Beer, pies and burgers

Yes, a nice healthy blog post title this time around! Wellingtonians can probably relate a bit to this given that … More

A weekend in Martinborough: wine, food and sunshine

We are just home from a lovely relaxing weekend over the Rimutaka Hills in Martinborough, where, as regular readers will … More

After a week of feeling terrible and even taking two days off work sick, the weekend has arrived, and with … More

As Sunday draws slowly to a close, with dinner preparations ahead, followed by curling up on the sofa, it’s time … More

As you might guess from my response to what I look forward to in the weekly Cee’s Challenge post, the … More

Another 6 things post, a very random collection of things that happened last week and over the weekend. 1) A … More

It’s been one of those slow weeks, with nothing much to report. I was off work, sick, on Monday, and … More

This week I read a really lovely piece in The New Yorker on food in literature, about the joy of … More

I’m sitting here drinking some green tea with lemon and ginger and watching (and listening) to heavy rain falling. It … More

Friday was my birthday, and although it was grey and rainy and I had to go to work, it was … More