Temperance Bar might not be doing quite as well as it hoped, because they’re offering 2-for-1 mains on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in their ads in the Capital Times. You can "Choose any menu item of our menu and receive another of the same or lesser value for free." Y’hear that? Any menu item of their menu!
Meanwhile The Establishment clearly feels threatened because they’ve been running an ad right next to it stating that they offer 2-for-1s every day but they don’t have any sign of their special on their annoying music-playing site (Seriously, who still does that? Is it still 1999? Is Flash still cool?). If their 24 hour liquor license wasn’t enough of a threat to society, they also offer a 1.2kg steak – which if you can finish within 40 minutes, you dine for free. Yeesh.
If that’s not yet enough meat for you in the meat-market-district, Four Kings offers "All you can eat ribs" for $19.95 on Monday nights.
Yikes. I think it’s time we did a review of Prannah and maybe Higher Taste.
Next Friday is, of course, Halloween. And if you’re not trick-or-treating, you’ll need some in-town entertainment. Oh boy do we have ideas for you!
(Awesome zombie pin-up picture stolen from My Zombie Pin-up)
First up, there’s the Halloween Howl II wrestling at Wellington High School. You already know how much we love the wrestling. Hollie, Queen of the Divas, will be there. We’ll be there, dressed up like zombies again. Wouldn’t you like to come with us?
That’ll be over and done with in time for the Zombie Meet-Up at the Paramount around 10pm. They’ll be screening poo-yourself-scary [REC] at 10.30pm with proceeds going to NZBlood, and then doing a Zombie March down Courtenay Place at 11.45pm.
There’s no word yet on how to tell the difference between the zombies and your average Courtenay Place munter, but just in case you need to here’s a helpful video from the good folks at CommonCraft.
We’re regulars at Cellar-Vate’s Winemakers’ Dinners, because we love meeting the winemakers, we love New Zealand wine, and we love having it matched with tasty tasty food. But we’re not just patriotic racialists, oh no. We’ll drink wine from anywhere! And that’s why we’re excited about the upcoming European Wines Tasting in the Cabinet Room above the Backbencher next Wednesday October 22 at 6pm:
The thriving wine industry in New Zealand and Australia has provided us with a vast array of superb wine to savour or cellar, but it’s easy to forget about the ancient viticultural traditions of Europe. As imports of European wines grow steadily, there is now a great selection available. However, the regional denominations and classifications can be intimidating, and the New Zealand wine industry’s focus on single varietals means we are often cautious about buying European wines because we don’t know what they are made from. This is a shame, as European wines often represent great value, and due to their food-friendly nature are great to enjoy with friends and family. This tasting is an opportunity to learn about some unfamiliar grape varieties, which grapes you should expect to find in wines from different regions (and therefore how the wine should taste), and to navigate some unaccustomed flavours.
Tickets are $40 for seven wines matched with six small courses with matched wine, and bookings are still available if you email becs[at]cellar-vate.co.nz. We’ll see you there – we’ll be the ones holding out our glasses for a top-up.
UPDATE: Here’s the menu for tomorrow:
I wasn’t drinking last week at the bowling, so consequently, I forgot to pick up the score sheets. Ridiculous, I know.
But I can tell you that while a Dom Post photographer snapped merrily away, the Mighty Boost beat the Bowlingtonista AND got the slowest bowl, that the Purple Cobras beat Xero, and that Ferals showed up just to drink and cheer us on, so they got a league point. That means the scores stand as:
Bowlingtonista: 4
Furry Ferals: 16
Mighty Boost: 15
Purple Cobras: 15
Xero: 4
Things are looking as tight as the holes in a number 8 ball right now, so tonight will no doubt be full of excitement and sabotage. But, if you’ll just let me put on my teacher’s hat for a minute here, I was made aware of some rather unsportsmanlike criticism last week, and that is not cool. By all means, talk yourself up, and put down teams as a whole, but repeated calling out an individual player’s technique, especially when you don’t actually know them is for chumps. And there aren’t any chumps in our league, right?
Last week was Bowlingtonista’s by-week, hence why I was lazy with reporting. But my spies tell me the scores were:
With Jamesh from the Purple Cobras getting an extra league point for fastest bowl, the scores currently look like this:
Bowlingtonista: 2
Furry Ferals: 15
Mighty Boost: 8
Purple Cobras: 9
Xero: 2
See you tonight for more excitement!
There’s a particular kind of person who likes to watch movies for 24 hours in a row, and it’s quite likely that you’re that person. Luckily for you, Ant Timpson puts on a festival to provide you with exactly what you need. Unluckily for him, and ultimately for you, tickets for the Wellington event aren’t selling as well as they should, so unless you hurry up and buy your tickets for the December 13 event now from Ticketek, it may not happen at all! Full email after the jump.
So much love to everyone who showed up last night (and especially to X who bowled for the Bowlingtonista as we were a member down).
The Furry Feral Black Balls of Fury from Clicksuite (bid on their auctions!) ended up beating the Bowlingtonista by just a couple of points at 462 vs. 281, and the Purple Cobras took the Mighty Boost 402 vs. 338. The league point for top score obviously went to the Ferals, and although the Purple Cobras had sashes, in the end the Ferals won best dressed too, for their ties and one player’s gold satin shirt. Xero were on their by-week, and as I hadn’t decided until now that you can get a league point in your by-week by some member of your team showing up to hang out with the other bowlers, they’re currently at the bottom of the league, but I’m sure they’ll pick up next week when the extra league bonus point will be for the single fastest bowl on the night.
So this is how things stand at the moment, pointwise:
Bowlingtonista:2
Furry Feral Black Balls of Fury: 8
The Mighty Boost:2
Purple Cobras:6
Xero: 0
After the jump, there’s a new table of games, since Xero have joined, including by-weeks, in which you’re encouraged to experiment with your sexuality, or come along to cheer for the other teams.
So this year we have only four teams, which means that the league will play out over three action-packed weeks starting at 6.30pm tomorrow night.
Round one (September 25):
Round two (October 2):
Round three (October 9):
Results will be posted as we go along, according to the aforementioned points system. Woo haa!
There won’t be any buses tomorrow as you’re no doubt aware, so please use the comments section to offer & request car-pools. I’d offer to drive the Newtownistas in, but instead, I’m getting a ride myself at an hour of the morning that I more often associate with falling asleep time. Wahoo.
If you haven’t been down to Breaker Bay lately to get yourself a lump of whale oil (I’m not sure what’s more disgusting – whale vomit or the bile that the same-named blog splurts out) and you’re not the type to buy such a thing on trademe, the Wellingtonista would like to make the following cheesy suggestions:
So there’s a few starting points for you. Just don’t get too cheesed off if you have crazy dreams afterwards…