New Zealand is…

“It’s a bit backward.” She said. “I mean, the music in the shops was terrible.”
I couldn’t but agree. They really should stop playing Hootie and the Blowfish in Hallensteins.
“And the clothes. I mean, really. I suppose if you’re a surfie it’s okay, but I mean, really.”
She was pigeonholing which I thought was a little unfair. [...]

Cities Exhibition, Tate Modern

I’m not normally the exhibitionist type, don’t you know. But I was sitting in Scooter Works, which seems to be the only cafe in London bar flat white that offers decent coffee, and I was propositioned by an Irishman.
“Yeeelliket.” He told me.
“Pardon?”
“YeellikethaTate.”
“Ah. Yes, certainly.”
So off I went with kiwi mate Steve. Kiwi mate Steve was [...]

Frisky

What’s your best frisk? Travel for a while and you get used to the quickie, so for the record, here are my top four for 2007.
#4 Stone Town, Zanzibar
The lights were out in the Stone Town airport giving the formality that extra intimacy. The airport is not much bigger than a typical storefront. An open-faced [...]

Transubstanti-what?

Let’s start with the bucket fountain.
A off-cast from a Fisher Price set, I’m sure the arty types would have some ponderously creative reason to justify why This Is Significant. Me? The sooner it’s melted into plastic benches the better.
Yet in 2001 Nick Ward gave us Stickmen, and had Paolo Rotondo staring at the edifice in [...]

Announcing blogs to be suspended on this site until further notice

Because they’re being posted daily on stuff’s website: http://www.stuff.co.nz/blogs/andrewfeltoe
Those of you who regularly visit my blog (and thank you for doing so) should visit me on the above address for the next week (or however long I stay in this competition).
Perhaps I’ll do well, perhaps not. In either case this will be good for [...]

Tube Life

He stares at her and smiles. He speaks softly and she returns his words with a whisper. They hold hands and time disappears like a breath. Some movement, she leans over to him, and a hand disappears into a bag.
It returns with a toothbrush. He slips it in his mouth and begins brushing his teeth.Not [...]

Quick Update

I don’t have time to write, so instead I’ll link you to a few pictures.
Steve’s moved up to England, so we hit a few tourist spots. I still remember walking the Tongirario Crossing and wanting to punch the British tourist who kept turning to us and exclaiming, “Oooh, there are hobbits here in this [...]

Surprise Stuff

Late one night I was visiting stuff and saw a little box called ‘blog idol’. It was a competition, a blogging comp.
Skip a couple of weeks and it turns out my entry (and subsequent work) has earned me a place in the finals. Ho-hum, fame and riches await. It’s a wonderful way [...]

Gran

Gran summoned me to Hastings for a day.
A diminutive lady, her eyes still twinkle with intelligence. There’s almost sixty years between us, several lifetimes as far as I’m concerned, yet she remains spritely and alive. She talks and talks, and with ninety four years of memories I listen.
We sit in her lounge. [...]

Respite

It’s taken a shade over two months, but I’ve finally found some work. Everybody tells me once you crack through the job market it becomes easier. We’ll put that to the test.
But for now I’m in a position I’ve wanted to be in for a long time. I’m working for a publishing [...]