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Gloria Swanson’s star
“I know your face. You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.” “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
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Maori Art and other beautiful New Zealand things
A common site in rural NZ; charming colonial churches. Perhaps not beautiful to everyone, but the Lampard flats in Upper Cuba Street, Wellington, were built by my Grandfather in the 1930’s. Carving in the Meeting House at Te Papa, Wellington. Tai Chi at sunset at Tahuna Beach, Nelson. Wadestown, Wellington, from the ferry.
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Bucket Fountain, Wellington
Long ago I promised I would put a photo of Wellington’s Bucket Fountain on the site:
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Sea change
Five days in Wellington from my parents living room window:
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Shell Stoke lighters
One of the taonga (cultural treasures) I have brought back from the New Country (New Zealand): The legendary Shell Stoke cigarette lighters! Interactive scratchie fun for everyone. Yes, I did drive all the way to Stoke to get some – they make great gifts; and yes, that is the real address.
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Final episode of Sex in the City
Sometime back in March they showed the final episode of “Sex in the City” here in England. It occurred to me that this was a cultural event (albeit a minor one, like the final of M*A*S*H, or when they changed the drinking age from 20 to 18 in NZ) and so I recorded it photographically.
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Paris in the spring time
Was in Paris last weekend. Caught up with a good buddy, went to a great party in a lavish Parisian apartment, and visited the most excellent Centre Pompidou . Domino fans take note of the URL.