Reviews and Places
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Review: After the Storm
- Salient
- Emma Salzano's After the Storm was originally a project created at Te Auaha, then went through a development season as a Lift-Off piece, and now it's making its world premiere at the New Zealand Fringe Festival. And let me tell you, I'm thrilled that it's back. It's been quite some time since I've seen a play that has genuinely touched me. And I don't say this to be disrespectful, but perhaps to acknowledge my own desensitisation towards such things. After the Storm changed that. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a good love story. But this play is more than just a romance; at its core, it's about grief and how our emotions shape our lives. The story takes place in the 1930s and follows a group of Italian immigrants who leave their volcanic island of Stromboli and start anew on the shores of Island Bay.
- Accepted from Salient 2024 by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- island-bay
- reviews
- theatre
Te Auaha, Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capitol opposite of punishment
- The Wellingtonista
- With a couple of family birthdays taking place over the holidays, January was a good time to assemble for dinner together.
- Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed
- Tagged as:
- reviews
- restaurants
- mount-victoria
Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Bright lights but tasty food at R&S Satay Noodle House
- The Wellingtonista
- Over the past couple of months I have been reviewing Malaysian restaurants all around Wellington for Malaysia Kitchen (full disclosure – I got refunded some of the costs).
- Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed
- Tagged as:
- reviews
- cuba-street
- restaurants
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rasa Malaysia – top eats near the top’o Cuba
- The Wellingtonista
- Over the past couple of months I have been reviewing Malaysian restaurants all around Wellington for Malaysia Kitchen (full disclosure – I got refunded some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! A freezing southerly was blowing around Wellington when I met with a group of friends at Rasa Malaysia on Upper Cuba Street, pushing all thoughts of trying something new out of my mind. The weather meant I had to have my favourite laksa.
- Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed
- Tagged as:
- cuba-street
- restaurants
- reviews
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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cuckoo for caffeine
- The Wellingtonista
- You may be wandering along the waterfront later in the year when a crowd of large gentlemen in colourful cotton knit shirts may ask for directions to something called the “RWC Party Zone”.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront
- coffee
- reviews
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Viva Mexico, viva Zapata, in fact viva my lunch
- The Wellingtonista
- I was out with my Dad and my daughter today and needed to find lunch for three generations of Judds in the Cuba St area.
- Tagged as:
- restaurants
- cuba-street
- reviews
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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My Cuba Street (18 Artists) - 30 November, South Coast Gallery on Cuba
- Texture
- 18 artists putting together an exhibition inspired by Cuba Street will always tantalise the curiosity of any true Wellingtonian (Even an emigrated one such as myself).
- Tagged as:
- cuba-street
- exhibitions
- reviews
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ohtel Wellington - 15 May, 66 Oriental Parade
- Texture
- Okay, so here’s a first for texture (I think). I’m reviewing a hotel. And guess what? It’s freakin’ cool baby. Ohtel is situated on the prime real estate of Wellington’s Oriental Parade. It’s a fairly compact building, with an understated yet stylish exterior. The theme throughout the hotel is 50’s urban chic.
- Tagged as:
- hotels
- oriental-bay
- reviews
Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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