Grab it while you can.....

Wellingtonians, grab the last days of summer while it's here!  The days are getting shorter, the weather's getting colder (yep, it did get warm there for a time), and the colder months are on their way.  The good thing, of course, is that this is the time of year when you get to greet winter wardrobe staples like old friends.....

Hah! - what am I talking about!  Get out the bathing suit*, get to the beach, and grab that sunshine.......while you still can.  And, if you choose to brave the waters .....weeeeeeeeell.....I'll be the one cheering you on from the warmth of dry land  ;-) !

xxo

*  I am loving lowcut swimsuits - I think they have the great benefit of making everyone who dons one suddenly appear as though they are a 50's pin-up, with the womanly curves that are so attractive in real life!  

Tragic.....

I lived in Christchurch for 4 years and they were very happy years providing cherished memories!  It is a beautiful, friendly, unique and wonderful city, and to witness these scenes of devastation and catastrophe is painful indeed!!  It is not only buildings that have crumbled in this shocking event - hopes, dreams, and lives have also been shattered, and my very best wishes and greatest sympathy go out to all those touched by this tragedy.

xxxo

Big Day Out, Auckland 2011

Ok, so this may be how the BDO ended up, but there were some happy moments throughout the day too.

I'll share a couple....

Iggy made the day for a handful of lucky punters when he invited them up on stage to dance....

...you've never seen such happy faces as those that came off 5 minutes later.

Nick Cave played with his band Grinderman.  I think everyone I spoke to agreed - he was incredible, and he and his band played a blinding set!

Yes, despite the incessant, torrential rain......

...(which in fact added to the effect, when the song 'Grinderman' opened with the lyrics

"I'm the Grinderman

in the silver rain...")...

...it was definitely still a really fun day out!

xxo

Tatt's lovely....

I have never been brave enough to get a tattoo myself - and not because of the pain I imagine that I imagine must be involved when a needle is repeatedly jabbed into your flesh.  No, that has nothing to do with it!  The real motive for my fear is that I simply have never been able to think of anything I want etched into my skin for the rest of my life!  I guess I like the idea of fashion, in that it is fluid, and you are able to change constantly....to re-invent your "look" with each new season.

That's not to say, however, that I dislike tattoos - on the contrary, I love them.  I only wish I was a little braver, and then I too could sport something as beautiful as this dragonfly, peeking out from beneath two of my favourite prints!

xxo

On Auckland and Angels....

Well, I just got home from Auckland, where it rained pretty much the whole time I was there.  But Big Day  Out was great!  More on that shortly....

It seems like many lifetimes have passed since I lived in Auckland, but it was comforting to find that some things, at least, haven't changed - it was lovely to sit outside Melba in Vulcan Lane, sheltering from the storm and drinking an enormous latte -

 a generous gift from the coffee angel!

xxo

NY 2010/11!

Happy New Year from the vineyards of Martinborough!

Princess Bay....

Ok, so Wellington doesn't have the large fabulous shopping you can find elsewhere (although Kirkcaldies is getting better and better every year), and we don't have the largest of populations (although many would say that's a great thing).....  But what we DO have is a wild and beautiful coast line - and on a warm summer evening, with the sun slipping down behind the hills, there is nowhere in the world I would rather be!

xxo

Kiwi Style Rules!

New Zealand - you gotta love it.  We have space, natural beauty, clean air....and style.  Heaps of style!!!  When I returned from a recent trip to Europe, I came with a suitcase (ok, two suitcases) full of the latest styles.  I had raided Topshop, scoured Camden, decimated Brick Lane.... And for all my new stylish acquirements, I got quite a shock....
Because my fellow Kiwi's, they're a stylish lot.  We may not have the enormous range of shops that the major cities have, but then...perhaps that's the point?  We have to work a little harder and use a lot more imagination.

And that's what makes our style so interesting and appealing - it's  not Australian  unique.
xxo