Life+Style 13 May 2016

Good food, great memories.

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Food and entertainment | Fashion | Health and fitness

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Socialising in the Mount Mount Social Club - serving decades of memories A ‘Mr Don’ props himself at the edge of the bar and sips on his usual pint.

He’s been doing this at 305 Maunganui Road for decades - swapping banter over a beer with people behind the bar at what is now Mount Social Club.

“He’s a regular customer who has been coming here for decades,” says Mount Social Club owner Lucas Fleury.

“Don is one of many longtime customers who have shared history and stories of different styles of bars and restaurants, and who we have met previous customers, owners, and employees through.”

The iconic building has been a restaurant and bar in Mount Maunganui since the 1970s.

“That’s how the name Mount Social Club came about,” says Lucas. “Often, when running my previous restaurant here, we had people come in and say: ‘We’re dining tonight because I met my wife here 20 years ago’. So in many ways this building has been a social club in this community for decades. Don and many others are the proof of that.”

With this in mind, the iconic building had a full makeover using mainly recycled building materials and officially opened as Mount Social Club in late December, 2014. Its unique décor features stunning art work and upcycled furniture, bathtub seats, a 1965 Land Rover for people to lean on, and a sailboat dining table.

Mount Social Club is open seven days a week offering great tapas, desserts and

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coffee options until 1am. Lucas says their passionate chefs are the reason why people are loving their dishes.

“Cooking is what they love to do, it’s not just how they make their wage.”

Mount Social Club is committed to quality and sustainable practices, using only free-range meat and fresh, local produce, organic milk and coffee beans.

Their goal is to provide fine quality dishes in a relaxed, sociable atmosphere.

On the menu is the ‘Super Social’ options including easy-to-share tapas-style dishes, which can be shared without cutlery and can also be an entrée to a main meal. The ‘Semi Social’ options include tasty main meals and salads, which can also be shared with side plates.

Gluten free, vegan and paleo dishes are available. “We want to give vegans and gluten intolerant and paleo diet customers options. With each seasonal menu change we try to increase the number of those dishes,” says Lucas.

They are proactive recyclers, compost most organic waste, and are finding ways to drastically reduce the amount of plastic they use.

“It takes a bit of extra effort and costs, but in 2016 there is just no excuses for not trying to find a better way.”

Behind the bar is a selection of premium and craft beers on tap, as well as a wide range of fine spirits and rare liquors from around the world to quench the thirst.

When customers hand over their Eftpos cards in exchange for a bite to eat or glass of their favourite drop, Mount Social Club members earn reward points

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for every dollar spent. To become a member it’s not a requirement, it’s a choice, and it’s free. Simply text MSC (space) your email address to 4664, complete your profile linking your bank cards to your membership.

This is done through the Paymark network, which will recognise member’s cards and automatically accumulate points as they spend.

“We don’t have access to member’s card details, It’s really safe, and you get rewarded for being social,” says Lucas.

“No need to show any membership or loyalty card.”

Members receive a $5 voucher for signing up, access special offers, birthday vouchers and more.

Mount Social Club also cater for large groups, corporate functions, birthday celebrations, weddings and music concerts.

“As local business, we try to support the music and arts scene,” says Lucas. “We have incredible musicians playing for dinners every Friday and Saturday, followed by the finest house beats in town, featuring local and international DJs. “On Thursdays we host the ‘Mount Open Stage’, which is a platform for new and original talent.

“On Sundays we host the ‘Beats, Brews and Barbecue’ with awesome live music and barbecue skewers on the charcoal grill.”

The venue also hosts comedy events, a knitting group on Mondays at 7pm and free dance classes on Tuesday at 8.30pm.

“We just want to do whatever we can to make Mount Social Club a family friendly, positive addition to our community.”

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Fashion-forward Lynette’s celebrates 20 years Bell-bottom trousers would fly off the shelves at Lynette Lochhead’s clothing stores 40 years ago.

“They were so tight down the top of the leg and flared out massively at the bottom,” says Lynette.

“There was no stretch in the fabric so when we wore those bell-bottoms they were quite uncomfortable.”

There was also the time when a 17-year-old Lynette wore smock tops and jumpsuits – that was ‘in’.

And while Lynette says fashion has changed since she first opened a clothing store in the mid-1970s – you won’t see a traditional pair of bell-bottoms around – she does admit some items have “done a bit of a circle”.

Jumpsuits have made a comeback – people call them ‘pantsuits’ – and they’re trying to bring back the highwaisted 1980s-style dresses, says Lynette. “The fabric is now more comfortable compared to what we had back then.”

Joining the fashion industry at age 15, Lynette went on to own, in partnership, her first shop in Hastings at age 17 and opened a second shop at age 22.

“My two stores were quite different,” says Lynette. “One went right up to the bigger sizes, where the second

store was more boutique in style and we specialised in gowns for second weddings.”This month, Lynette is celebrating 20 years in business in Te Puke with her store – called Lynette’s.

The clothing store has made many changes during the last two decades including introducing special occasion wear, smart casual wear, shoes, lingerie and accessories – Lynette says it’s like a mini department store.

Lynette’s belongs to major buying groups for both clothing and shoes and is able to offer quality lines – with exclusivity – and at a reasonable price.

“We have exciting labels Vassalli, Macjays, Threads, Vivid, Berlin, Lemon Tree, Ziera, CC resorts and Cassini to name a few.

