Archive for October, 2010
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Rotovegas Rocks for biking
 Mountain biking has become the new golf for me and a few buddies, while the thrill of hitting a sweet shot or sinking a big putt is a rush, it doesnt compare to this!  “> Share
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Crafty Carruthers Gals
 Anna has recently started a new business Lila Pearl, making earrings, cuff links and gift tags. She has booked a stall at the Thorndon fair (one of Wellington’s biggest) Ruba and Rose have joined the action filling Lila’s old baby food jars with lollies to sell. Share
No Comments » - Posted in Fresh,New Zealand by timezoneone
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
lessons from losing $2 billon
Between 2006 and 2010 New Zealand saw the systemic collapse of the finance company sector, with 30 finance companies going under. Investors are out of pocket nearly $2 billion dollars and the Securities Commission has large charges against 14 directors. – 12 lessons that can be learned from finance company collapses: 1. Unsophisticated investors didn’t [...]
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
the joy of hunting and gathering
The water is getting warmer so we can enjoy the kiwi beach tradition of feeding our families by walking down to the rock pools and catching these beautiful, delicious creatures. Schedules are determined by the low tide, the excitement and anticipation of checking ones pots is addictive. The pride of bringing home the bacon mixed [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Roller Derby Revival
I don’t know if it was Drew Barrymore’s movie Whip It  that recently brought the appeal of roller derby or Flight of the Conchords with their awesome and super sexy song Ladies of the World music video,  but we are certainly seeing some sort of revival here in Christchurch. We have our own all women’s league called Dead End [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Relief for Christchurch
We are still feeling the earthquake aftershocks in the Christchurch studio 7 weeks now after the big one. What used to have us diving under our desks now makes us taking bets on richter size, epicentre & depth. We think we are quite knowlegeable now after thousands of aftershocks, even a rather large one as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Entrepreneurs
I am off to the Mediterranean for Christmas. While there (Malta) I would like to go to Libya for a few days. It is close and would be an amazing place to go. Getting visas to Libya is a bit complicated so I have been emailing a Libya travel agent, who yesterday replied thus: I [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Billy says
“You pass this way but once. There’s no such thing as normal. There’s you and there’s the rest. There’s now and there’s forever. Do as you damn well please or you could end up being a pot-bellied, hairless boring fart.� So says Billy Connolly in his blog. Billy’s working life in Scotland started as a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Chicago Community Trust 95th Birthday
We (Raewyn, Shelly, Rich and I) have just returned from the Chicago Community Trust’s (CCT) 95th birthday celebration. It was entertaining, thought provoking and moving. What does the CCT do? The CCT connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. It has been doing this [...]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
What’s happening in the Zone?
I am delighted to report that all our accounts are all going very well; we have excellent clients who are motivated that their brand, service or product should be loved, cared for and showcased to the world. As such we are doing the traditional collection of brand, film and advertising projects. However digital now leads [...]
