Lunching al fresco

Fresh faces

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It's was surely the biggest sit-down meal seen in Nelson's Trafalgar St, as about 700 people tucked into their Long Lunch last week, to mark the start of the two-year countdown to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby fans game for a good time

Fresh faces

BY PATRICK HAMILTON - © Fairfax NZ News

A sparkling Saturday afternoon with the Tasman Makos playing at home was the perfect excuse for a get-together with a few drinks and a bite to eat before the big game, so that's what The Nelson Mail did, with a boot party for some of its commercial clients.

All fired up for al fresco fun

Fresh faces

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Nelson's Club Italia has a new garden-courtyard complete with pizza oven and Saturday night's club meeting was the first chance for club members to get together and try it all out.

A new chapter opens

BY MARION VAN DIJK - © Fairfax NZ News

Nelson's Paper Plus store celebrated the opening of new-look premises in Trafalgar St on Friday with a function attended by writers Gerard Hindmarsh and Lindy Kelly, along with Paper Plus promotions front-woman Kerre Woodham.