Posted On: January 20, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
For weeks, we´d been admiring the work at the community art gallery. So when we found out that many local artists welcomed visitors to their studios, we were keen to go…
Posted On: January 17, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
Many people ask us how we´re able to work and be productive in the midst of a big vacation. Well, the secret is this: by creating a dedicated work space that…
Posted On: January 15, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
NZ dairy is a big international enterprise, and ice cream is the national prize. In fact, Kiwis are the world´s #2 per-capita-consumers of the sweet stuff.
They empty the freezers of…
Posted On: January 13, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
We´ve been delighted to find that live music often fills the air here. Whether it´s a young girl´s recorder warbling “Greensleaves” at the Saturday morning market, or the Plastic Paddies leading…
Posted On: January 10, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
A month ago, we met James the Gardener. Today, we introduce you to another Waiheke resident, a local artist who creates and sells his works at a main street studio/shop called…
Posted On: January 5, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
Minnesota is a darn nice place. It´s about as ecologically enlightened and civically savvy as American states come. But to the best of our knowledge, MN hasn´t yet taken a forward…
Posted On: January 3, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
We don’t have a car here, so we rely on taxis, buses, bikes, and our own six feet to get around. That’s okay. The island is small, we’re close to the…
Posted On: January 2, 2001
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
Never before in our travels has the US dollar been as strong as it’s been on this trip. Never mind the free-falling NASDAQ. Forget about a plummeting economy. The dollar has…
Posted On: December 30, 2000
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
When we meet people, they invariably ask us where we´re from. We say “the United States” and sometimes they´re content with that answer. Other times they want to know more. So…
Posted On: December 29, 2000
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Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
They speak English here. That was one big reason we chose New Zealand for the longest leg of our journey. Having settled before in places where English is not a first…
