A good night out.

Last night I went with a friend to one of the "Late" nights at the Auckland museum. The night included a panel discussion in the dome with splendiferous views, a jazz band, another band, a fashion show, and access to the whole museum.

Started off with yakatori at Ken's. (The link goes to a different restaurant but it's much the same). Unfortunately their wine selection by the glass wasn't huge so we ended up sharing a bottle between two before we even started. Then when we finally arrived at the museum, they had this great system where you could buy a drink but then you couldn't go anywhere with it so you had to knock it back double quick to get to the next event. Fortunately by that stage my glass was having difficulty finding my mouth which prevented me imbibing too much more which could have led to worse incidents. Nevertheless, it was wonderful to be in that beautiful building at night and wandering dazedly among the exhibits. Afterwards we WALKED back to K Road through the domain in the dark. By then we needed sugar, liquid and a sit-down. Ended up at the Wine Cellar in St Kevin's Arcade ... a fabulous and different sort of a place.... obviously somebody else has also very much enjoyed a drink there because although I didn't think this lampshade was that exciting, I like the state of mind I think the photo represents . (Personally I was a bit blotto to take many photos and am too hungover to face the complications of seeing whether I took any and how they worked out.) It was a good night!

Walks

It's brilliant to be able to go for evening walks without too much pain. I don't know why I don't do it all the time. First of all this hibiscus popped out and said hello as it lounged around a letterbox.



It's inorganic rubbish time and the weather's great. It's fun looking at people's rubbish. So far I've scored Victorian garden tiles (poozled from the inorganic by sharp-eyed friends), some wood to help fix the mess down the side path, and a giant pot.




I discovered a beautiful mural opposite the Red Baron motor bike shop. I'm having a bit of bother getting the photos up. Maybe later.

Mamaku Project

We love the Mamaku Project's music. I really wanted to see them at the Spiegeltent (which I also love) but 11.30 pm is just too late for a school night. Found that they were playing at the Titirangi Music Festival so we headed out west. Parking was easy and there were loads of seats so it was great for Jim who could move around, have a smoke and find a good vantage point.

This is the band. There was an electric bass too.

As if that wasn't exciting enough, along came some stilt walkers.

They were very good!

Check out those boots!

the kids loved them

Danced through a St Clements arch and ran between their legs.

And it wasn't just the kids that loved them!!!