It’s Rosie’s birthday today. Happy birthday Rosie. At our new bar, Rosie will be all grown up and operate her own caravan. I will wait ’til she has finalised her menu etc. before announcing too much, but I thought I’d let you all know that we have gone and picked up her caravan off the [...]

Dear diary, Sorry I haven’t written in a long time. It has been weeks and months of frustrations down here and I began to loose sight of reopening the bar. GBM still stands smashed in the city, while we sit and wait for insurance to come to the party. We can’t get paid out because [...]

I had a soft launch of my garage on Saturday night. Our motto was “If You’re Looking To Meet Girls, You’ve Come to the Wrong Place”. We had 12 boys, 8 bikes, a bunch of beer and a whole lot of laughs. I’m proud to announce I won the midnight wheelie competition, while Jimmy won [...]

For those of you that don’t know, Tim is heading off overseas for a period. So, this Saturday(August 27) at the Brewery will be your last chance to catch Von Klap for a while. They are supporting O’Lovely who are always excellent. So, get down there and say goodbye to Timmy.

In bad news Waterfront Auckland has pulled the pin on the Auckland project. I was really excited about the prospect of getting out of town and representing Christchurch during the Rugby World Cup. In preparation for the event, Waterfront Auckland has developed a bunch of hospitality tenancies on the North Wharf. At the last minute [...]

A couple of weeks of little activity, a bit of bloody snow, and then this week it’s all on. My house got a red sticker which was exciting. This meant it was illegal to enter the property. They slapped it up and drove off without even ringing the buzzer and telling me that I was [...]

If you haven’t already been down, you should check out the Brewery in Woolston. It’s great to have somewhere new to visit and nice to have anywhere to get intoxicated on the East Side of town. Tim is working there which means you can get that surly service that you all knew and loved at [...]

Simon from Deflux sent me through a link to a bunch of photos he took of Motorcycle Restoration Night back in the good old days when the only shaking we did was of whiskey sours. I think when we get another bar up-and-running, the motorbikes will be a bigger part of the place as this [...]

I don’t know what you’re doing this weekend, but if you’re in Smash City you should head on down to C4 Coffee at 274 Tuam St this Saturday afternoon. RDU is launching its mobile broadcast studio, a radio station built in an old horse truck. There are tons of excellent bands playing and Von Klap [...]

I miss all the staff from the bar and the fun we had while pretending to work. I used to see Rosie a couple of times a week, now I see her monthly. This makes me sad… Rosie has been my sister since I was eight. She came into the world early one morning on [...]