A seat at the table: Noble Rot Wine Bar

It is time for another post in the occasional series about eating out. It was my birthday on Saturday as … More

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Birthday Charlie

Today is our cat, Charlie’s birthday. We wish him well as he reaches 13 years old today. You can find … More

This past week saw both a trip up to Napier (see Thursday’s post about wine tasting and my next post … More

It was a week in which we had a lot of rain…and I mean a lot of rain. The skies … More

It is my birthday today. A grey morning, a rainy afternoon, and an even wetter evening. This morning I set … More

It’s time once again for a round up of this week’s small pleasures, and once again, food features. The week … More

Well I have to confess that most of these pictures were taken on Friday, as, as predicted, it is raining, … More

Hello and welcome to this week’s small pleasures…coming to you on Sunday, New Zealand time, instead of Monday, as I … More

I firmly believe that as we get older, instead of forgetting our birthdays, we should continue to celebrate. No longer, … More

Actually, to be accurate, the whole week was a small pleasure. We were in Singapore as you may have seen … More