Get Mr Gay Wellington to Mr Gay World!

This week­end in Auck­land is the Big Gay Out. Now that wouldn’t be of much interest to us here at the Wel­ling­tonista because Out In The Square, the capital’s own queer fest­iv­al is big­ger and bet­ter, but at the Big Gay Out they’re also run­ning the Mr Gay New Zea­l­and com­pet­i­tion and Wellington’s Mar­cus Fen­son […]

Less than a week til Webstock ’12!

Can you feel the excite­ment in the air? Hear the squeak of glasses being polished,Threadless pack­ages being opened, plaid shirts being ironed and beards being fluffed? Next week, Wel­ling­ton plays host to the greatest most awe­some con­fer­ence in the world. Fact! We’ve already made some recom­mend­a­tions of things for Web­stock attendees to do in Wel­ling­ton, […]

Batucada Sound Machine in town to shake it

Cuba Street Car­ni­val favour­ites Batu­cada Sound Machine have returned to New Zea­l­and with a new album of tried and true road-tested tunes entitled Don’t Keep Silent, due for release Janu­ary 23rd, 2012. In addi­tion, BSM have planned their first ever com­pre­hens­ive tour of New Zea­l­and to cel­eb­rate the album release includ­ing a spot at WOMAD […]

Capitol opposite of punishment

With a couple of fam­ily birth­days tak­ing place over the hol­i­days, Janu­ary was a good time to assemble for din­ner togeth­er. Hav­ing dined at Cap­it­ol before (in fact, it’s been nom­in­ated for TAWAs mul­tiple times), I was­n’t put off by its Flash web­site or that they don’t take book­ings for groups smal­ler than eight. As […]

My personal Wellington highlights of 2011

We did­n’t have the TAWAs this year, but lots of awe­some­ness still took place. Here’s a very self-indul­­gent look at what I par­tic­u­larly loved and did­n’t – hope­fully oth­er Wel­ling­tonis­tas will add their own posts too.

No poison at this PoissonHead afterparty

We know that you are gut­ted (like a fish!) that you can­’t party with us at the TAWAs this year (so gut­ted you could­n’t even com­ment, appar­ently). Luck­ily, we DO have a way for you to get your party on with some fab­ulous Wel­ling­ton media types any­way! Present­ing: the Fish­Head magazine after­party! This Thursday Decem­ber […]

Bright lights but tasty food at R&S Satay Noodle House

Over the past couple of months I have been review­ing Malay­si­an res­taur­ants all around Wel­ling­ton for Malay­sia Kit­chen (full dis­clos­ure – I got refun­ded some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! I have gone past R&S Satay Noodle House thou­sands of times in my life as it’s in a prime pos­i­tion but I’d nev­er […]

Everyone knows Wellington is a (Satay) Village

Over the past couple of months I have been review­ing Malay­si­an res­taur­ants all around Wel­ling­ton for Malay­sia Kit­chen (full dis­clos­ure – I got refun­ded some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! With so many Malay­si­an res­taur­ants to choose from in the cap­it­al, some­times the decision simply comes down to where­abouts you are at any […]

Wellywood: blown away

So appar­ently we voted for the Wel­ling­ton sign that’s being blown away. Nat­ur­ally, Rob­bie Ellis has even more to say about it.

A very long menu at Long Bar

Over the past couple of months I have been review­ing Malay­si­an res­taur­ants all around Wel­ling­ton for Malay­sia Kit­chen (full dis­clos­ure – I got refun­ded some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! We made a book­ing at Long Bar because it was a Fri­day night, but giv­en the res­taur­ant’s Brandon Street loc­a­tion in Lamb­ton Quarter […]