A night out in Wellys

I went to Wellington recently to hang with my girlies.  So so so so fun! The whole point of the trip was to take in some Kiwi sounds at 'the Accoustic Church tour' listening to Annika Moa, Holly Smith and Boh Runga weave their voice magic.  We thought The Church tour was just for the accoustics not for any major religo reasons but perhaps we didn't get the memo about once you enter this holy place you must sit up straight, be silent, wear old lady gloves and suck a lemon.  Maybe not the glove part but it felt very formal We got into town after stopping and picking up the girls along the way. We were a bit late doing the airport pick up for the bestie coming from out of town but you try organising that many chicks after a couple of glasses of bubbles.  It was decided that the best way to begin was with a quick meal at a pub just around the corner from the 'Old St Pauls' venue.  For three reasons.. it was close, it sold alcohol and the weather was shit-house.  This turned out to be not the best decision as it was also the meeting spot for about 600 bright yellow 'pheonix' supporters, all having a pre-drink or two before the big game.  If you can't beat em join em.  As we were on a time limit and there wasn't enough elbow room to actually eat anything I was passed a straw and told to drink up.  We dithered so long at the pub we ended up being the last ones into the gig but due to some serious pew jumping and dedicated seat sourcing by the cheeky accountant in our group we ended up with some pretty excellent seats near the front.  Unfortunately when you get five happy hungry chicks together, it tends to get a bit noisy, especially when two were singing along and one is trying to eat Crunchy Grain Waves as quietly as possible, this resulted in hysterical silent pew shaking cry laughter.  We were literally back in 3rd form in a school assembly.  The lady in front didn't take kindly to our naughty kid antics so spun round and threw a 'SHUT UP' back at us!  She didn't even begin with a stern 'SSSHHHH' she went straight for the jugular.  Harsh.  I mean Jesus it was a music gig not a bloody library!  Obviously the 'Church' environment turned all the other music lovers into uptight stiffs.
The second half thankfully let people put their imaginary bibles away and it loosened up a bit more.
Jeepers Anika, Holly and Boh have some pretty impressive pipes on them.  Goose bump material.
Once the music was done we realised how bloody hungers we all were so set off to find somewhere to fill our tummys...easier said than done at 10:30pm.  After much trudging we saw a beacon of light which turned out to be a fab little Vietnamese place with something for everyone and pretty decent prices.  $6 Cockage seemed reasonable for that time of night too.

The car ride home established just what appendage one friend is interested in and that there are other more interesting ways of saying 'and' Ampersand!  All in all a very awesome night out with some gorgeous lady friends. I miss your faces already!