This post is an intro­duc­tion since the folks at Wel­ling­tonista have kindly invited me to join their merry band (and I now have an unex­pec­ted day off since the office is closed).

So a little about me ….  I LOVE Wel­ling­ton, food, events, eat­ing exper­i­ences, movies, solo Sat­urday morn­ing wanders, soak­ing up the city vibe, hanging out with friends, explor­ing, misty morn­ings, sun­shine, the water.…asleep yet?

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI’m also a food tour guide for Zest Food Tours of New Zea­l­and, a motor­cyc­list (road not track), I dabble in nutri­tion (includ­ing a blog of ‑hope­fully – simple inform­a­tion and thoughts), have a Wel­ling­ton eat­ing blog (star­ted as a repos­it­ory for myself once upon a time), belong to the NZ Food Writers Guild (purely for interest) and work in the cor­por­ate world sev­er­al days a week (to pay the bills!).

I live on the Ter­race to enjoy the city and all its offer­ings with ease, and share all that with a hubby and sev­er­al teen­age step-kids who come and go.

On a fine summer’s day you might find me rid­ing in the Wair­ar­apa (if I haven’t man­aged to scam a few more days off for a longer ride), host­ing guests around the city, soak­ing up the sun with a book, or wan­der­ing the water­front.

On a moody winter’s day you might find me tucked up at a movie (yay for the Inter­na­tion­al Film Fest­iv­al about to begin!), read­ing the week­end paper at a café (or new Cap­it­al magazine just excitedly dis­covered) with
Tugboat custard donuthands firmly wrapped around a deli­cious hot drink, enjoy­ing a stormy invig­or­at­ing walk around the coast, or catch­ing up with friends over lovely food and wines.

To leave you today, I figured I’d share my deli­cious Sat­urday morn­ing snack at the Boat Café this week­end gone (before all the excite­ment), enjoyed while watch­ing the misty morn­ing slowly clear­ing away to reveal a brand new day…

Until next time.

Heath­erC, foodiegem­sofwel­lie