Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Well, when you spend your working day in shopping malls and shops, the ideal holiday spot is away from the maddening crowd. The Central Plateau is my idea of holiday bliss and doing the Taranaki Falls walk or the Silica Rapids Walk is just paradise. The sounds of silence are broken by the water flowing [...]
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Tags: fabric or clothing designer, Silica Rapids Walk, Taranaki Falls walk, The Central Plateau, walk New Zealand, walks New Zealand
I have never stayed at a Hilton Hotel, until the weekend and the wonderful deals on the internet was a good lure to experience not just a Hilton, their newest one, at Taupo. Opened at the end of last year the hotel is still luring guests with special “opening” deals. The elevated location on the [...]
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Tags: Central Plateau, Hilton, HIlton Hotel Taupo, Lake Taupo, master chef Simon Gault, Mt Ruapehu, Napier/Taupo highway
Le Café Telephonique , 8 Huia St, Taihape is only 10 seconds from the main highway, and serves good cabinet food and an interesting menu selection – a welcome break on the road journey. Onyx, 70 Alpha St, Cambridge is also only 10 seconds from the main highway and well worth the minor detour, that [...]
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Tags: Cafe Cambridge, Cafe Taihape, Le Café Telephonique, main highway cafes, Onyx Cafe
It is often hard to decide where to stay, but now there is a new boutique hotel with the fancy name of Regent of Rotorua, not related to the international Regent chain, but very glamorous and stylish. A boutique hotel, it has converted an old 1950’s motel block into very swish hotel rooms. The colour [...]
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Tags: 1950’s motel block, international Regent chain, new boutique hotel, refurbished accommodation wing, Regent of Rotorua, Rotorua motels and hotels
A massage under jets of water must be one of the ultimate treats in the world and the QE Health Spa in Rotorua is the best. The “Aix” massage is a gentle and relaxing massage done with oils while jets of warm thermal water shower over your body. The Aix massage is one of therapeutic [...]
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Tags: Aix massage, “Aix” massage, gentle and relaxing massage, Health Spa in Rotorua, massage under jets of water, Polynesian Pools, QE Health Spa Rotorua, relaxing massage, therapeutic massages
This Scandanavian range of jewellery is stylish and bold and will complement any outfit. It comes in silver, gold land brightly coloured stones – pieces for her and him. They also stock the contemporary range, Stilen. Just arrived when I was in store on Friday was the long chain necklaces in the Cleopatra collection with [...]
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When in Wellington, love starting my day at Arabica Café in Grey St … always buzy – this café which seats more than 50 was full at 8.45am, and emptied out by about 9am. Do Wellingtonians have a civilized time of 9am to be at their desk? Great coffee and good selection of counter food [...]
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Tags: Arabica Café Grey St Wellington, Gotham Chews Lane Wellington, K & S, Kirkcaldie and Stains, personal shopper Wellington, personal stylist Wellington, shopping in Wellington, style consultations Wellington, Wellington Cafes, Wellington’s only department store
When you visit places regularly you find your favourite café and when they go “off” it is let down.
Lime Café at the lake end of town (opposite Queen Elizabeth hospital) in Rotorua is bathed in sunshine and has always been a superb café, great coffee, tasty food and superb savoury brioches. What a disappointing experience, my morning coffee was yesterday. The brioches are no more and replaced with doughy muffins. The lemon and [...]
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Tags: Capers Eruera St Rotorua, Great coffee, Indigo Café Hinemoa St Rotorua, Lime Café, Queen Elizabeth hospital, Rotorua, superb café, superb savoury brioches, tasty food, your favourite café
Gorgeous shops and gorgeous setting and gorgeous stock that is what Rachel Buxton has created in Karaka. And wisely, she has called her fashion accessory business, “I’m Gorgeous Limited” and her accessories are designed just to do that. Rachel has converted a 19th century church at 458 Karaka Rd into an inviting shop filled with [...]
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Tags: 19th century church, Accessories, “I’m Gorgeous” pearls, clothes, fashion accessory business, homewares, I’m Gorgeous Limited, inviting shop, jewellery, Karaka, Rachel Buxton, Simply You magazine
Especially when they are in the same vicinity, but disappointing when they are not both of similar standard. In Pukekohe and by-pass the main street and head down to the more industrial area along Manukau Rd and just at the start of Manukau Rd (no 4) stop at the new group of shops. The Merino [...]
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Tags: Devonport, flowers, fragrance, garden centre, Infusion Café, merino clothes, Papakura, Petal ‘n’ Pots, Pukeko’s Nest, Pukeko’s Nest Café, Pukekohe, Scent, soaps, Waiheke Island
