Five Oth­er Things to do in New­town:

A post had been planned about how you might like to take a tour around the fab­u­lous archi­tec­ture of Welling­ton Hos­pi­tal, and sug­gest­ing that the best way to take such a tour is while lying zonked out on great drugs on a hos­pi­tal bed, being pushed by a secu­ri­ty guard, but as being sick is so last month, here are bet­ter things you should do in New­town instead:

1. Go to the Zoo. You could even touch the red pan­das if you’re par­tic­u­lar­ly lucky.
2. Go eat a moun­tain of fries at Malo. $5.50 buys a very very large bowl of thick crisp chips and great gar­lic mayo. Make sure to share them or you won’t be able to walk after­wards. Welling­ton­ista has also had many hap­py Sin­ga­pore­an din­ners at Chumeez, and adores the duck pan­cakes at Bei­jing Restau­rant.
3. Buy Thai Red Bull from the Asian sec­tion of the small cramped New World. Mmmm syrupy. (Welling­ton­ista rec­om­mends it as a good base for Punch, par­tic­u­lar­ly when mixed with soda, cran­ber­ry juice, vod­ka and blue cura­cao).
4. Check out some hot young tal­ent before they end up on Short­land Street in a show at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Dra­ma School.
5. Go celebri­ty spot­ting. Accord­ing to the Welling­ton City Libraries, not­ed celebri­ties who live in New­town include Emma Paki — and also Miss Natal­ie Biz of course.

What’s there to do in your sub­urb?