Vot­ing in the Fourth Annu­al Wel­ling­tonista Awards is open from Decem­ber 1–15. Then come find out the res­ults at our Awards Night at Mighty Mighty on Decem­ber 17!

To vote, vis­it this page.

Ah con­sumer­ism, we wor­ship at your temple and wish to sub­scribe to your news­let­ter. These are the places in town that we hap­pily spend our hard-earned dol­lars in.

Eye­ball Kicks: Eye­ball Kicks has evolved over the years. Start­ing as a haven for rocka­billy clothes and art, now Calv­in and Monique have moved fur­ther from the clothes and more into the art – includ­ing a fram­ing ser­vice – with art from some of the world’s best pop artists and sup­port­ing numer­ous loc­al artists. And, of course, it’s the best place to go to add to your tiki bar.

Graph­ic: As much as we might not admit it, Wel­ling­ton is a town full of geeks. Geeks that make art, movies, web­sites, books, music and who read an awful lot of com­ics. There’s a huge range of stuff (divided by pub­lish­er to keep the Mar­velites away from the DCvotees) and the guys who work behind the counter are friendly and help­ful, but with just enough sneer and con­tempt for what you’re ask­ing about to cap off a per­fect com­ic­book shop exper­i­ence.  

Dav­id N White Gal­lery: It’s worth wan­der­ing around the corner from Cuba Street to Abel Smith Street’s very own Alad­din’s cave. But do it quickly, before the accu­mu­lated piles of second-hand crazi­ness that already cram the labyrinth­ine aisles finally col­lapse in on them­selves. From tiki gods to erot­ic fic­tion, swords to for­got­ten LPs, ‘eighties fash­ion to out­land­ish art­works, there’s no telling what your next exped­i­tion might uncov­er.

Artikel: The artikel girls con­tin­ue to cre­ate one of the most enter­tain­ing, visu­ally stun­ning, dance-indu­cing, present-shop­ping, jew­ellery-ogling retail des­tin­a­tions around. That corner of Wake­field Street is so much the bet­ter for its exist­ence. This year they’ve expan­ded into one of the best con­tem­por­ary fash­ion pick-up spots in town. We don’t know how they do, but, god­damn, it’s sty­ley.  

Slow Boat Records: Wheth­er it’s vinyl or CDs that you’re after, this Cuba Street icon will provide. Proudly inde­pend­ent, Slow Boat’s range and ser­vice con­tin­ues to serve as a reas­on to buy music that you can hold in your hands.