My ‘normal’ Wednesdays have followed a similar pattern for quite a while. It is my non-working day of the working week, and time for Pilates, lunch somewhere and some browsing or pottering or whatever. This year thanks to my eye op and moon boot, my Wednesdays haven’t been quite their usual selves, but today I was quite determined to get back into the usual routine.
The weather wasn’t that great first thing, but I set off for an osteopath appointment before my Pilates class. I am so thankful for both of these things which have really made a difference to my physical well being in recent weeks. I stopped off for lunch at The Bond Street Deli, which I hadn’t visited before, and enjoyed an excellent tuna salad bagel and coffee. I will definitely return.
After a visit to the bookshop and the wonderful Iris ‘beauty store’ I caught the bus home, and after resting my foot for a bit, went over to our local library. It is so nice having this place so close to home now. I picked up some plums, passion fruit and capsicum from the greengrocer, and took delivery of some tea from tleafT and wine from Noble Rot, including this one below which would have been perfect for our Sunday lunch (it came complete with a little plastic bull).
To end the day, we headed out for dinner to Capitol in town. I love the atmosphere of this restaurant which always makes me feel like I am in Paris for some reason. The food is always excellent, and this evening I had a wonderful soft shell crab based salad and prawn linguine, while Karl had focaccia and steak. We had a Palliser chardonnay with the first course and a shiraz from Kalleske Wines with the mains.
So…that was my Wednesday. I am on holiday again tomorrow, with all sorts of domestic plans. Let’s see how that goes….
Entered in Wednesday Words and Whimsy hosted by Min.
Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog written by Barbara, who likes cats, summer, good food and pretends to garden.
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Mouth-watering plates!
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The soft shell crab dish was especially good.
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It’s always good to return to normal activities. Food looks so delicious!
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It was – though my foot was in need of a rest in the afternoon!
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How soothing to be able to return to a well-honed routine.
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Yes – very!
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I bet it feels so good to have normal again. I thought, for years, having Wednesday off would be ideal.
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Yes very much so! Having a Wednesday off is great as it breaks up the week.
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Woo-hoo! What a lovely day. Being a tea lover, I had my eyes on that tea you featured.
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It was a great day! There was an Earl Grey blue flower (the big bag), Monk’s Blend which is a black/green blend with citrus and vanilla and lapsang souchong.
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Perhaps if I came to tea, you might fix me a cup of the Earl Grey blue flower. Sounds delightful.
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Looks like a perfect day to me! Those food photos – yum! I think you have a perfect Wednesday routine! Thanks for linking up with us at #WWWhimsy xo
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I do look forward to my Wednesdays!
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That’s a lot of “W’s” and a wildly, wonderful Wednesday!
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🙂
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Great to catch up with you again Barbara.
Denyse x
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i am envious of that soft shell crab meal!
cheers
sherry https://sherryspickings.blogspot.com/
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It was very good – not something you see so often too.
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Sounds like a full and fun day off. The soft shell crab looks amazing!
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It was and the crab was very good.
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That Tuna Salad Bagel has my name on it Barbara! It is one of my favourite fillings although I’m not sure I’ve ever tasted a Bagel before. x
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It was so good! I love bagels too.
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It’s so good you have had a ‘normal’ Wednesday, and it looks like a lovely day!
Debbie #teamwwwhimsy
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It was a good day!
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I too have Wednesdays as my non-working day of the work week 🙂 It is awesome, right!? I like having it in the middle of the week. It is great seeing you doing things that makes you feel better on your day off.
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Thank you so much for the idea about switching browser, it seems like that solved my issue. Thank you!
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It is nice – two days at work, a day off, two days at work then the weekend 🙂
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That’s the thing about living in a big city like Wellington, everything is either a walk or a bus trip away.
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