There's also a frame shop down the road, K.S. Thomas. Being a photographer, I need to know my local framer, he's called Bill. It's nice to have a connection, because art work is so personal. I'm really enjoying getting to know that part of my area. There aren't too many shopping places, although there's a cute little second-hand shop called Ritzy Bits, it sells vintage and new furniture pieces and knick-knacks. Kiwiana is the best place for fish and chips.
For me, it's fantastic to have an electronics place close by too, PB Technologies, it's right up my alley. I need external hard drives and CDs to back up all my work. Everything needs to be backed up, I dropped a hard drive once; most of it was double backed-up, but not all of it. That was a lesson.
There's a really cute bar called The Abbey just round the corner from me, and a great Japanese restaurant called Odeo, it's amazing, and the food is so good. There's a cafe that's on my way to Cornwall Park called Momo, I love Cornwall Park, I could happily get lost there.
Most of the time I don't like leaving Greenlane, I'm attached to the area. I've been here only six months but you know, coming to a new place, you're so foreign, you look for those treasures to make it your home, to make it your own. And now I am Greenlane's biggest advocate, I've embraced it, and I don't want to go anywhere else.
Sacha's picks
* Dreamers Cafe: 148 Great South Rd, Remuera. (Ph) 09 524 5058. dreamerscafe.co.nz. Simply delicious.
* Bizziblooms: 98 Great South Rd, Greenlane. Ph (09) 520 4583. Simply gorgeous.
* Ritzy Bits: 91 Great South Rd, Remuera Ph (09) 520 2060. Simply groovy.
* Konini Reserve: 18 A Waiohua Rd, Greenlane. Simply precious.
Sacha took the photographs for Beautiful Losers, on at Tapac until September 8.