“I really look forward to designers finding something new and unique rather than copying what we’ve done before,” says Lynette.

Lynette has also written all of her own radio advertisements for the last 20 years.

“Unfortunately, the ideas for the ads come to me at about two o’clock in the morning,” says Lynette with a laugh.

Fashion parades are a huge part of Lynette’s.

“We travel all over the Bay of Plenty to different groups, clubs and villages

to showcase what Lynette’s has to offer in Te Puke.” And Lynette used to compere up to 24 fashion parades a year for her shops and model for manufacturers. She was also chosen as Miss Photogenic for Junior Miss Hawke’s Bay. And she’s organised the Lynette’s Wearable Art competition for five years, with more than 100 competitors.

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Since opening in Te Puke, Lynette’s has since donated up to $25,000 of clothing to the Christchurch City Mission since the Christchurch earthquake five years ago.

“I have a fantastic team, with Karen, Cheryl and Fiona.

“Being made to feel welcome in our store is most important. I have a lot of customers who travel

a long way to see me; and I do many personal fittings where the customer tells me what the occasion is and I dress them.

“Every customer is a challenge and I really enjoy making them look fantastic.”

Looking back on 20 years in Te Puke, Lynette says, it’s been a pleasure to dress the district in style.

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Mindful movement Pilates benefits feel ‘just delicious’ Bluemat Pilates instructor Riana Leaf makes sure she’s active in her classes – checking each and every foot is aligned, every stretch is working aching muscles, every breath is deep.

“I’ve always said to people: ‘If you go to a pilates class or a yoga class and the instructor is up the front the entire time, you’re not in an ideal class’.”

“You want to be in an environment where the instructor is moving around every single body, making sure that everyone is doing what they should be doing with good form.”

Riana says students often leave feeling more mentally relaxed as well as physically.

“Pilates is a gorgeous form of mindful movement, so often people talk about how at the end of a class they feel so relaxed because they haven’t been thinking about any of their to do lists or worries, as you really have to think about what you’re doing when you’re doing pilates.”

And the benefits don’t end there; Riana laughs when I ask her to list just some of the physical benefits of pilates.

“I could honestly go on and on and on.”

“Increased body awareness, so knowing how to improve your posture and learning how to access the correct muscles to do that; increased flexibility; increased strength; increased stamina and endurance in particular muscle groups; it’s a really good preventative form of exercise for injury, and a great

maintenance programme for clients complaining of new twinges or pains that they have never had to worry about before.”

Bluemat Pilates offers group classes and private sessions from their Hamilton and Mount Maunganui studios, as well as Riana’s private studio at her house in Pitau Rd. Riana says the one-on-one private studio sessions are ideal for those who want to start their pilates journey, or who have specific goals they want to meet as the sessions can be tailored to the person’s needs.

“I take quite a holistic approach to people’s bodies too, so I really listen to the words they say because that can tell you so much.

“I’m guided by their goals so I’ll ask what they ultimately want to get out of pilates and what are they wanting to achieve from doing pilates.

“So if they’re wanting to run 10km two or three times a week again, or if they want to be able to climb the stairs without pain in their knees, I will do specific programmes that are going to get them to that end goal.”

Beginners are in for a muscle-stretching and strengthening treat when they come to their first class, not to mention a bit of a physiology lesson.

“New students can expect a whole bunch of information they’d probably never considered before about their body,” says Riana.

“They can expect to come and have a good workout in a really fun and relaxing environment, but with a well-informed instructor.”

Riana definitely qualifies as a well-informed instruc-

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“I take quite a holistic approach to people’s bodies too, so I really listen to the words they say because that can tell you so much”

tor – she completed a year-long course before she was licensed as a pilates instructor, while doing a four-year apprenticeship at a Hamilton physio/pilates studio.

When her mum began getting bad back pain and couldn’t get anything better than temporary pain relief, Riana decided to step up and find something that would help her mother for longer than a few hours.

“I started to look into pilates because I wanted to teach someone like my mum some really good tools on how she could manage her own body and her own pain, and not have to rely on necessarily having to go to someone to get fixed.

“That’s where my passion is because I just love to help people back into order and back to where they want to be,” says Riana. “The way I teach is all about teaching good body mechanics, so educating people on how to move their bodies safely and efficiently – the way they’re physiologically designed to move.”

And making sure you’re getting these moves right is important, says Riana, to avoid injuries.

DVDs and online classes have their place. “If you’re taking classes with a hands-on instructor in the first place, and they know you have good form already, then you are more likely to get the moves

right at home unguided when doing your online or DVD workouts.”

The best place to start is in a private or specific beginner’s group class, says Riana.

“The benefit of being in a class session or a private one-on-one session is you will have that guidance and you will have that feedback.

“The nice thing is when you’re constantly getting feedback from an instructor your muscles have a memory,” says Riana.

And Riana’s classes are the best place to start, to make sure you’re getting great form and a good stretch.

Personally, her favourite pilates stretch is ‘chalk circles’.

“It opens your chest up making it easier to breathe, and easier to stand upright, decompresses your spine and frees your back and shoulders up.”

This, she explains, is where she lies on her side with her fingers interlaced behind her head. Knees in front of your hips and knees at a 90 degree angle, Riana says that from an aerial perspective she would look like a chair lying on its side, “then I keep my hips and my knees still and I rotate my spine back as my arm circles around my body – letting my head and gaze go with me”. “It just feels delicious.”

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