkin, raisins, reading, sitting outside, Small Pleasures, sunshine, tea, toast, tomatoes, weather, Wellington

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would talk about the change in the weather, from … More

afternoon, autumn, cat, Charlie, coffee, conversation, dinner, doorway, evening, friendship, Geoff Sobelle, home, house, If we were having coffee, New Zealand, New Zealand Festival, programme, Saturday, tea, theatre, visual theatre, watermelon radishes, weather, Wellington

This week’s small pleasures #86

Here we are again with the small pleasures of the week.  It is back to shorts weather, I am glad … More

art, Barber Shop Chronicles, Betroffenheit, brilliant, Charley Noble, Crystal Pite, Cuba Street, cucumber, dance, dining out, dinner, drama, experience, fish, golden raspberries, Inua Ellams, John Dory, Kidd Pivot, New Zealand Festival, play, raspberries, restaurant, Small Pleasures, Sunday, theatre, Vancouver, Wellington, yarnbombing

What I learned in February: vegan baking

As I may have mentioned, this year, instead of resolutions, I am challenging myself to learn or do something each … More

apple, cake, carrots, chia seeds, dairy free, February, March, orange, recipe, recipe link, Stockholm, Swedish, vegan, vegan baking, walnuts

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