This place is terrific. Run by Nicola Cantrick, (r) formerly at the Suter Gallery Cafe (who reckoned that Ms jb looked “too exotic for Nelson”) and baristeuse Sandy di Scianni…
…. before this chappy (paper wasp, methinks) finally works his way though the roof support and the whole shebang comes crashing down
….where are the bloody kina?
At some stage, this sign appears to have been 7 km (or miles, even?) from the beach on Rabbit Island. The icecaps have obviously melted to such an extent that…
Vivienne Fox has been a star in Nelson’s culinary night sky for as long as I can remember. She and her husband Tom opened the Apple Shed cafe/bar/restaurant in late…
On the coast road from Christchurch to Nelson via Blenheim, you’ll come across Kaikoura, New Zealand’s centre of whale=watching and the best place to get rock lobster (or crayfish, as…
Jess and Bonnie, the 2 black labs at the cottage we’re renting, smell food through sealed packaging at 300 metres. I swear.
It all started with a group of artists in Tasman, a small village 30km from Nelson, with Steve Fullmer, internationally acclaimed ceramicist (I have the honour of doing his website…
3 pieces of Ribaldo, 2 (which turned out to be 4…) mussels and a scoop of chups from the Smokehouse on Mapua Wharf. A pint of California Ale and a…
I don’t what it is – is it the arrival staff at the aircraft door with big smiles and saying “Welcome”. And meaning it. Or is it the light that…
All yours! I’m taking Kate‘s lead and sodding off to sunnier climes for a bit. Probably breaking all sorts of rules. Whatever.
What would Waitangi Day be without a pav? The pavlova (named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova) was created by a chef in Wellington in her honour on the…
Having been behaving myself (by my standards anyway) recently, I got taken out for dinner to the Goldenen Engel in Flonheim the other night. Small restaurant in a renovated house…
Gloria Hasse asked me to open an exhibition at her Keramikum gallery in Darmstadt the other day. A pleasure. As usual. Very good art. As usual. Excellent lunch. As usual.…
So what’s a letter between friends…? (Somewhere between Wells and York)
…definitely came from Mainz. A strong westerly last Thursday pushed them all the way over to Frankfurt….
I first met Marg in kindergarten in Northcote, a suburb of Auckland. We’ve never really been out of touch, which makes her the person I’ve known longest. We last saw…
..supper …er…. turtle. Phoebe and Rebecca are standing on what used to be the much-loved aquarium on Mapua Wharf before an arsonist munted it just under year ago. Little survived.…
170-ish years ago, this spot on Bridge Street in Nelson apparently marked the foreshore – a good 1km away these days. Mind you, you can get your feet wet and…
Hamish, Mapua’s resident white heron, graced the wharf with his presence from the late 1980s until 2011 when he was last seen emptying Kathie Russell’s goldfish pond in Brightwater in…
Buying wine in New Zealand is a bit tricky, especially if you come from a traditional wine-growing region. There aren’t many small vineyards where you get to meet the vintner…
…….I do like sunsets around here. Hoddy Rd, Mapua.
The consensus of opinion in Nelson is that the best pies are the ones from The Lunch Stop on Pascoe St, run by Mey Khong and Ng Khong, a couple…
…in the Big City Mapua channel
This is why I’m in New Zealand. Bruce (world class land yachtie/blo-karter and someone who achieved lasting notoriety by asking Colin McCahon, one of New Zealand’s most significant, influential and…
…next to Gillian Orange and Annette Blue. That’s what they wrote down when I asked them to emerge from anonymity for NTNDP/MDP when I photographed them at Basecamp, a serious…
Patrick and Ross at the Golden Bear brewery on Mapua wharf. At 7%, it’s sure to give you Delirium Tremors. Or whatever they call it…..
The Rhine from t’other side downstream from Oberwesel. Panoramically speaking…
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