Wednesday, 24 February 2016

February 23rd Discover USA

This evening I attended a trade function up in Auckland, with suppliers from all over the US in attendance They were there to tell us the great things about their respective State, Hotel, Airline etc etc.

There is one family owned hotel in San Francisco that is extremely popular with the NZ market, The Handlery, and it was amazing to hear that the owner John has been coming to NZ for 30 years in a row now to promote his hotel.

We  were encouraged to adorn fancy dress to reflect the USA. Transport was provided for us from Hamilton up to Auckland, and in our group we had Marilyn Monroe.


Officiating as MC was Jackie Clarke


 Marilyn took out first prize, followed by Mrs USA, Pam (my roomie from my trip to Thailand last year) with a magnificent Golden Gate Bridge on her head (which unfortunately can't be seen here), the Statue of Liberty and Captain America



A wonderful evening up in Auckland. The only odd thing about the night? The function was held at the venue  known as 'The Cloud' and is situated right there on Auckland Harbour at the wharf. Dinner was provided, and this was the offerings.  I am still pondering beans and mash and these weird little chicken sausages?



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  1. Anonymous24 February 2016 at 10:42

    Oh wow.........the mention of the Handlery Hotel brings back lots of lovely memories of 9 (gosh is it that long ago?) years when we travelled USA. We flew into San Fransisco from Auckland and the Union Square Handlery was our first accommodation in the US. We stayed in the historic section - loved it - a nice start to our USA adventures!
    Dawn. xx

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  2. Unknown24 February 2016 at 11:08

    How wonderful you have stayed there Dawn. It is such a favourite with Kiwis, and I book it a lot for customers. The only downside is that it is so popular, that availability can be hard to come by. And the other downside.. I haven't been to San Francisco!! Been to the US of course - and last night gave me itchy feet and thinking, wow let's go there, and there, and there, and there - and then I see our bank balance :)

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