CATEGORY: eatingout

Getting into the pantry at Marthas

Posted by gem, 2nd March 2010


I love china tea cups and plates.

I love great coffee.

I love pretty, sweet sandwiches and cupcakes and scones.

I love sweet (but not too sweet) homemade lemonade.

I love Marthas Pantry. It's so pretty and sweet.

I love reading Vogue while I'm drinking my Long Black out of a china tea cup, with a little sandwich, and a flower on the side.

I love sounding like I am a crazed Marthas Pantry fan.

Lucky that stalking a... Read more
CATEGORY: eatingout,random

Getting accustomed at Customs Brew Bar

Posted by gem, 14th February 2010
Ok, ok. I may be a little biased, but only a little.

Even if I didn't have the 'connection' I have I would still think this place was pretty sweet.

So, Customs Brew Bar. Coffee Supremes new 'educational' coffee brewing bar....Educational??...well, this is my chosen descriptor. I find that a lot of people worship that magical bean that makes them feel so alive and kicking, but a lot of those people don't know how much there is... Read more
CATEGORY: happynews,eatingout

Nothing says summer like Gelato

Posted by gem, 31st October 2009
So pretty, so sweet.....so a thing(interrobang)

On this sunny, Sunday, no wind day in the wonderland that is Wellington there was a massive line outside Kaffee Eis on Oriental Bay. Smart people. I went in and grabbed my fav lemon and raspberry cone combo. While singing Mungo Jerrys 'In the summertime' but changed the woman line to 'You got gelato, you got gelato on your mind', I thought I was so funny, until my gelato dropped... Read more
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