Rachel Barrowman
@rachelbarrowman.bsky.social
Writer, editor, Aro Valleyan
Only at Christmas – my ex and I would have Moscato d'Asti on Christmas morning.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Only at Christmas – my ex and I would have Moscato d'Asti on Christmas morning.
I did notice that he said 'I am going to be prime minister going into next year', not 'next year's election'.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I did notice that he said 'I am going to be prime minister going into next year', not 'next year's election'.
I used to enjoy that but it was a long time ago. And I've had better marsanne (and marsanne blends).
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I used to enjoy that but it was a long time ago. And I've had better marsanne (and marsanne blends).
I remember him being here for Writers and Readers in 2003. A lovely man.
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I remember him being here for Writers and Readers in 2003. A lovely man.
Abel Smith Street (overlooking Aro Park).
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Abel Smith Street (overlooking Aro Park).
I was very relieved to find that Bremworth had, amongst the multitude of creams and browns and greys, a pretty near exact match for the ancient blue/green carpet in my (60s) apartment. (Bremworth Angus Tweed aqua, to be specific.)
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I was very relieved to find that Bremworth had, amongst the multitude of creams and browns and greys, a pretty near exact match for the ancient blue/green carpet in my (60s) apartment. (Bremworth Angus Tweed aqua, to be specific.)
I just remember it being pretty seedy by the time it closed (early 1980s).
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I just remember it being pretty seedy by the time it closed (early 1980s).
The Lido was on Willis Street opposite the Majestic.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Lido was on Willis Street opposite the Majestic.
It's the term 'latte' that offends: as if the thing itself isn't bad enough, couldn't they have just called it white, or cream?
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's the term 'latte' that offends: as if the thing itself isn't bad enough, couldn't they have just called it white, or cream?
There's something especially galling about it being 'latte'.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There's something especially galling about it being 'latte'.
I am sure you are!
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I am sure you are!
I am both outraged on your behalf and reminded of the time someone’s trolley crashed very painfully into the back of my ankle.
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I am both outraged on your behalf and reminded of the time someone’s trolley crashed very painfully into the back of my ankle.
Not one but two new (unwanted, unnecessary) tunnels.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Not one but two new (unwanted, unnecessary) tunnels.
I've been looking through my photo albums lately. For our wedding party we bought a bunch of cheap, disposable cameras and left them lying about. I'm impressed, now, by the quality. (Also, we got some great shots.)
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been looking through my photo albums lately. For our wedding party we bought a bunch of cheap, disposable cameras and left them lying about. I'm impressed, now, by the quality. (Also, we got some great shots.)
That was the first wine I ever had – at La Parisienne in Dixon Street, Wellington in the 1970s. I'm not drinking any more but when I rediscovered it several years ago I loved it: slightly frizzante, punchy and dry (and cheap).
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
That was the first wine I ever had – at La Parisienne in Dixon Street, Wellington in the 1970s. I'm not drinking any more but when I rediscovered it several years ago I loved it: slightly frizzante, punchy and dry (and cheap).
Can we have more pink grasshoppers and fewer yellow hornets please.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Can we have more pink grasshoppers and fewer yellow hornets please.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If there are others I don't want to know.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If there are others I don't want to know.
Well that's a meaning of 'Dutch oven' I didn't know.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Well that's a meaning of 'Dutch oven' I didn't know.
I can imagine. Nice and breezy up on Waimapihi heights.
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can imagine. Nice and breezy up on Waimapihi heights.
Thankfully there is wind; or, at least, a Wellington breeze.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thankfully there is wind; or, at least, a Wellington breeze.
Meanwhile, the other proposed tunnel is a little too close to home for my liking.
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Meanwhile, the other proposed tunnel is a little too close to home for my liking.