January 2008

The Archives

• sport

  Aucklandista guide to watching international Cricket this summer

  01.31.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Cricket’s a summer bat and ball game invented by England but perfected by the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Australia (boo!). Being English, there’s a whole bunch of complicated rules, but they won’t concern you when you’re deciding if you can still eat a hot dog dropped in a beer. Keen to get involved? There’s […]

• eating

  What Is Going On?

  01.31.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  What you see below is one my favorite things in Auckland.
  It currently resides outside the great Tanuki Cave on Queen Street (best Tanuki Cave memory: Peter Montgomery offering me squid rings).

  I do not know what it is, but I know it haunts my dreams.

  MY DREAMS.

• drinking

  Make Mine Milkshake

  01.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Righto, Bronwyn and I have finally placed our first post on Longest Drink In Town.
  We were traveling in the lower part of the NI over summer and for some reason now lost to the ether we decided to blog on milkshakes (look, at least we’re not posting pictures of our cats falling off chairs […]

• drinking

  A Wine Day Out

  01.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  After all the standing involved in the Big Day Out, I knew that I’d want something relaxing to do the day after, so I roped in an Auckland friend to act as a designated driver, rounded up some girlfriends, and we headed out of town to the vineyards of Matakana. Unfortunately, it seemed like the […]

• entertainment, events, music

  Five things to do in Auckland on Anniversary weekend

  01.24.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  It’s Auckland Anniversary weekend, where we celebrate the 168th anniversary of, uh, the Auckland province! (…which only existed for 26 years before being abolished in 1876, but it’s a long weekend in the middle of summer, so let’s not complain.)
  After the jump, let’s have a look at five cool things happening in Auckland this long […]

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