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

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Another Two Great Cafes in Christchurch

By Daniel Hogan


The Herb Centre; This wonderful location consists of an adorable corner cafe that serves generally vegetarian snacks (there is just one carnivorous option on the menu...) in addition to brews the New Zealand Coffee Awards 2009-10 Gold Award winning, New Brighton-based Switch Espresso.

It is also an amazingly stocked dispensary/ health store that offers a large selection of dietary supplements, organic body goods and every essential oil imaginable, a patio garden together with a medical center that delivers midwifery services, alternative addiction treatment solution, and herbal and naturopathic medication. Phew. It's fundamentally the only one-stop-shop for the granola sect in the entire city (that we know, anyway...in case your company is one, as well, please email us!). It is an alternative style cafe Christchurch should be proud of!

The space, found on Kilmore St, is fittingly restful, with wood flooring, substantial, uncovered windows that wash the area in heavenly light, and the relaxing smells of lavender and patchouli. It really is incredibly one of a kind (peep the sweet as pictures of dancing eggs on the chalkboard wall menu!) plus the food is fresh and outstanding, try the GF, dairy free Winter Root Vegetable Cake, it was a hit around my partially vegetarian household. Come summer season, I think the backyard will likely be full of revellers in search of a comforting place to de-stress with a mug and a socially sensitive slice.

Addington Coffee Co-op; Positioned on Lincoln Rd, core to Addington village, Addington Coffee Co-op is a quaintly first-rate, natural light filled cafe and roastery that spins Blondie, roasts and peddles their own brand of Fair Trade (and DELICIOUS) coffee and seems like your living room (if you're the sort of individual whose living room has a pitch-perfect quantity of refined kitsch as well as the most impacting ambiance in the area).

The business, housed in a big former mechanics working area, needed nine months to perfect and earth quake proof (that has been fortuitous!) and its packed to the top during all hours having an assorted combination of young neo-hipsters, chatty stay-at-home-mums and expensive looking suits in search of a cozy location for a lunch break meeting in addition to a quality, fresh crafted slice, pastry or sandwich. Along with their super cool and conscious using of Fair Trade coffee, additionally they sell "organic threads" made by survivors from the sex-trade in Calcutta

Thus, in conclusion: their coffee is wonderful, the decor is outstanding and their company practices are morally righteous. Need I say more?




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