This week’s small pleasures #284

Phew! Monday evening, work done for the day, dinner has been eaten and now time to get this post out … More

This week’s small pleasures #282

What a week….3 full days of Zoom meetings based from home, an attack of ‘abdominal migraine’ meaning pretty much a … More

This week’s small pleasures #273

It’s Monday evening here in Wellington. We are sitting enjoying the aroma of chicken cooking in the oven (Diana Henry’s … More

This week’s small pleasures #271

The protesters outside Parliament have now been there for two weeks and show no sign of moving. Their behaviour is … More

This week’s small pleasures #268

What a glorious summer we have been having! Lots of warm, sunny days that lift the spirits in these gloomy … More

This week’s small pleasures #263

Only a few days left to Christmas! We are almost ready for our Christmas Eve feast, with just some cleaning … More

This week’s small pleasures #259

Another week over and time to think about the small pleasures of the past few days. There was sunshine, there … More

A seat at the table: Asado at Nikau

Every now and again it is good to do something a little different. On Saturday, as the Matariki firework display was taking place at the waterfront here in Wellington, we went to Nikau Café’s asado night.

A seat at the table: Noble Rot Wine Bar

It is time for another post in the occasional series about eating out. It was my birthday on Saturday as … More

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 my recent trip to Queenstown, and how … More