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March 2010
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eating, events
Wonderland Afternoon Tea at the Langham
Alice in Wonderland has had mixed reviews as far as the actual film goes, but it’s certainly inspired a lot of fashion and now as I’ve just discovered, it’s also inspired an afternoon tea. This is a picture of the Wonderland Afternoon Tea you can have at the Langham in the Winery all throughout March [...]
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Arts, craft
Crafty goodness
I’m a crafty kid who has just moved up from Wellington to the Land of Auck and am thus on a mission to alleviate the pain from having to miss the last few Craft2.0 fairs. Fortunately, Auckland seems to be well served by several smaller regular craft fairs which I am quite looking forward to [...]
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eating, entertainment, music
Pixies in Auckland
Auckland recently received a flood of visitors from around the country for the triple threat concerts by the Pixies, the Backstreet Boys and Lady Gaga. Here Russell Dear from Wellington shares his Pixirific experience. A pastry-topped beef pot pie from Galbraiths on Mt Eden Road was an unexpectedly good start to the night. After that [...]
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entertainment, events
Swan Lake! With sparkles! On ice!
Hands up who watched the ice skating during the Winter Olympics? C’mon, admit it! I know there’s more of you than that. What’s not to love about ice dancing? It’s just so very … sparkly. I like the sparkly and I’ve long dreamed of being an ice dancer. But then throughout my life I’ve variously [...]
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markets, shopping
To market, to market
Aucklanders are well served when it comes to markets, both in variety and geographical spread. Much to my embarrassment, despite having lived in Auckland for 13 years I’ve visited very few of them. My challenge to myself this year is to remedy that. One market I have visited (more than once even), purely by virtue [...]
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