Archive for August, 2008


Tag-issime Ou la Réponse en Image

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August 15, 2008

No recipe today ! I have been tagged by Carole from Botacook and I decided to turn out the game in an illustrative way. So here is a farandole of questions and answers, hoping it will satisfy your curiosity.

1/Quel aliment aimez-vous le plus cuisiner? -Pas de préférence, mais j’aime lorsqu’il y a des épices…

Which staple/food do you prefer to cook ? -No Preference, but I like when there are spices…

2/Laquelle de vos réalisations a reçu le plus de suffrages? -Bizarrement pas celle que j’aurais cru…le gâteau banane-coco à la vapeur !

Which recipe was the most successful ? -Strangely not the one I was expecting…Banana & coconut steam cake !

3/La recette que votre entourage vous réclame le plus?

The recipe the most asked for ? -Chocolate cake ! What else ?…

4/Votre petit-déjeuner préféré? -Thé et tartines de pain frais avec du beurre

Favorite breakfast ? -Tea and slices of fresh bread with butter (unsalted)

5/Votre restaurant ou pâtisserie préférée? -Aurore & Capucine. Superbe pâtisserie ! Paris 9ème, 3 rue de Rochechouart

Favorite restaurant or cake shop ? -Aurore & Capucine. Superb cake shop ! Paris 9ème, 3 rue de Rochechouart

6/Votre aide la plus précieuse dans la cuisine? -Ma cuisinière !

Your most valuable help in the kitchen ? -The gas stove !

Allez, une petite dernière pour la fin avec une petite note d’humour à la kiwi !…

And a last picture for the fun…

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Welly Like I’ve Never Seen It

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August 13, 2008

This TV ad promoting Wellington city completely blew me away ! That’s the power of marketing and advertising ! A chance for you to sneak a peek at the city as this campaign is mainly targeting the domestic market.

To be honest, the story, the music and the atmosphere are lovely, but the city just feels so different to me ! I did recognize places where it was shot and there’s no trick except the wrapping paper… So, what’s wrong ?

People have criticized the girly side of the campaign or found it too similar -the music, the girl…- to the advertisement promoting Melbourne ‘It’s easy to loose yourself in Melbourne‘.

It’s true that Wellington here is advertise as a charming city to visit and to shop in…but already, shall I dare to say that I’m struggling so hard with shopping down here ?!…

The best of all, is the comment let by one reader saying “Makes Wellington look like Paris” ! I was utterly shocked ! Wellington and Paris ? I can’t pretend to know both, but I came to live there and here and they are so different ! I would never think to compare them ! Their size, their topography, their location, their architecture, people and the atmosphere, nothing is the same !

Reading more comments, I realized people knowing Wellington just didn’t appreciate the campaign as it did not reflect what Wellington really is.

And you, what do you think about it ?

La suite en français…

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Un Grand Bol d’Air Très Frais

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August 11, 2008


I planned on Friday to go for a walk early in the morning on the seaside. I wanted to capture and share a bit of the feeling I have every time I see the sea.

That’s how you feel all your life when you grew up on an island. You just need to see the sea. It doesn’t have to be sunny and warm. Simply the sea. The smell and the relaxing feeling when you look at it.

Unluckily last Friday turned out to be a nonstop-rainy-day… So my program was cancelled.

On Saturday the weather was milder, so Paprika and I decided to go for a walk at Evans Bay. But that was not to mention the wind ! ‘Windy Welly’ was back ! The wind was so strong and cold that we quickly shorten our stroll. Just time to take one or two pictures before my fingers are numb with the cold !

Of course, nearby, there were people playing rugby on a soaked playground, dressed in short and tee-shirt, but what can I say, except that we don’t belong to the same world ?! I’m still amazed how Kiwi are cold-proof !


I know this blue sky gives the illusion of a fine weather, but it was 7°C this day and with this chill wind I guess we felt it more like 5°C . This moving sculpture – 23m tall- called Zephyrometer, was swinging impressively above our head, the wind was whistling through the masts and even gulls were waiting on the ground, trying to take shelter from squalls…


La suite en français…

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