seasons changing so it must be time for knack

I’m not sure about every­one else, but as a crafty per­son and lover of hand­made fairs where the focus is on local­ly designed and cre­at­ed items, I mea­sure my sea­sons by Knack Craft Mar­ket I know it’s autumn, not because of the weath­er, or the dates but because knack tells me so. Held at Berham­pore […]

A weekend of old things treated in new ways

It’s shap­ing up to be an inter­est­ing Welling­ton week­end — sure when is one not, but mine is look­ing a lit­tle like this. Open­ing Thurs­day and run­ning for about a month is Phan­tom of the Opera. I’m a musi­cal the­atre nerd girl so I’m excit­ed to see how it’s going to be staged as the pro­duc­tion design is […]

Christmas Shopping — Part 1

For many Christ­mas is about the newest shini­est toys and things that break with­in 10 min­utes of the box being opened, a sea­son of malls, bad music and chain stores. But those peo­ple are not us, oh no, for we know that Welling­ton is an abun­dance of bou­tique shops and delight­ful mar­kets. So with the […]