Monday Holiday at Zaida's

The rain has finally come to drench Wellington after being really good to us over the Anzac  remembrances. So I am out to get some photos printed at Harvey Norman and also have a coffee and sandwich at Zaida's right next door. It is excellent as always, and I picked up on some local magazines to have a look at. 'Next', the top Kiwi women's glossy mag, is a good example of female pride and achievement in NZ. But it is 99% white and very middle class. So not much of lefty politics there. 

'Capital' on the other hand, a great Wellington specialty mag, has a lot of meat on its bones. Typical is an article entitled 'Richie McCaw is Gay' and giving a page on sports writers and the opinion that who gives a stuff if Richie is, or isn't. This is two years old this mag, and Richie is still being seen with the odd beauty on his arm, but remains vehemently single. Nice to see it getting an airing though. The writer quoted the great Aussie league footballer, Ian Roberts, who famously came out as being gay.

Baguette and roast beef sandwich

The thinking magazine

Dear sweet Richie, my fave All Black 

The classic nuclear family in Lower Hutt

This arvo I have another rehearsal with Tiwhanawhana for the Friday night commemorative wedding party for an amazing couple of queens, John and Des, who are celebrating ten years of their official marriage, although they have been a couple for over fifty years. I am hoping to attend it, even as the drinks boy, as it should be an interesting part of gay New Zealand folklore. It is also at Zealandia, a bird sanctuary I have long wanted to visit. So now on to baking a cake for the week, carrot and walnut, as Tom has given me a bag of nuts from his tree in Norsewood. Let's hope the rain lets up for a while as it has been very, very, wet!