With FIFA World Cup games airing in the deeps of the night and the early morning, the question at Winona’s office this week, is, who is going to win? Who is going to be brave and daring enough…to call in sick on Friday after the 2 AM game, New Zealand versus Paraguay? Winona breezes in […]
Entries Tagged as 'romance'
It Only Happened The Once
June 18th, 2010 2 Comments
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 […]
Tags: glbt-queer · romance · wazzer · winona
The Starfish
May 11th, 2010 1 Comment
“Get in the car! I said, get in the car! Get in the car NOW!†Helena Hutt takes the deep breaths familiar to any mummy trying very hard not to scream at the children. Right now she is driving them all to an ear specialist doctor, 30 minutes and a parking nightmare away in Newtown. […]
Tags: geography · helena · romance · social mores
Wellington Men III: The Export
April 16th, 2010 Comments Off on Wellington Men III: The Export
Will has started his new job, at a private software development juggernaut. Out for drinks with the new crew, he meets someone else who’s recently come to Wellington. Woodrow has a knot of people around him, enjoying his happy, shouty vibe. He can’t believe his luck. He’s down here on contract for Weta Digital, working […]
My Welly Valentine
April 7th, 2010 Comments Off on My Welly Valentine
When Aucklanders get romantic, they seek out their local views. They want to show off to the significant other, as well as see and be seen. So Auckland canoodlers herd at the Viaduct Basin harbor, the bayside promenades that look out over Rangitoto, the parks on the edges of volcano hillsides. Romance is different in […]