AFAIK, there's been no use of the word "quadrant" in any official Wellington tourism marketing, so it might just be Russell's coinage.

It was, entirely. It just seemed the appropriate word for the small area we traversed.

Well, I guess that's allowable.

But it's just a shorthand to help you know that if you're after vintage clothes, don't go to Lambton Quay; and if you're after nightclubs, don't go to Thorndon.

I knew a professional would say it better.

AFAIK, there's been no use of the word "quadrant" in any official Wellington tourism marketing, so it might just be Russell's coinage.

It was, entirely. It just seemed the appropriate word for the small area we traversed.

Sorry if I've caused any trouble with my loose Auckland ways.

intricacy of the pleating and how it moved

Yeah it was amazing if you got a chance to look at the detailing.

That's why the wooden dress won because it looked great close up and also from a distance.

Yes, a simple and kind of banal thing really…

My main beef with 'Quarter' is not that it's unoriginal or pretentious, but that (in Wellington's case) rather than being preexisting common usage of the inhabitants, it was entirely a product of marketing types wanting something to write on silly signs

I'm not sure there's much in the way of…

"The bits around Cuba Street"

Agreed – that's probably what most young people will call it no matter what official label it is given.

Precincts are an urban design/planning tool more than anything, aren't they, so that over time different parts of the city develop concentrations of different character and…

It is called Second Skin.

That was my favourite this year too. But I think because I was quite close this time and could see the intricacy of the pleating and how it moved. The people around me clapped when the model came by, which is always a good sign.…

"the heart of the Cuba quadrant"

Oh puh-lease... when I last lived in WN the council were trying to pretend it was Paris (Left Bank anyone?) with their "Lambton Quarter" "Cuba Quarter" signs etc... and now they want us to believe it's Westminster?

AFAIK, there's been no use of the…

any female human who knows anything about some dolphin behaviour (Tursiops truncatus I am so looking at you), or the parasite load most species carry, would emphatically reject being a dolphin...

most men would give being a women a go but most women would prefer being a dolphin.

My parents were fond of telling us we could be anything when we grew up, so when they asked my brother Rick what he wanted to be, he replied "oh, a skunk or…

However, a surprisingly large number of women play WoW.

I was making a joke, btw, not attempting a threadjack. I'll just be amused by anyone out there attempting to Google the Wearable Art and ending up wading through Warcraft forums about designer armor and mounts.

Re genderbending in WoW, I…

Having spent a bit of time there Fashion Week in Auckland is the same, it's run by and…

I think it all comes down to Kerry really wanting to be Mayor of Paris, but failing on account of neither being French, or any bloody good.…

It would have been hard to choose a more unfortunate acronym for something that is "for, by and about women" than WOW, since that is already pwned by World of Warcraft.

I'm more concerned that wearableart is supposed to be one word. Bring on WOWA

pwned by World of Warcraft

Only among geeks, I'd venture.

However, a surprisingly large number of women play WoW.

Or at least by men who like to play as female characters.

For further enlightenment...

Nick Yee: WoW Gender-Bending
Wow.com: Boys that Play Girls that Play Games

After the third time all the entrees start to look the same though.

It's surprising how much similarity there is. And the organisers are quite ruthless with grouping all the like stuff together. __You've made a Marie Antoinette dress? Yeah, well, so have all these other people, so yours had…

After the third time all the entrees start to look the same though.

That's why you skip a year or two :-)

I still haven't gotten over WoW moving away from Nelson. In large part because (due to my parents being there) it was feasible to go at least every 2-3 years.

After the third time all the entrees start to look the same though.

"Haven't we seen that crawling crab couch…

However, a surprisingly large number of women play WoW.

Or at least by men who like to play as female characters.

already pwned by World of Warcraft

Well the wearable art did come first.

However, a surprisingly large number of women play WoW.

the heart of the Cuba quadrant

Oh puh-lease... when I last lived in WN the council were trying to pretend it was Paris (Left Bank anyone?) with their "Lambton Quarter" "Cuba Quarter" signs etc... and now they want us to believe it's Westminster?