G'day, mates! I apologize for this more impersonal approach to letter writing, but I've received so much e-mail from you all wondering just what the heck I'm up to down here in Kiwi Country that I can't keep up with it all ... and keep my job. (I am, after all, here to work — at least some of the time.) Mind you, as a favor to you, I have taken on the mundane chore of sampling New Zealand's eateries, brew and wine (not necessarily in that order), so I can offer you some tips, should you ever come this way. Soooooo ... here are some "e-postcards" (work in progress) describing some of my adventures — and misadventures — as I bumble humbly along, chasing the ever-ellusive scoop on this arcane America's Cup regatta. Think of this as the New Zealand edition of the Red Pint Rag. If you're looking for information about the competition itself, you'll have to go the website I'm affiliated with: americascup.org. I am also writing a series of columns, Notes From New Zealand, for the San Diego Metropolitan magazine. As they say in Kiwiland ...            Cheers,            Larry

The Postcards ...		(Hint: Click on the images or "Read the Postcard".)
Back in the USA. Read the Postcard	Happy New Year from Auckland! Read the Postcard	Leaping into the New Year. Read the Postcard	Happy Holidays. Read the Postcard

Attack of the keas! Read the Postcard

Thanksgiving Day turkey encounter. Read the Postcard

Potential international incident defused. Read the Postcard

It's not all fun and games on the media boat — particularly when the boat breaks down. Read the Postcard

America's Cup boats on the inner Hauraki Gulf. Read the Postcard

Still hard at work.

Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes (USA-55) v. Abracadabra 2000 from Hawaii — yes, these are 80-foot boats sailed like dinghies (no, they did not collide — this time).

AmericaOne leaving Viaduct Basin, Auckland's Sky Tower — the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere — in background.

Larry's apartment. Room with a view.

View of the apt building from Halsey St. Wharf across the entrance to Viaduct Basin.

Yours truly on his balcony.

Maori waka (canoe) during the Louis Vuitton Cup opening ceremony.

Mr. America's Cup, Dennis Conner, at the opening ceremony.

Maori carvings in the AMEX New Zealand Cup Village. (Viewer discretion advised.)

Maori carving in the Cup Village.

Larry with marine artist Wyland at the dedication of his 84th "whaling wall" — in the background is "Jonah", named after one of the All Blacks rugby players.

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