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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,...

Ruby Wing Colour-Changing Nail Polish

Jul 23, 2013 | Beauty, Guest posts

Guest post by Nafisa from Wired to the Web. I was quite excited to be given a bottle of Ruby Wing colour changing nail polish to try out for a guest post here on Syllable in the City. I received a bottle of green that changes to purple in the sun (yes, really!). It...

Meh hair – chalking it up to curiosity

May 5, 2013 | Beauty

Remember the post about hair chalk I did a while ago? I finally got the courage (and support of friends keen to try it as well) together to try it out. Jade was the guinea pig, and in the process of creating her new hair, I made myself some “Hulk Smash!” hands. Nafisa...