A seat at the table: Beer no evil, empanadas so good

With things opening up again at Lockdown Level 2 Delta (as it is known…), we were able to go to … More

Words on Wednesday: spring has sprung

It is the first of September, the start of spring. A season to clear the cobwebs away, make plans and … More

Words on Wednesday: still in lockdown

Wednesday is my non-working day of the week, and I normally go out for lunch, pick up bits of shopping, … More

This week’s small pleasures #247

What a week! Lockdown at Level 4 started at as the clock ticked over into Wednesday, and suddenly we went … More

Six on Saturday 21.08.21

So here we are – a SoS Level 4 lockdown post – I had hoped never to have to type … More

Words on Wednesday: Level 4 – again

So here we are again, at lockdown level 4 for the whole of New Zealand for three days, Auckland and … More

A seat at the table

Another post in the occasional series where we enjoy eating out at nice places! Being in Auckland this weekend to … More

Wordless Wednesday: Glenorchy

For this week’s Worldless Wednesday, we travel back to our long weekend trip down to Queenstown and our Sunday drive … More

Wordless Wednesday: iconic buildings and other things

For this week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday we journey back to the South Island, to Cardrona and the famous Cardrona Hotel, … More

Words on Wednesday: the Chinese settlement in Arrowtown

Close by the centre of Arrowtown lies a very different heritage site, the Arrowtown Chinese settlement. It is one of at least ten Chinese settlements that grew up around the gold mining towns in Otago during the late the nineteenth century.