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January 2009
01/28/2009
01/27/2009
214 km for Fush n Chups? (from TypePad)
It was a holiday weekend here, Auckland Anniversary. This evening I went for a bit of a drive to try a new road, before the toll started, and to get dinner:
See The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups (from TypePad)
01/26/2009
Vox Hunt: Make Me a Drawing
Show us a drawing. How I looked to my niece, when she (now 8) was about 3.
Happy New Year, and New Zealands best Ice Cream! (from TypePad)
A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It's the first time this year we'd seen her and my mate said:
"Hello, Happy New Year"
To which, beaming, she responded;
"No, not yet, it's tomorrow!"
And, because she's Chinese, it was!
Planet Ice Cream is a tiny little store packed with all kinds of merchandise. While it has a wide range of ice cream, the main product, you can also get anything from a phone card to grocery lines. Seems a little out of place in the yuppie'ville that is the Viaduct but serves a useful purpose.
We stop there because, she's lovely, it's about the right place to stop for a refresher and the Rush Munroe Ice Cream she stocks is New Zealand's finest.
* From which you may gather this ride is more pleasure than ultimate fitness!
01/22/2009
Vox Hunt: Read All About It
Show us someone reading.
Submitted by Empress Nasi Goreng.
My Sister and Niece, who could read upside down at the age of 3 it seems:
01/20/2009
Fiat and Chrysler: An Italian Daimler Chrysler Sequel? (from TypePad)
Fiat + Chrysler doesn't seem like a brilliant idea at first thought. Anything + Chrysler would be a bundle of trouble I reckon. Although Fiat need volume and US distribution I hope they find a better answer. Fiat's US legacy is dire but is a rather distant memory. Fiat is now a very different beast to the company that abandoned the US leaving a trail of rust in it's path
Chrysler is a disaster today and I can't see it doing anything to enhance a brand. File this one under "Last Resort".
01/13/2009
Vox Hunt: Play On
Show us a musical instrument you wish you knew how to play.
Took this at Preservation Hall, New Orleans. It was low light and didn't want to use the flash, even though blurry it captured the mood and was my favourite photo of the trip
My other New Orleans photos are here
01/12/2009
Vox Hunt: My Favorite Plant
Show us your favorite plant that lives in your home.
