What a fantastic day!
purpledragon3 and I smashed the crap out of our to-do list during the day: Island Bay Butchers, Red-Rocks (photos to come), Crepes-a-go-go and Schock. The birthday/leaving drinks was fantastic: Olympics, friends, marmitinis, fire, good times!
And the sport!!
Mahi's inspirational bronze Valerie Vili
"smashes the crap out of it" with a bad-ass game face:
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The
Evers-Swindell twins' gold.
The All Blacks
shut out the Springboks:
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And to top it all off,
Canterbury bury Auckland following this inspirational play:
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