Retro fashion has never been more fun than at the brand new shop, Retrospective, located in shop 345 in Brooklyn Mall (upper level, across from Le Creuset and next to La Spiga). Everything, from the moment you step through the doors, is colourful and happy - the...
Spa treat at Kievits Kroon
A mere 45 minutes from Sandton a little slice of heaven is located on the 16-hectare Kievits Kroon Country Estate. I was invited to experience Kievits Kroon's spa facilities with a friend, for two hours of spa treatments, a delicious lunch, and full use of the spa's...
Nescafé launches their Dolce Gusto range in SA
In September Nescafé launched its Dolce Gusto pod system in South Africa. The event paired the coffee variants with delicious mouthfuls of surprising flavours, presented in ways as innovative as their beautiful machines. The product line's pay-off line is "Coffee is...
Where’d you go, Bernadette?
When I grow up, I want to be like Bernadette Fox – I already have the agoraphobic tendencies, but not the brilliant “do-my-own-thing-and-to-hell-with-the-rest” attitude. Also not the virtual assistant in India, but as it turned out, neither did Bernadette. Then again,...
And the winner of #boozeforblogging is…
This was fun... probably not so much for Jade and Gerrit as for me 😉 I'd like to thank both of them for contributing, marketing, and generally being good sports. The final numbers are in! That gives Jade a grand total of 70, and Gerrit 82. Jade's...
SITC is a war zone: pick your side!
On Wednesday I published two posts, both submitted by colleagues of mine. To make things a little interesting, I told them that I'd give whoever got the most hits on their posts by the end of the month, a bottle of Jack Daniel's Honey. As a result I've created little...
Little green grasshopper
In a previous post I mentioned that I want to get a grasshopper tattoo, and that I’ll explain why. A friend once thought it is to symbolise my wanderlust, which is a fair and reasonable assumption, but not the first reason I’d provide. I’ve written about my...
My love for SAB is like the foam on Castle Milk Stout – enduring…
... and rich? 🙂 Foam stability is an important beer quality parameter, because really, who wants flat beer? The longer the head lasts, the better the party, right? This was one of my favourite duties in the six months I worked at SAB. In retrospect, the 18 months I...
Some of my favourite books
I love books. More than that though, I love stories. My grandfather told us such amazing stories (which probably explains my current affection for audiobooks); my mom bought me loads of comics as a child (better reward than candy, etc.) as well as book/tape read along...