The old favourite on that princely Courtenay Place corner has recently emerged from a makeover. John and Mary Coleman opened Hummingbird restaurant and bar in 2000. Around that...
I’m flying into town for a Friday night rendezvous with Rose, at the recently opened Dragonfly. She arrives before me and sends a text: ‘I’m down the...
Having lived it up and boogied down in this town since it was almost legal to do so, I have seen a few generations of cool come...
According to a Googletistic so unverifiable I couldn’t bring myself to link it to this post, the average lifespan of a restaurant is two and a half...
There’s no denying what’s happening right now. Rugby head or no, you cannae bury your head in a corner of our wee antipodean isle and forget there’s...
New Zealand is a pretty versatile country, cinematically speaking. It’s stood in for Japan, Middle Earth and wherever the hell Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess were supposed...
One half of musical comedy act Mrs. Peacock and sole member of mostly non-musical comedy act Jarrod Baker.
Locally-raised journalist & writer, he began his working life elbow-deep in restaurant dishes & learnt most of his descriptive language from irate chefs & maitre'ds.
Digging around for bargains is Bel's fave kind of shopping, but she will admit: she even enjoys supermarket shopping.
