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Celebrate Summer with Smiths Gins

by Martha van Zyl | 17/10/2025 | Drinks | 0 Comments

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

by Martha van Zyl | 29/08/2025 | Entertainment | 0 Comments

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

by Martha van Zyl | 26/08/2025 | Automotive | 0 Comments

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

by Martha van Zyl | 18/07/2025 | Books | 0 Comments

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?

Feb 12, 2014 | Food, Infographics

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...

Gimme coffee!

Jul 12, 2013 | Food, Infographics

Fridays are lazy days for me to blog, so maybe I'll stick to Infographic Friday. I'm avoiding caffeine today because in treating one of my three major health issues, I've triggered another. Fortunately I keep my C8H10N4O2 consumption to a minimum to avoid triggering...