Kimberly Hinds
The US Bachelorette - What Went Wrong This Season
The latest season of The Bachelorette claimed to be explosive and entertaining, but in truth, it was simply excruciating and exhausting,
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Kimberly Hinds
- Jul 26
- 7 min
For the Love of Lamingtons
It was another small town New Zealand bakery, circa 1994. The kind that sold retro (even for then) sandwiches of tinned asparagus rolled...
Kimberly Hinds
- Jun 2
- 5 min
Televised Dry Horrors
It played out like an oddly cast courtroom drama with A-list actors. Johnny Depp starring as an aging movie star with a crippling drink...
Kimberly Hinds
- Feb 22
- 6 min
And Just Like That - Middle Aged Misery
A car crash of cringe-inducing lines, grasping plot themes & startlingly bad character development. I couldn't stop watching.
Kimberly Hinds
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Wish You Weren't Here
Like a surprise visit from a rainbow-coloured unicorn dancing upon a sun ray amidst a downpour, The Lonely Planet has voted Auckland the...
Kimberly Hinds
- May 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Word is Out
There are no men on Tinder, my friend lamented loudly to the table, staring into her fizzing Aperol Spritz.
Kimberly Hinds
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Time is Meow
This will be my last cat, my friend Libby declared. Her magnificent fluffy grey striped Turkish Angora cat with it’s exotic Egyptian...
Kimberly Hinds
- Nov 20, 2020
- 6 min
Prepare for Landing
I was 27 and had just left my life in London behind to travel the globe in a clockwise direction, a tell-tale requirement of the discounted
Kimberly Hinds
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
‘All You Can Eat’ in 14 Days
Fresh out of the black hole of our teeny lockdown in NZ. 14 days, it’s nothing really. I’ve probably had bender weekends that lasted longer.
Kimberly Hinds
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
Gone with the Wind
It’s been almost 20 years since I left Wellington and it’s murderous wind, and this was my first visit back.
Kimberly Hinds
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
It’s a Sign
When I was about 21, living in Wellington, my parents very kindly bought me a metallic grey Daihatsu Feroza jeep. I thought it was the...
Kimberly Hinds
- Jun 24, 2020
- 3 min
Save Room for Dessert
On our (annual) dinner date in Sydney about 6 months ago, Tom got hit on by a woman at the adjacent table to us.
Kimberly Hinds
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
I, Like Totally, Love Your Ixceent
One of the most obvious adjustments to moving back here has got to be hearing the Kiwi accent (pronounced ‘ixceent’) everywhere again.
Kimberly Hinds
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
The Grapes of Inertia
Reflections from a survivor after being locked inside with tiny despots.
Kimberly Hinds
- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
Homemade Bleach & Foreplay
At some point during that interminable lockdown was our 7th wedding anniversary. For the 7th time, we forgot about celebrating it.
Kimbers
- May 2, 2020
- 2 min
Get Butter Soon
So it seems that everyone is now baking bread for Instagram show and tell. I am shocked. At first, I suspected these loaves were the...
Kimberly Hinds
- Feb 19, 2020
- 1 min
My Cup Runneth Over
Mummy my mummy I've brought you a drink Mummy my mummy what do you think? Darling my darling how thoughtful and sweet What is it my...
Kimberly Hinds
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Year of the Pig
When I was about 4 years old someone gave me a pillow case which had a picture of Garfield dressed as a grouchy ram, with huge curling...
Kimberly Hinds
- Nov 14, 2019
- 3 min
OMG Danny Devito, I Love Your Work!
Marie Kondu‘s simple core philosophy is to throw out every item in your house that does not fill you with joy when you pick it up. I am...
Kimberly Hinds
- Jan 16, 2019
- 2 min
Packing for One
A 40 year old man dressed in fluoro clothing doing wheelies in the bush can only mean one thing – the male mid life crisis.