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!  

BDO People...

While the day ended with the plastic cape as clear winner for "most worn" fashion item, there were many colourful exceptions throughout the day....

The lead singer of the band Wolfmother posed for pics in his bright pink dinner jacket.....

while shorts where everywhere, in every imaginable colour!

xxo

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

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

Walking in the rain...

The city has two faces on a rainy day.  There's the one you dream of - walking through green undergrowth, lush and sweetly scented.

Marching along to the sound of the rain on your umbrella (whilst trying your hardest to avoid taking out the eyes of all those who pass you.  Umbrella etiquette - it's a tricky one!)

And then - there's the reality.....

Sitting in traffic..............for hours!

But the rain is wonderful for one reason above all others:  it gives me a legitimate excuse to bring out the Wellies!!

xxo