shirt + jacket = shacket

why leave the house with a view like this?

finally booked and (not) ready to go

After a couple of weeks of looking at flight options, I finally booked my ticket to Manila. Instead of my preferred AKL-SYD-MNL//HKG-AKL route, I booked the above itinerary including a 10 hour visit to Perth, a place I haven't been to yet.

I've also never been to Hong Kong, or wanted to go there before. But as the Hong Kong Museum of Art is exhibiting Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation, I thought I would stop and have a visit. It will also give me a chance to do all the touristy things such as visiting Lantau Island and Victoria Peak, and taking the ferry across to Macau. I don't think I can handle the markets, so I will stick to the shopping centres.

By the end of this trip, I should have 14 more stamps to my passport, and visited 4 cities I've never been to before.

time to go home

the remarkables and lake wakatipu

queenstown

Weekend trip to Queenstown to farewell Qantas from flying domestically in New Zealand. Having to choose between an economy window seat on the right hand side providing the best views on this route, or in business class on the aisle was a tough decision, but in the end I went with business class and was still able to see out the windows on both sides of the plane. I was also able to see the fake Louis Vuitton bag the person sitting across from me had. Wonder why she was staring me up and down when I got on board with my LV carry on bag, messenger bag, and boots...

I wanted the Louis Vuitton Faux Semblant Carre sunglasses in the window, but they didn't have the black ones and I didn't want the tortoise ones as they had been on display, so left empty handed.

gucci gloves

Picked up some Gucci gloves from their end of season sale.

SBF brasserie at the langham hotel

new kicks

soto japanese restaurant

Supreme Winner: Metro Asian Restaurant Awards 2008

Metro/Audi Restaurant of the Year 2008 Best Japanese

Winner: Cuisine Restaurant of the Year 2007 Best Ethnic/Theme Restaurant

wagamama

auckland botanic gardens

auckland town hall

Mike Mizrahi - the man behind glamorous Louis Vuitton events - was given the responsibility of transforming the Auckland Town Hall to celebrate the launch of Telecom's new XT mobile network.

louis vuitton mother's day event

Louis Vuitton had their Mother's Day event tonight, and even though it was wet and cold, a lot of people turned out to drink champagne, eat canapes and listen to an accordion player.

louis vuitton mother's day event invitation

Louis Vuitton invitation to an exclusive Mother's Day shopping experience, celebrating La Parisienne Chic.

The invitation combines elements of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower, Louis Vuitton Flagship store at the Champs-Élysées, hard sided suitcase, and Kalahari PM and shoe from the latest women's collection.

one hundred and fifty eight photos later

After over a week of planning which photographs I wanted to mount, and figuring out where each would go, it's finished.

Consisting of 10 boards with 15 photos each and a trim of off cuts at the bottom, the Photo Wall was made to cover a bare spot in our hallway where a door used to be before renovating our bathroom.

Each board has a selection of photos from some of my travels in date order: Tokyo & Singapore (2006); Los Angeles (2007); San Franciso & Los Angeles (2007); Shanghai (2008); Rome, Venice & Milan (2008); Paris & London (2008); New York (2008); Tokyo (2008); and Sydney (2009).

day trip to ashburton

new brighton pier

fantastic weather for a wedding

easter in christchurch