Mr first ever Listener story

I grew up reading The Listener magazine so it's a particular thrill to have my first ever story in this week's issue, a travel piece on Hawaii (click here to read).

Photos, of course, by the Animator.

Swag

Below are some of the goodies I was gifted by the part-time copywriting gig at the glorious Antipodes Nature.

Every new starter gets a session with the beauty expert, who works out the products suitable for individual skin types. This is the bounty she recommended for me.

Doing the Happy Dance right now...

    

The Danish Girl

I managed to blag a media ticket to The Danish Girl tonight and holy crap, it was every level of gorgeous.

Easily the best film I've seen this year (admittedly we are only 27 days into it, but you know...).

Go and see it if you can.

Running & Walking Guide

My first story in Good Health Choices Magazine is a guide to running or walking your first event/half/full marathon (click here to read).

Now I just need to take my own advice....

LA Cemetries

By the time you read this, my feet should have stopped aching.

We danced our butts off at a friend's 50th last night - and got to bed at 3.00am, a time I haven't seen for years.

But it was a good night - and a slow start today with brunch with the birthday girl and a heap of hangers on.

I now need to go sort out a barbie for friends but in the meantime, here's a link from a travel piece in today's Sunday Star Times about LA cemeteries I recently visited (click here to read). 

(Pic credit: Google Images)

Mumtrepreneurs

Love the term or hate it,my story on three Kiwi mumtrepreneurs who started businesses is in the February issue of NEXT magazine (click here to read).

    

A long - and full - weekend

Happy Birthday Welli - and thanks for the extra day's holiday.

This weekend we will be honouring our favourite city with a dinner party (tonight), brunch (Saturday morning), a 50th birthday party (tomorrow night) and a BBQ for friends at ours on Sunday night.
Oh and a friend from school days who's flying over from Oz for the 50th is also staying with us on Saturday night.

In between, I need to find some time to finish a couple of stories and start another one.

I'm going to try my hardest to stick to the dry January thing, but whether it's with a wine or a juice, I will be sure to toast the coolest little capital in the world this weekend.

  

(Pic credit: www.wellingtonnz.com)