Cucina 1871

This is the new Italian Restaurant where I was not invited to attend the opening! I got the best view here though!

Three good things:
1. Oamaru has a vibrant and active community
2. I didn't join in the opera music that was playing here - you could hear it out in the street.
3. Sneezing almost makes me go off the road when I'm driving! But I don't!

[summerfield]

you didn't get an invite? how dare they!!!! :-) nice shot and they're not getting this nice photo for free, are they?

[Mr. Spock]

Great lighting in the colours of the italian flag!

[Lisa]

I like it! LOL how is almost going off the road a good thing, or do you mean it's good that you stayed on the road?

[Maggiemae]

@spock I never thought of that Mr Spock! Are they?

[Maggiemae]

@nanalisarocks You are right, Lisa - just modified it!

[Mr. Spock]

@maggiemae Yes, green, white and red!

[Pam Knowler]

It looks very spectacular - I wonder if the food is as good as it looks?

[Kerri]

Great lighting

[Claire]

I do like the tricolore, I wonder if they will always keep it. I do like a good Italian restaurant

[Terry]

that is kind of a cool way to light the place

[Mick]

I'm sure they'll find a table for you at weekend Maggiemae :)
And I had a similar sneeze/driving experience a couple of days ago!

[Shepherdman]

Great lighting and nice capture - no camera shake from sneezing!

[Maggiemae]

@shepherdman I only sneeze in the morning, Mr Shepherd! Glad you liked it!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great shot, love the lighting

[Deb]

Love the lighting and colors! Mints (Altoids) make me sneeze :D

[Hazel Watkins]

great capture

[KWind]

What a great idea to light the building!

[Harry J Benson]

light up the restaurant with the Italia flag, neat idea

[Lisa Pouncy]

I love the way this is lit up. Someone has a very good marketing team. Shame about the lack of invite though! xx

[Sheila G]

Lovely capture!

[Leonie M]

Looks beautiful Maggie. Hope you get to try it out soon.

[Susan]

Love the Italian national coloring... and of course love the way you captured it!

[Michelle C.]

They left the most important person out! Bah!
My dad tried for years to sneeze with his eyes open... and one day he succeeded!

[Rick Schies]

Well the colors are so fitting of course, but the photo turned out really cool

[Rach_who]

Very effective lighting

[Stephanie Swift]

Gorgeous colour and light. Perhaps if you'd been invited, you would have done an aria for them? What would it have been?

[Yvonne]

Great shot. Love those colors. You are so clever.

[Robyn]

Perfect colors for the Italian ristorante!

[bkb in the city]

Great shot. Love the lights

[Taffy]

Really great colors and sharp definitions. The lighting is excellent.

[Bev]

Nice shot! Love the multiple colors in the shot. Great exterior! Very lovely lighting!

[Tony]

Love the lights and the colours, hope it does well.

[Andrea]

Stand closer next time and loiter, sure to be thrown a morsel. 😋

[Maggiemae]

@andreajoy I do like the word, "loiter"! It implies indolence and interest!

[Andrea]

@maggiemae maybe wrong word going by dictionary definition:
"stand or wait around without apparent purpose."
I think we both know you would have a purpose!

[Maggiemae]

@andreajoy no, I'm good at that definition too!

[Yao RL]

I wonder what the restaurant review is going to be.

[Vlada]

Great shot, I like the colours very Italian)

[Leana Niemand]

Beautiful shot, lovely colours!!

[Pat Knowles]

Ah well they must be saving your invite after all the problems have been ironed out.......must be perfect for you & John....you are celebs after all!! I must say it does look rather trendy!!

[Phil Howcroft]

it's a super shot maggie...gr8 light

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Very colourful night shot.

[8yearson]

Oh well Maggie, it was their loss not yours! It does look rather wow though!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

lol I thought you were going to crash the party anyway! Oh well, I think the shot you got was good though- neat lighting!

[Carole Imes]

Fabulous capture of the colorful lighting, Maggie.

[tony gig]

Lovely colouring on the building Maggie, great capture.

[Nancy A]

Beautiful colors.

[Gail]

Why on earth did you not get an invite? Shocking.

Oh well, you got the best view, I think! :)

[Gillian]

Great shot of the restaurant building, so patriotically lit up.

[Sandy]

What pretty lighting--and such patriotic colors.