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,...
Fierce fashion to get you in a festive mood

Fierce fashion to get you in a festive mood

My mom started a fashion tradition where she'd buy me a new dress for Christmas every year. When I got older I bought myself a new dress for my birthday AND Christmas; sure it was only two weeks apart, but any fashionista will tell you that even if you're okay with...

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Winner announcement

Winner announcement

Welcome to the much-improved Syllable in the City page. I hope you like it as much as I do - feel free to leave your thoughts and feedback in a comment below 🙂 And without further ado, I'm happy to announce Lauren Prior as the winner of the birthday hamper....

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Birthday tea at Jam and Daisies

Birthday tea at Jam and Daisies

Yesterday morning I hosted a few friends for tea at Jam and Daisies in Brooklyn, Pretoria. I love this place - the menu is original, the service is good, the décor out of a magazine! In addition to the snacks and tea/coffee, I ordered a couple of bottles of J.C. le...

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