So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Two Interesting Christchurch Cafes

By Daniel Hogan


The Herb Centre; This wistful place comprises a sweet corner cafe that serves principally veggie pleasures (you will find just one carnivorous choice on the selection...) in addition to brews the New Zealand Coffee Awards 2009-10 Gold Award winning, New Brighton-based Switch Espresso.

Additionally it is an amazingly stocked dispensary/ health shop that carries a range of supplements, organic body goods and every essential oil imaginable, an outside garden as well as a medical clinic that offers midwifery services, holistic addiction treatment, and herbal and naturopathic treatments. Phew. It really is fundamentally the only one-stop-shop for the granola sect in the entire city (that we are aware of, anyway...should your business is one, also, i highly recommend you email us!). It is a alternative style cafe Christchurch needs to be proud of!

The area, situated on Kilmore St, is fittingly restful, having wood floors, large, uncovered windows that bathe the spot in delicate light, and also the calming smells of lavender and patchouli. It's perfectly distinctive (look the adorable as sketches of dancing eggs on the blackboard wall menus!) plus the meals are fresh and very good, try the GF, DF Winter Root Veg Cake, it turned out popular around my partially vegetarian household. Come summer months, I think the garden will likely be loaded with revellers seeking a peaceful place to chill out with a cup and a socially mindful slice.

Addington Coffee Co-op; Found on Lincoln Rd, key to Addington village, Addington Coffee Co-op is a quaintly opulent, natural light filled cafe and roastery that spins Blondie, roasts and peddles their very own brand of Fair Trade (and DELICIOUS) coffee and is like your living room (if you're the kind of person whose living room provides a pitch-perfect quantity of delicate kitsch along with the most affecting ambiance in the street).

The company, situated inside of a sizeable former mechanics work shop, required 9 months to perfect and earthquake proof (that is fortunate!) which is loaded to the brim no matter what times of the day with an assorted blend of fresh neo-hipsters, chatty stay-at-home-mums and fancy looking suits searching for a comfortable area for a lunchtime conference as well as a top quality, fresh crafted slice, pastry or sandwich. Along with extremely cool and knowledgeable usage of Fair Trade coffee, in addition they promote "organic threads" produced by survivors of the sex-trade in Calcutta.

Hence, to recap: their coffee is superb, its decoration is impressive as well as their business practices are morally righteous. Need I say more?




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