carnival!
today was the cuba street carnival. great slideshow by the dominion post photographer here. my humble photos below <click on the images below for mini movies>
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once in a lifetime
tonight we went to an amazing david byrne concert. the show was fantastic – the music and the visuals were stunning, david’s voice was even better then his early days with the talking heads, the venue was great and our…
sevens
the flash gordons (there were 50 of them) were amazed at the real life superman policeman (almost 7 feet tall). i like the photo of the flash gordons getting some first aid and withdrawing some cash from the atm. i…
city safari
today we participated in the metlink city safari. hard to describe – but combine orienteering, a scavenger hunt and “amazing race” and you’re close. technically it is called a rogaine and in a fixed duration event where you challenged to visit…
artsy fartsy
for the last 3 weeks the new zealand international arts festival has been in full swing here in wellington. held every 2 years it features a wide range of theater, music, dance and visual arts. i think most every local theater, stage…
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this weekend was the new zealand sevens. at the simplest level it is an international rugby league with teams from 16 countries that play a series of 8 tournaments around the world. the format of the matches is radically different…
a day at the races
today we went to the wellington cup carnival – a week long series of events centered loosely around the sport of kings. the race course is at trentham, about 30k (~20 miles) north of the city. as with most events…