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It’s not ‘The Wire’ but at least it’s not ‘Barb Wire’
Which famous former resident will be returning to which famous street from a Central American location shortly?
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anecdotal, sport
The lanes, they are a’changing
03.02.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsAuckland is not a cycling town. Turn up to work on a bike, and people assume you ‘flat’ with your parents, and aren’t moving out anytime soon. Auckland’s city councils are trying to push cycling with a network of new cycle ways, but come on – this is Auckland, it’s all Beemers, drive through [...]
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anecdotal, entertainment
Open your own ’80s video shop
02.18.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsRemember video shops? Rewinding, fixing the tracking, due back by 12? As a lad, I’d spend hours in the corner video shop trawling the likes of Joysticks and Brewsters’s Millions to find the perfect tape for that weekend’s slumber party (it was a more innocent time back then, team).
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anecdotal, drinking, shopping
Shops we adore: Artisan Wine Suppliers
Last time I was in Auckland, I stayed at the Elliot Street Apartments (I’ll be doing a roundup of Auckland hotels in March), which was above the Elliot Street Stables, a very Europeany food court-ish space, with an assortment of eateries opening up onto central cobblestoned alleys with communal tables. It was a lovely space, with [...]
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anecdotal
Northern Busway: Fisking the Herald
02.08.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsFor Aucklanders, traffic is big, right up there with property prices and ‘How’s my hair?’. THAT big. So when I moved to the Shore (love makes you do crazy things, team), getting to work weighed heavily on my mind. I mean, Shore traffic is crap, right? The Northern Motorway is one big car park, right? [...]
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