Links for Thursday, 15 December 2005
Hot enough for ya? WellUrban has some excellent tips on keeping cool…. So there’s been a ‘tip-off’ that someone might want to steal the Henry Moore sculpture in the Botanic Gardens. That would be the 1.6 ton, 5m high scuplture that’s situated down a long sloping grassy hillside, in full view of hundreds of Thorndon […]
Cast your vote for SunnyO!
There’s only a couple of days left in the voting for the Annual Weblog Awards, and Wellingtonista’s resident lifestyle block expert – Llew of SunnyO – is currently in Bronze Medal position with a healthy 200 or so votes. This already surpasses the effort of our Publisher-in-Chief – Natalie Biz – who notched up a […]
Red Carpet Webcam
If you can’t make it down to the King Kong Red Carpet extravaganza this afternoon, keep in mind that the Courtenay Place traffic webcam has an excellent view of the happenings. (Note: requires a plug-in, IE seems to auto-install it, Firefox doesn’t). UPDATE: More streaming video options here.
The Dockside Christmas Menu
This particular Wellingtonista was lucky enough to be invited to an associate’s Christmas lunch at the Dockside. It’d been a while since we’d been there, and last time it was a wintry evening & we huddled somewhere upstairs. Yesterday however, was as tropical as it comes & we were delighted to discover that our table […]
King Kong Premiere Red Carpet Screening looms
Well, the weather forecast doesn’t look too flash – “Often cloudy, odd shower. Humid with light winds” – but we suspect that won’t stop thousands of people heading down to Courtenay Place tomorrow afternoon (Wed 14 Dec) for the official NZ premiere red carpet screening of King Kong. A few roads in the vicinity are […]
What is this Tunnel for?
Ben over at ben.run is intrigued by the above tunnel, located in the Ngaio gorge valley… It looks old, however there is a pipe in it that appears to be still connected. If there is a pipe in the tunnel, then it must have another end, rather than just a borough in the hill. So […]
Being part of the community
It’s all very good and well reading Wellingtonista every day, and thinking to yourself “hurrah, I am an active part of Wellington! I am hip and young and down with the kids” – but what have you done for the community lately? I’m not talking about giving to charity, or coaching a sports team, or […]
So, how about that Cricket?
So, it’s lightly drizzling up here at Wellingtonista Towers at present, which is just a short walk from the Stadium, where today’s One Day International (or Oh Dee Eye as they seem to have taken to calling this form of the game on the telly) between the NZ Black Caps and the Australian, er, Baggy […]
Hataitai: All your food are belong to us
Have you ever wanted to just eat your way around a suburb? No? Well, we here at Wellingtonista have, and we figured it would make sense to start with Hataitai. After all, who doesn’t love Hataitai? So here’s what you can get to eat:
Final Wellington Film Society Update for the Year
Thanks to David Lindsay, WFS President, for sending these notices throughout the year. Poster Sale How many times, when you have been to the Wellington Film Festival, have you wished you could have one of the posters that were on display in the foyers – even some of those that were mounted on card. Well […]