Celebrate Summer with Smiths Gins
Discover Smiths Gins – South Africa’s award-winning small-batch gin range, now available exclusively on Takealot from 27 October 2025. Celebrate summer with soul, flavour, and handcrafted perfection. A Toast to South African Spirit There’s something magical about a...
The Roses: A Softer Spin on a Brutal Classic
The decision to retitle the new adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses as simply The Roses feels deliberate. Where Adler’s novel and its 1989 film version, directed by Danny DeVito and starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, revelled in the poisonous...
Book with Race Day Events for the drive of a lifetime
Lume Agency and Race Car Events recently invited me to a turbo-charged, fuel-injection, high-octane morning that I'll never forget. Wait, let me check if there's any other petrolhead jargon I can throw in here. Nope, all good for now 🤭🏎️ Race Day Events gives you the...
The Shape of Monsters is Five Stars
Author CL Hellisen sent me a link for an early listen of their Audible Original, The Shape of Monsters. I've set myself the task of reading 365 books this year. Yes, you read that right. Because with audio I get to read so much more while I'm multitasking. To date,...
Is your blood type coffee?

Is your blood type coffee?

I'm not addicted to coffee, although it does significantly enhance my personality in the mornings. I can manage quite well without it over weekends (mostly), and don't drink it past 11:00 in summer (it makes me feel hot - not necessarily like that - more so than tea...

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Beauty has come a long way

Beauty has come a long way

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the history of beauty and beauty products shows that quite clearly. It seems like the high price for beauty was being smelly, or just plain weird. This infographic makes me grateful for modern technology on the odd...

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Infographic: drinks from around the world

Infographic: drinks from around the world

Our company's year-end function took place yesterday, so I'm not going to say much, just post this infographic (yay SA for Rooibos Tea!). Explore more infographics like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visually. Happy Friday, all the bodies...

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Personality types & the celebs you match up to

Personality types & the celebs you match up to

This is a fun double-feature edition of Friday infographics. First, there's a very basic explanation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.  I am INFJ - share your typed in the comments if you like, and if you agree with the characteristics associated with it 🙂 Explore...

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A very merry unbirthday

A very merry unbirthday

If you've watched the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, you might be singing the unbirthday song (like I am now). Two months of unbirthdays before my next birthday. And for the Friday infographic, I found this one with some interesting birthday facts. Explore...

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It's really tricky to find information presented in a visual way, that relates to South Africa. The image below approaches the subject of breast cancer in a generic way, and depicts the prevalence worldwide (based on 2011 stats). I know of a few survivors, and one who...

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I need some sleep

I need some sleep

The last two nights have been very short. Yesterday morning I woke at 02:30 with a headache and what I can only describe as a hangover from the migraine meds I took the previous night for the incessant throbbing on the right side of my skull that plagued me the whole...

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Infographic Friday with Zespri Kiwfruit

Infographic Friday with Zespri Kiwfruit

Today is Day Five of the #14DaysOfZespriSA challenge. As sweet and juicy as the kiwifruit are, I had a lovely indulgent breakfast of cronuts - and the closest I came to fruity goodness was having a bite of the lemon glazed variety. But back to what our company...

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