Noth­ing about signs here, I prom­ise, except that a tweet I saw after the storm wished that the sign had been up so that we’d have alpha­bet soup in the har­bour right now. But in some bul­let points that you might be able to use: 

  • Con­grat­u­la­tions to Ange whose Four Sea­sons Cock­tail has won her a double pass to the 42Below Cock­tail World Cup. Can you please email us your address so I can send that out to you, Ange? And the rest of you can buy tick­ets for your­self online or at the Hawthorn Lounge. The Old Museum Build­ing is a lovely ven­ue and cock­tails are always a good time. 
  • Speak­ing of alco­hol-related events, Cel­lar-Vate are start­ing up their wine­maker din­ners for the year with Coney Wines on March 31. Tick­ets are $45 and are avail­able in store, or you can book on the phone. Coney make deli­cious wines, and their tast­ing notes are kind of hil­ari­ous, so it should be a good night. 
  • Our cous­ins in the north, The Auck­land­ista are mak­ing a go of it again, so if you had deleted it from your book­marks due to inactiv­ity, you might want to resub­scribe. 
  • We set up a form­s­pring account so y’all could ask us anonym­ous ques­tions, and while it was easy to reply if we get paid by any of the bars we men­tion (we’re not. Full dis­clos­ure though: occa­sion­ally we get treated extra nice, but only as reg­u­lars are, rather than because we wield the almighty power of teh blo­go­sphere) it’s much harder to advise on how could someone find a book­club to join. Do you guys have any answers?