The Wellingtonista / October 2012
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More pop than a firecracker
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- Saturday sees the return of Craft2.
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The city chocolate fix
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- Hurray, another guest post from Heather at Foodie Gems of Wellie Where to go in the city for a quality chocolate fix between usual excuses – chocolate festivals, Valentines, Easter, Xmas, national chocolate day, your birthday, your best friend’s birthday, White Day in Japan, Chocolate Dipped Fruit and Fondue day in the US (hmmm, any others?)? Follow me, and know that the calories will go straight out the bottom of your legs if walking… Start at Bohemein Fresh Chocolates, 109 Featherston Street (unless it’s Sunday and then start at the Esque stand at the City Market in the Chaffers Building). A two-bite sensory experience of fresh ingredients, no preservatives, and interesting flavours. To be eaten within 2-3 weeks if you take some away and can hold out that long. Try the award-winning Sea Salt Caramel. Call past Kirkaldie and Stain’s gourmet shop to pick up your favourite Schoc tablet. The Xmasy Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold is all go again. Pop into The Chocolate Cake Company in Capital on the [Lambton] Quay (a mouthful in more ways than one!) to order a take-home dense and delicious chocolate mud cake for sharing. To appease the guilt of hogging out all day by yourself. Unless its Sunday, and then order online once home and you’ve licked away any telltale chocolate moustache. The next stop should be Tempt Cupcakes in the Old Bank Arcade (front corner of Smiths The Grocer) to see if you can resist a Chocolate Caramel or Traditional Moist Chocolate Cake creation. Just beautiful to behold. As you stroll up Willis Street, stop by Butlers Chocolates near the Manners corner. Whilst not a local producer, they offer some nicely packaged goodies for Xmas stockings, and have a delightfully sunny afternoon upstairs balcony for a wee chocolatey rest if required. For the regularly-voted best hot chocolate in the city, proceed to Scopa on the corner of Cuba and Ghuznee Streets. One of those experiences that just simply should be on your bucket list. Although the shot size is very cute, go for the regular at least. If you’re gonna do it, do it thoroughly. I’d suggest a sit down in a dark quiet room by about now, so loop around to lower Taranaki Street and Hashigo Zake (downstairs below Zibibbo), and order up a Rogue Chocolate Stout. And if you’re hungry, one of Hashigo Zake’s famed gourmet pies to go with it. And for a dessert finale, uplift your stomach and meander along to Matterhorn opposite the bucket fountain in Cuba Street, and order up the Eight Textures of Chocolate ‘Thai Style’. A clever and delicious finish. From here there are a range of buses and taxis nearby, who will take your chocolate-satisfied self wherever you need to go….
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Review: The Hobbit Companion
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- It’s not by chance that John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s was the setting that would become the default template for the popular notion of high-fantasy; no arbitrary circumstance that led to Tolkien’s intricately-crafted argot becoming the lingua franca of the sword-and-sorcery genre as it’s commonly understood today.
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Three dates for your diary
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- This is a somewhat random roundup of press releases that caught my eye.
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What do they want and how do they get there?
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- Rotary Forum has a question to ask.
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Bond Street needs us
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- So I’ve been thinking about Bond Street for a while. Council is currently planning changes to the area. Submissions are open on Traffic Resolution TR70-12 (PDF). The rationale for the change is reasonably strong – 7 reported crashes at the intersection of Bond and Willis Streets since 2010. The basic proposal is also reasonable – closing the intersection and making the west section of Bond Street into a cul-de-sac.
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Review: The truth game
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- Frank Stone (Alan Lovell) is acting editor of a daily newspaper.
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Horseplay
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- We noticed the other day that Namastey in Dixon St had had a makeover.
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A secret to share
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- Today’s guest post comes from Heather of Foodie Gems of Wellie.
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Wellington Night Markets
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- Before heading out on vacation, I started planning for a nice photo-post of the Wellington Night Markets.
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The Bats Ride Again
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- The Bats are playing in Wellington on Saturday, November 3rd at Bar Bodega. As a frequent attendee of their gigs I can attest to their consistent awesomenes. The loyal following of groupies, supporters for over 30 years in many instances, indicates I’m not alone.
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Feeling chipper
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- On top of all the recent openings, there are several more bars, restaurants, cafés clubs and other new places to look forward to in the next few months.
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We’ll be WOWed for another nine years
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- This morning it was announced that the World of Wearable Arts has signed a contract with Wellington for the next nine years.
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Putting them away with John Key: We attend an Event at Tuatara’s new brewery
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- It’s 9:50am and the glitterati of Paraparaumu are itching to get they drank on.
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Reasons to be cheerful
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- Wellington may be in the economic doldrums, with some prominent recent closures in the hospitality sector (some lamented, such as La Metropolitain; others less so, such as The Big Kumara), but plenty of new places are opening too.
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ALL of the meat
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- The time that carnivorous Wellingtonians have been droolfully anticipating has arrived: Big Bad Wolf has opened in Wakefield St.
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Need more umlauting in your October?
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- In 2010, hairy classic rock/metal fan Dave Keyes started throwing non-profit DressUp-RockOut events and the Gods of Rock Awards at his workplace.
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A fundraising benefit variety show for Wellington Rape Crisis
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- Wellington Rape Crisis believes that education is a vital tool in the prevention of rape and sexual abuse.
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Pablos Art Auction 2012
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- Pablos Art Auction — that gala highlight of the local art scene — is once again imminent, and this year it’s bigger and better than ever and in an all-new venue: Massey University’s Great Hall.
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Review: Privatising Parts
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- It’s hard to come away from Privatising Parts without a renewed sense of optimism for our next step, you know, as humans.
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