I loved this little cafe - Agnes Curran - in Franklin Road, Ponsonby...a little slither of a place filled to the brim with visual stimulii - stacks of food books, collections of Crown Lynn crockery, a video projected onto the brick walls, old signs, food goodies to buy, food goodies to eat, magazines to read and a great picture window looking out onto an avenue of plane trees turning golden in the first flush of autumn. Just the spot to rest awhile from travel guide mayhem.