Minus 5
Experience exotic vodka cocktails in Queenstown’s Minus 5 ice bar instead of sweltering in Seattle’s heat wave – what’s not to like about that?
20 Jul
Woohoo!
Woohoo!
Steeps! Too bad that even with freshies, I am still encountering (visually, not physically) entirely too many rocks. But rumor has it that a storm …
19 Jul
Don’t whine, wine!
Don’t whine, wine!
Treble Cone, reputedly the steepest, most-advanced hill near Queenstown, is closed today due to high winds! Time for Plan B. Cancel snow bus reservations. Get suggestions …
18 Jul
Remarkably rocky
Remarkably rocky
Headed to the Remarkables today – only to spend 95% of the day playing in the park (not my usual playground) because Shadow Basin (the …
17 Jul
Where are the freshies?
Where are the freshies?
Sigh. It’s the first day of my latest Southern Hemisphere snowboarding holiday, but off-piste conditions (the only place I ever ride, given a choice) are …
17 Jul
Fiending for downhill
Fiending for downhill
Apparently the agenda (unknown to me) for today involved meeting people for the next New Zealand holiday, not snowboarding on this one. Wandering through Queenstown, …
17 Jul
Motogrill
Motogrill
Motogrill was the place to be for fabulous scrambled eggs on panini after the never-ending 30-hour jaunt to New Zealand.
14 Jul
Bored at SFO …
Bored at SFO …
But fortunately, the architecture is photo-worthy! Less than an hour to LAX, but still about six hours until liftoff to Auckland!
14 Jul
On the eve of the New Zealand holiday
On the eve of the New Zealand holiday
Huck isn’t only the name of a wine – it’s the theme of my New Zealand holiday! So it’s apropos that I’m sipping Huck on …