As the month long food festival, Wellington on a Plate, comes to an end, we headed over to one of … More
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This week’s small pleasures 506
Despite a message from Air New Zealand on Tuesday morning with a ‘weather warning’, I flew back from Hawke’s Bay … More
Cook Book Club: August
Wellington right now is obsessed with burgers. Wellington on a Plate, featuring the Burger Wellington competition, takes up most of … More
This week’s small pleasures 505
I don’t know about you, but the news is becoming more and more depressing in so many ways. At least … More
This week’s small pleasures 504
Each week I sit down to review the good things that have happened. Sometimes they are really little things like … More
This week’s small pleasures 503
We woke up on Sunday morning to a thick, crisp white layer of frost covering plants, houses and cars. Where … More
This week’s small pleasures 502
This week was definitely one that improved as it went along, from feeling pretty grotty at the start, to making … More
Cook Book Club: 23 July
The theme this month seemed easy: go to your bookshelf, pick out the cookbook you most recently purchased (or borrowed), … More
This week’s small pleasures 501
Well, what started out as a good week with an exhibition, sunshine and tickets for the ballet, ended with me … More
This week’s small pleasures 500
Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.