I made you a recipe. Eat it on a crisp, autumn weeknight and eat the leftovers for lunch all week. butternut, black bean and silverbeet chili with chipotle adapted from Bon Appétit 2 tablespoons vege...
I can’t believe I didn’t know about Kowtow until recently. For ages I’ve been whinging about how in Wellington there’s a lack of quality, affordable basics, and Kowtow was her...
Reading books 1Q84, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Claudine At School, Hunger Games (x 3), A Sense of an Ending, Bossypants, and now Bonjour Tristesse. Planning and scheming About Europ...
Cry Baby is a really good movie. Wanda Woodward (below) is a glorious specimen of true babeliness. Isn’t she the most? To say the least?
Pictures from Odessa in the Ukraine by Klaus Pichler, via beautiful tumblr officinamacedonia.
As I mentioned in my last post, we recently had an amazing time in the Nelson-Tasman area. We stayed at a bed and breakfast in Mapua and nature was all around. Plant and animal life is so different j...
Hello strangers! Been a long time, shouldn’tve left you without a dope beat to step to. I’m so sorry I have been MIA, partly it’s because I’ve been thinking about starting a n...
Props to my friend Willow for making me want to make my own Summer Goals. Help cook Christmas dinner. Picnic. Read a billion books. Eat fish and chips (sans fish) by the sea. Take film photos. Drink ...
Meet the cat phone! I am now finally able to instagram your faces off. The Gentlewoman is basically the best thing ever. Except maybe for my new Nathalie Lete designed hankerchief that my dear friend...
Charlotte Taylor, cutest! via calivintage.
Hey guys. Sorry I haven’t been around. The week before last I found out my cat Ella was really sick, and she had to be put to sleep. She lived at my Mum’s house so I wasn’t able to ...
Friends! Today I bring you some of my favourite books. While they’re mainly very obvious choices, I always enjoy hearing the recommendations of others so I thought I’d share. And maybe yo...
Oh my, her hair. Love these pictures of Kiki, via The Velvet Bow. Also relevant: “I’m currently cleaning out my closet of childish dresses. I want to start dressing like I’m 30. Some of the things I ...
A long weekend lunch of caramelised garlic tart, pesto potato and green bean salad, ribboned asparagus salad, club sandwiches, and plum yoghurt cake for dessert. Ottolenghi’s caramelised garlic...
It’s a chilly one here in Wellington, a perfect time to post these pictures and remember what fun my friends and I had on our new years bach holiday at Waitarere, and think longingly about the ...
Jason just developed a roll of film from ten months ago, with no idea what was on it. Turns out, all sorts of summery goodness! These pictures are from our friend’s wedding in Opotiki, my famil...
1. Visit Twin Peaks with Honey Kennedy reminded me that I really need to finish watching Twin Peaks. 2. But when I get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I still imagine Bob is hiding...
One day I’ll learn to take photographs of things other than food. In the meantime, here’s more food! I’ve also started a tumblr, and am enjoying using it as a place to catalogue wha...
You know how I feel about stationery, right? Then I’m sure you can imagine that I want to marry Present&Correct, the most amazingly styled stationery shop ever, and have ten thousand of it&...
1. A dream dress by Mulberry, at Elsa’s blog. 2. Juliet Gorman‘s handmade beads and necklaces. 3. Jane Eyre. Still obsessed. 4. The world’s greatest egg cup (first equal with Mog). ...
I’m tickled to be taking part in Food Week at Where the Lovely Things Are, not least because I loved last year’s Book Week so much. Also I, uh, really like food. In case you hadn’t ...
Fancy vintage ladies and cats on leashes are a match made in heaven. A 1961 casting call for ‘The Black Cat‘ from the Life archive, via Thought Patterns.
Moar Melbourne! House made crumpets and strawberry butter at Miss Jackson. Melbourne Museum. Sonido on Gertrude St. Go there. Get arepas, Colombian hot chocolate and juice made from fruits you’...
About time I got around to posting some pictures from Melbourne! We had an amazing time. We ate all the foods ever, went to galleries, museums, rooftop bars, great pubs and spent time exploring Fitzr...
1. Galaxy nails, attempt no. 1. Also here. 2. Birthday present KW sunglasses. Thanks for spoiling me Mum!
Welcome to what I’ve been eating lately! I made cupcakes for SPCA Cupcake Day at work. They tasted of chocolate, guinness and cream cheese icing and looked like little boats. Wellington on a Pl...
Blown away by Twenty-Seven Names‘ NZFW presentation, as per usual. Love these guys. Via Katherineisawesome, who has some choice party pics from the event up.
Boutique by Jaeger, via calivintage. That last dress is serious birthday dress material.
photo from our window by ma gurl Kim It’s snowing all over Wellington, including at sea level! Apparently for the first time in 35 years? I’ve certainly never seen the likes of it round t...
Maureen and Noreene, via Les Yeux Sans Visage
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