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The Kiwi Files ~ Steampunk Cafe in Christchurch

I'm delighted to announce that Waistcoats & Weaponry has won Steampunk Chronicleâs 2015 Readerâs Choice Award for Best Young Adult Steampunk Fiction! Thank you thank you! And now for your regularly scheduled blog...

While in Christchurch, Gentle Reader, we stumbled upon a steampunk cafe. I had heard of its existence, but I didn't know quite where to find it. But the AB and I spend quite some time walking around the downtown area and we stumbled upon it on one of our jaunts. Found this little guy sitting atop a top hat. I also fell in love with a pair of laser cut leather boots, but they were $600 and didn't fit right, also the soles were really hard. These days I find myself (when hunting for more comfortable footwear) gravitating to men's shoes. Not just because of the oxford style, but because they often have super comfortable squishy soles. Why don't we women ever get those in walking boots? It's not fair. And before you post a link to comfortable footwear I ALSO demand it be pretty, by my standards, thank you, and not look comfortable. And before you say, "Gail, just buy the men's shoes," I am sadly cursed with narrow, skinny feet (hence the lack of Fluvogs in my life). And I don't know how this post on Christchurch became one on shoes. But it's me so I'm not surprised. The destruction wrought by the earthquakes was truly devastating, and although the spirit of the city is still there and they are fighting to come back, it did feel awfully sad.


Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
In Defense of Editing


The Books! The Custard Protocol Series: 1 Prudence, 2 Imprudence 

Book News:
Jess of Shelf Quest says of Prudence: âFor those familiar with the preceding series, I have no doubt that this story will enthrall and excite. We see the return of many of our most beloved characters and the way some of them have grown (up) and changed is just really lovely.â

Quote of the Day:
âMore people should do things on their own, most of humanity's problems have been caused by people meeting and talking.â
~ Andy Zaltzman

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