Remebering back to a simpler time over summer.
A belated date-in-lieu-of-gift with my best friend. Impromptu, as the best dates are.
I went almost straight from work to The (Courtney) Place.
I reeked of sweat from navy polyester, so many types of Mac's beers and damp cloth. Had a thirty second change into black lace and chambray denim, sandals and about a litre of YSL Baby Doll. But such an amazing evening. Working at a Cuba Sreet pub had only whetted my appetite to be on the other side of the bar ASAP - but somewhere better. On the Hummingbird side of Courtney the sun was HOT and there was still a glorious amount of time left to look proper wearing sunglasses. An outside table and a glass of Te Whare Ra reis'...
Public holiday charge and it still seemed worth it. An outdoor cafe set up that worked perfectly on that particular day... in that particular season I suppose. But then everything works in Summer, doesn't it? If I can learn to design for a Wellington winters day I will probably be able to design anything.
LIFE IN PUBLIC SPACES wellington - scene - style - design - people "public space... is at once both stage and theatre, for in public the spectators may at any moment choose to become actors themselves. Successful public places accentuate the dramatic qualities of personal and family life. They make visible certain tragic, comic and tender aspects of relationships among friends, neighbours, relatives or lovers." Lennard and Lennard, 1984.
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