Winona has taken to stopping by Wazzer’s bar on Friday evening after work. Will meets her there, more and more often trailed by some of his workmates, who like the hipness-by-proxy of a place where they “know†a bartender. With all the part-time staff not at her office on Friday, and her bosses distracted by […]
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Hutt Chub
June 14th, 2010 Comments Off on Hutt Chub
It’s harder to stay skinny in the Hutt. As in all suburbs everywhere, this is due to driving replacing walking. Kapiti Coast denizens are not so deeply afflicted because they are always going for long beach walks. Now that her sister Winona is back, staying slim as she gets around Wellington on foot, Helena Hutt […]
Tags: blokes · helena · hutt valley
An Actual Conversation
June 11th, 2010 1 Comment
Willow and Winona meet up for lunch at one of the many unremarkable cafes on the Terrace. Willow is a little twitchy. She showed up in her usual winter Friday outfit, corduroys, a Polarfleece, a knitted hat, to find Winona crisply glam in a red trench coat, of all things. She’s been wondering for a […]
Rug Up, Mate: Wellington Storm Wear Strategies
June 9th, 2010 2 Comments
How long has it been raining for? Three weeks? Four? Welcome to the Wellington winter, with its lashing mix of rain and cold winds direct from Antarctica. Someday, genetic engineering will create the perfect human for the Wellington environment. Along with a third limb to hold a coffee cup or commuting bags, they will have […]
Tags: social mores · style · weather
Frankie’s Friday
June 4th, 2010 1 Comment
Frankie lives, modestly but mortgage-free, on the Kapiti Coast. She takes the train to work part-time in Wellington three days a week. This schedule keeps her from getting burned out by the nonsense at the Department of Stodge, and gives her time for her own pursuits. Frankie and some of her artsy friends have a […]
Tags: glbt-queer · kapiti coast · karin · social mores
An Inevitable American
June 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
In her new position as a Marketing Manager for the Department of Stodge, Winona is supervising two staff. One of them, a sonsy, mild-mannered woman, is half-time doing desktop publishing and suchlike. Winona had lunch with her Tuesday and found her pleasant, if opaque. Today she is having lunch with her other staffer, who is […]
Tags: immigrants · jobs · winona
Winona Woolgathers
May 31st, 2010 1 Comment
Winona’s first day at work is full of lacunas. Meetings are delayed. Her laptop isn’t ready. So she has plenty of time to think about how the impromptu party went on Saturday night. Now that everyone is older, last-minute parties don’t work so well. Wayne and Henny couldn’t get a sitter. Neither could Helena and […]
Tags: beer · how we party · ulrika · will · winona
Any Way The Wind Blows
May 28th, 2010 Comments Off on Any Way The Wind Blows
What has Will been up to, anyway? At work, he has been accepted into the tribe. He goes around with colleagues to lunches, drinks, software user groups, and the occasional sporting match. A great mob of them always go out for curry on Wednesday. The rest of the week, three or four of them tend […]
Mud and Petals
May 26th, 2010 1 Comment
It’s done. Winona emerges from an unrenovated office tower, clenching a mud-colored folder to her chest. The mud tone is the official branded colour of the Department of Stodge – all the signed paperwork for her Winona’s new job is now being clasped to her breast against a sudden downpour. The stony, low sky might […]
1 BR Avail., Hataitai, Share W/Prof F
May 17th, 2010 Comments Off on 1 BR Avail., Hataitai, Share W/Prof F
Meanwhile, far from the Flat of Legend, Willow’s been finding the mortgage a bit tight. Sitting down to balance her budget, she grits her teeth. She knew home owning would change her spending, but there were things she hadn’t anticipated. She shouldn’t have paid so much for that kitten. Or to have the peach-coloured tub […]
Tags: social mores · unreal estate · wazzer · willow