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First rule of cake club – no-one talks about cake club?
September 2019. Instead I am posting about cake club, and carrying on a 16 year tradition of celebrating a Friday 13th with cake (this time a lemon sponge slice).
Special (land) offer
August 2019. My entry to the LINZ baking competition was an homage to the work of OIO – in marshmallow shortcake form.
Moon Landing
July 2019. On the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, my realistic boot print in cake form, was “off the planet”!
International Fish & Chips Day
June 2019. And we celebrated the 7th accordingly!
Birthday wheel of fortune
May 2019. Spin the wheel and get cake, treats or both!
Easter treats!
April 2019. The Extra Easter bunny dropped off Extra Easter treats.
Beware the ides of March…
March 2019. A cake may not be able to heal, but it can’t hurt and may lift new colleagues’ spirits.
Year of the Golden Pig!
February 2019. Gōng xǐ fā cái for an extra special Chinese new year! And check out the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at Te Papa…
Christmas activities
December 2018. Lunch at Chocolate Fish, property colleagial drinks and Christmas cracker jokes…
100th anniversary of Armistice Day
November 2018. Joining in the commemorations with medals (and knitted poppies) on!
Extra Law’s first anniversary
October 2018. Two employees meant we could take advantage of the Beef Wellington two-for-one deal at The Tasting Room!
Sustenance for our first NewLaw firm industry forum
September 2018. An industry forum was a great initiative (thanks Helen!), so Extra Law supported it in person, and in food form.
What to do to make a team meeting more fun?
August 2018. Try accompanying the team meeting with a WOAP cocktail? Tick – done and done!
“Farewell” lunch for Jill! July 2018
The startup of Extra Law’s most serendipitous moment was the winning of the prize of a year’s free business mentoring at the More than Rubies conference last year. The end of that free association was celebrated with an amazing lunch at Shed 5 (though the association with Jill, More than Rubies and, now, Shed 5 will hopefully continue!).
Welcome lunch for Josie – June 2018
We made our first proper team meeting more fun by also having lunch and bubbles…
Brunch, Bubbles and Breasts – May 2018
We bonded over brunch with bubbles to bestow riches to benefit breasts (NZ Breast Cancer Foundation) and binged on: baby breakfast bites, ‘brown banger bombs, berry bowls and butterscotch banana bonbons.
Time to Remember – April 2018
An Anzac-themed morning tea, but not held in the trenches (or the Great War Exhibition which is where the other photo was taken). Hot mince pies and ‘bangers’ (so-called in WWI because of their tendency to explode if not pricked) feijoas – ’cause they’re in season, and, of course, Anzac biscuits.
Love, Love, Love… – February 2018
…collegial love, that is! Collegial love was all around for Valentine’s Day, and Extra Law’s second engagement, with heart-shaped cheese and fruit, and heart-melting chocolate afghans…
Christmas Treats – December 2017
Christmas treats for all – Valerie had fun singing “Musical Anniversaries” in the Counsel in Concert Christmas charity fundraiser, whilst colleagues of the first official Extra Law engagement ate reindeer chocolate chip cookies, white chocolate rocky road and cherries.
Berry Berry Nice – November 2017
It’s good when you can combine supporting a charity with a treat – eating Strawberry Sundaes in the sum for Mary Potter Hospice Annual Strawberry Festival in Midland Park!
Hallowe’en – October 2017
Halloween at Extra Law means spooky themed treats (clockwise from bottom left – ’cause it matters): severed witchy-chorizy fingers, cheesy-puffy eyeballs, guaca-vomit-ole, pretty brains cupcakes (especially for epicurean zombies), mummy-yummy crackles and kiwifr-ankensteins…
New Life – September 2017
It’s spring: tulips are flowering, the buds on Valerie’s magnolia tree are bursting into life, and so is Extra Law! A little morning tea was in order to accompany the signing of important legal practice set-up documents…
Bring on the Nostalgia – August 2017
Old fashioned morning tea goodies including traditional gingerbread loaf, southern cheese rolls, sliced pear and chocolate fish served as a send-off for Valerie’s attendance, for old times’ sake, at a Tuesday morning Ministry of Education legal services team meeting…
Thanks for your help – July 2017
Plates of mini slow-cooked beef pies, peanut slab cookies and mandarins were amongst the items chosen to express “thank you” (in food form) to those people who had given Valerie assistance with her completion of the various pre-workshop requirements for the NZLS CLE Stepping Up course.