Music and comedy are a must for Rachel Dickison's perfect weekend. Photo / Supplied
Music and comedy are a must for Rachel Dickison's perfect weekend. Photo / Supplied
Each week a member of the community tells us what their perfect weekend in the region would be. This week Mike Tweed spoke to Rachel Dickison, a Whanganui-based artist specialising in ultra-realistic pencil drawings.
I’ll go down to the Saturday [Whanganui River] markets, have a really good day and selllots of prints. Oh, and the weather is really good.
As a treat, I’ll have a cinnamon bun from Cinnamonui.
Then, if it’s daylight savings and I have a lot of energy left, my sister and I will head out to Bushy Park for a walk. We get very excited about the piwakawaka, saddlebacks and kererū.
The perfect end to the evening would be getting a beverage and listening to some live music and/or comedy. We would probably end up heading to Porridge Watson, which is the best place for that.
I love live comedy but it’s not as often as I’d love it to be. Samantha Hannah is my favourite lately, so seeing her would be great.
If it was music, it would be Reshma Martin who used to work there [Porridge] and is an amazing musician. I would love her to come back to Whanganui, but she’s going to skyrocket.
On a Sunday, a sleep-in is non-negotiable and then it’s off for a bagel at Little Curious.
