a prairie girl who collects passport stamps.
The Brown Bread team has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the downstairs café in our building (Midland Building). Helmed by the folk behind Francesca's Italian Kitchen (in both Wanaka and Christchurch), Miro is serving up an extensive menu of breakfast, brunch and lunch favourites. Whether you prefer sweet or savoury, filling or light, Miro has [...]
Choosing your wedding venue is not an easy decision — at least it wasn’t for us. We originally anticipated having our wedding in Canada, close to where I grew up, before figuring out how much easier it’d be to plan if we had it in New Zealand. After establishing the country where we'd have our [...]
One of my New Year resolutions was to consistently update my blog, to share two or three posts per week. As you know, that's not exactly what's been happening... I recently shared an Instagram post about feeling uninspired and a bit blue. I'm not sure where it's stemmed from, but I've been experiencing high levels of [...]
After celebrating our engagement with family and friends, Nick and I are now in the early stages of wedding planning. We've set a date and chosen a location (which in itself has been a mission!) The journey so far has been a rollercoaster and we've already picked up a few tips that I thought might [...]
I stayed up until 2am the morning we were due to leave for the Cook Islands, which seems to be a trend whenever I take more than a day off work. Our weeklong excursion to Rarotonga couldn't have come at a worse time: work was manic, dishes were piling up, and we had just decided [...]
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