visited!

Mum came to stay with me for a few days following the wedding anniversary party - she had a few friends to catch up with when she was here, but we got to hang out and visit a few places in Wellington.

We had dinner at the fantastic Floriditas on Cuba Street - it's the third time I've been there but I always enjoy it! It's kind of like the Wolseley in London in that it starts at 7 for a breakfast sitting and then just stays open until supper time with different menu items depending on the time of the day.

We went out to the comfortable Lighthouse Cinema in Petone for Oliver's school fundraising night - a preview screening of the new film Predicament (starring Jemaine Clement). As it was a charity night we got lolly mixtures and champagne - excellent! I enjoyed the film, it was the right side of creepy! Strange to see Jemaine in a different role!

We also went to Circa Theatre for a production of The Great Gatsby which was really well done, always an interesting story. I worked out later that Miranda Manasiadis who played Daisy is also Jemaine Clement's wife!

On the Wednesday night we went to the Backbencher pub opposite Parliament to be in the audience for Back Benches, which is kind of like Question Time for NZ. It goes out almost live on TVNZ7. The pub was really crowded so Mum and I were stuck around the corner but it was still quite enjoyable to see all the banter going on. My knowledge of NZ politics is still very weak!!