Missing Wellington
Dec. 5th, 2009 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysHave I mentioned lately that I miss central Wellington. Petone has its charms, but how many months would you have to wait on Jackson st before somebody walked past in a fairy costume. In Manners Mall, it seems like a normal occasion,
There are minor irritations to the central city. Hordes of charity collectors after your dollar - I don't care how good your cause, I don't want you accosting me on the street. Then there are stores that think that pumping their music onto the street somehow makes them more attractive rather than being noise pollution.
But then sometimes something else happens. I was sitting in Abra-kebab-ra on Manners st, looking out at the mall and I could see a Red Cross collector bothering people. But then the sound from the Turkish kebab shop got to her and she started dancing to the music. A very appropriate dance it was too. Impromptu street theatre - brilliant.
There are minor irritations to the central city. Hordes of charity collectors after your dollar - I don't care how good your cause, I don't want you accosting me on the street. Then there are stores that think that pumping their music onto the street somehow makes them more attractive rather than being noise pollution.
But then sometimes something else happens. I was sitting in Abra-kebab-ra on Manners st, looking out at the mall and I could see a Red Cross collector bothering people. But then the sound from the Turkish kebab shop got to her and she started dancing to the music. A very appropriate dance it was too. Impromptu street theatre - brilliant.