July 2010

CONTENTS

INTERVIEWS

CREATIVE ONES
Nelson’s Bourbon Street Beat jazz band. By Drake Chamberlain-Marks

GREAT OUTDOORS
Blenheim’s Adam Shatford goes for Olympic gold. By Craig Sisterson

A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
Steven Gray’s unusual journey up the Maitai. By Michael Bortnick

COLUMNS

EDITORIAL
Know your history. By Jack Martin

TOMATOVINE
Who will run for Mayor of Marlborough? By Toni Gillan

FREE RANGE
A box of postcards. By Ro Cambridge


FOOD & DRINK

DINEOUT
LeCafe, London Quay, Picton. By Bev Doole

WINE
Vintage report: a good year. By Kirsten Rødsgaard-Mathiesen

FOOD
Alliums are the antidote to winter. By Nicola Galloway

RECIPES
By Jim Lillico, Oceano Restaurant, Nelson

FASHION & HEALTH

FASHION SHOOT
Downtown. Photography by Daniel Allen, styling by Loren Aberhart

STYLE FILE
Why you shouldn’t wear black. By Loren Aberhart

BODY & SOUL
Spoilt for fitness choice. By Sarah Ryder

REVIEWS

TRAVEL
Feast on brie and baguettes after canyoing in New Caledonia. By Sue Farley

ART
Out of Sight, Fishbowl Gallery, NMIT; Cornerstone Roots, The Boathouse Nelson. By Leonie Hall

BOOKS
History of Gardening in New Zealand, by Bee Dawson; Hell Gate
By Linda Fairstein

FILM
The A- Team. By Richard Aindow
REGULARS

FREE SPEECH
The youth of today; In praise of Curvacious Rhapsody

50c Mixture
By Drake Chamberlain-Marks; The Picton illustration by Caroline Della Porta

APPLAUSE
Jean Wilson, Grey Power Marlborough president

EVENTS

SNAPPED
Have you been?

QUIZ & TRIVIA

THE LAST LAUGH