My Pad and the Skybar Parties

Wow, it's been a while again since I posted, I've been so busy with work the last month. To start off the winter season here I decided to throw a trilogy party at the bar with three themed nights three weeks in a row: Miami Vice, James Bond, and A Night at the Playboy Mansion. For the last two Wednesdays there have been Miami Vice and James Bond. The parties were a lot to plan and get decorations for on top of my normal load of work, but they have been a huge success and tons of fun! Miami Vice was great, we all dressed up in cheap 80's sport coats and played 80s tunes all night. Everyone had such a great time!

(Dave, another bartender with Nikki and Anna, two friends (left). Me with Beth and Dave, the three bartenders on that night! (right)

(Some hard lines of icing sugar and two cool dudes)

Next was James Bond. All the bartenders dressed up as Bond wearing our bow ties and carrying a PPK. Brilliant! Quite a few people dressed up as villians and other Bond characters, such as our door man as Oddjob, a girl as Goldfinger, and Jaws...

(Me with 'T', our doorman as Oddjob, and Barbora, one of our bartenders.

It was an epic night, and everyone said it was the best Bond party they ever went to. We played the Bond theme periodically and snuck through the crowd with our guns. It was so much fun! I went to bed at 9am that day.

Next Wednesday is the Playboy party and I hope everything goes ok. I got a Hugh Hefner robe for myself, some pink and black balloons and a few of my female friends to dress in provocative bunny outfits.

Now, as promised some pictures of my cool flat! Its one of the best flats I've ever had. Not only is it a 5 min. walk from town and has an incredible view of the lake and the mountains, it has a spa pool and a sauna! Additionally, the basement floors are heated tiles and we have a big screen plasma TV. My flatties are really cool too! Its such a great set up, I don't want to leave. Chris Payne and his girlfriend Kat are my flatties. Chris is a genuinely nice guy from NZ and helps me out at Skybar. He's a professional bartender and knows his shit. Kat is a lovely girl from Ireland and is a pleasure to be around. I feel so lucky and I don't want it to end!

(Our Front door and view looking down on QT, and, of course, our spa, and BBQ.)

(Our living room and the door to our sauna)

(Our living room, kitchen and TV, and our downstairs bathroom with its' cool tile work)

(Chris and Kat, and Queenstown Wharf after our first snow)


(Me with the Flatties in our living room)

(The view from our front porch, and snowy mountains on Lake Wakatipu from the QT waterfront)