Emile cooked us hand-made Pasta alla Norma.

Preparing Cocktails for “Over the Rainbow” on Thursday 8 October.

Wine with friends

Sam, Emile, Tim & Ben joined Bill and I for family dinner. Some nice wine was drunk.

New bookshelves

Dixon Street crowd - Wellington Pride Parade

Exquisite new vase.

Alas. Alas. Alas.

Waiting to leave

Winter Tails

All dressed up to go to “Cabaret” at Ivy.

Installed book display shelves; hat hooks and re-arranged art in my room.

Streets of Wellington

Rain in Pōneke

Morning walk / Homemade breakfast (ingredients from Shelly Bay Bakery on Leeds St)

Second breakfast on the bridge

Sunday morning done right. (At Volco Egmont Street)

Supra Restaurant dinner with Bill

Glorious meal of snapper carpaccio (with persimmon); chickpea fritter (with enoki mushrooms & olive); zucchini (with crushed pea & pumpkin seed sauce); and pumpkin gnocchi (with sage butter, black vinegar, and hazelnuts).

#billhastings #dinner #delicious

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Supra Restaurant dinner with Bill

Glorious meal of snapper carpaccio (with persimmon); chickpea fritter (with enoki mushrooms & olive); zucchini (with crushed pea & pumpkin seed sauce); and pumpkin gnocchi (with sage butter, black vinegar, and hazelnuts).

#billhastings #dinner #delicious

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New book stand (featuring “Atlas of the New Zealand Wars, Volume 1”)

Library Persian Rug

Dins with Dins Birthday Dinner

Sensational birthday dinner at @lashoppe_nz by @dinswithdins

One of the best, most delicious and enjoyable meals of my life.

Thank you to Bill for organising, Sam, Dan and Duane for joining us, and Sam Dinsdale for a magical experience.

Menu in the last picture.