Kate's Blog

The Secrets of Strangers  by Charity Norman Allen & Unwin Pp. 334 Published in 2020, this fast-paced action novel about five strangers h...

The latest ridiculousness to be filed in the customer-is-always-righteous file is the recent issue of 'cakeage'. Thankfully, it is n...

My friend the Green Goddess will be gutted for missing the opening of Provisions Cafe in Arrowtown today. They were giving their ‘obscenely ...

At Café L’Arté in Acacia Bay, Taupo, everything is made from mosaics. In the ‘mosaic room’ is an armchair, sofa, fireplace, table and stan...

I like to read the paper in the morning with a cup of coffee before I head to work. I sit in the cafe and watch people come and go clutching...