Freeworld Design Centre...the blog..

I have found the ultimate blog! well.... maybe not ultimate with a capital U, but its pretty darn impressive. It being a Saturday, and a wet and rainy one, i naturally lay in bed for most of the day looking up cool things on the net. And we all know what a black hole it can be. But some good definitely came from the whole experience. The Freeworld Design Centre's blog  (also apparently called the Plascon Design Centre) ( click me! ) led me to some really cool sites about art, design weeks, trends, cool people and cool places.

Id attach some of the awesome photos that came along with the blog, but i am still facing technical issues with my blog...ah shoot me!

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The Truth about steampunk...

So I haven't been able to do any further posts on the Cape Town trip (or anything else for that matter) due to my account not allowing me to upload pictures. I'm not exactly sure what’s going on, but I'm on it!

In the mean time, I found a short video about the steam punk era that was shot at Truth Coffee headquarters. Brilliant clip, I just somehow wish the service and pretty much everything about Truth (except their coffee of course) reflected that. Yes, as you can tell, I’ve had several not so pleasant experiences there.

Music notes fluttering...

I've had some of Ben Howards music stashed away in my playlist for quite some time now but came across one of his songs "The Fear" and am relishing in it's beauty! Its been on repeat for days now...i just cant seem to get enough of it! Its such a feel good song that kept me running an extra 5 K's this morning for my daily run!

The skinny on Skinny La Minx...

I stumbled across this little video on Visi's website and though it was the cutest thing ever. I'm really keen on doing a stop motion film like this one. I'm told you need a bucket load of patience but I'm all in, who's with me :)

Rocking Cape Town: Day six...

As a normal day in Cape Town starts, it was already 11 AM. We decided to take a walk through Woodstock and go check out a few of the places that were still open. I popped into Woodstock Vintage only because i love a second hand bargain. I found a small leather camera satchel that was in pristine condish! i HAD to have it. Amongst the bags, suitcases and satchels, i found an identical snake skin bag that my mother had given to me! Mind you, mine was in far better condition.

The morning was followed by taking a quick squiz into William Kentridges new exhibition  "No, it is" at the Goodman Gallery on the 3rd floor of the Fairweather House in Sir Lowry Road. His contraptions are simply incredible, one even played a full musical piece on drums entirely reliant on springs and motors! He really is an incredible artist, I just must look out for more of his stuff!

We then met up with Haldane and Alison at The Deli  for a quick bite. Mind you, we stayed for over an hour catching up and listening to all of my dads stories abut diving. Plus the Deli's sandwich went down pretty well. Its strange to have sat down for a proper meal there when just 6 months ago i would run in, grab a coffee and run out again to finish all the interney stuff i was set out to do. How times have changed!

Of course my sweet tooth got the better of me and off it was to none other than Charly's Bakery. The bakery is absolutely overwhelming with swarms of tourists wanting to have a glimpse of the ever so famous bakery. I managed to squeeze myself in the line for one one their wicked chocolate cake cupcakes. Its was delicious...and a good way to end of the the day too...

Rocking Cape Town: Day five..

Rocking Cape Town: Day five...

Day five commenced uneventfully. The morning consisted of general grocery shopping for my Dads get together with old friends. My sister and I were then sent out on a mission to buy 2 candles for the evening, needless to say, the mission took longer than we thought, not because we couldn’t find a place that sold them, but because we had such a great time walking Bree street, peeking into the pop up shops and messing about with the camera.

 

 

Following this, the preparation of the food for the night and lastly, slipping into this gorgeous red polka dot dress! It made me feel like I was in a retro vintage movie. On a last minute note, after entertaining all the ou toppies, I went out for a drink with some friends at Alexander Bar (click for link) in Strand Street. A vibey bar with “old world charm” as quoted on their website. We then moved on to The Bombay Bicycle Club (click for link) in Kloof Street. I can’t quite say I’ve ever been to such a place. The Christmas décor is over the top but the good kind of over the top. Its super eclectic with a mish mash of different characters who both work and eat there. They apparently serve a chilli chocolate steak on Thursday nights, I’m still deciding whether this is something I’d be into….

Rocking Cape Town: Day four...

With the fantastic sunny weather at hand, it was off to the beach! Only the best will do, so in this case Clifton 4th beach! Camps Bay way was always way too commercial for us. We love the tucked away nooks and crannies that 4th beach offers! I'm lucky in that 1 day at the beach leaves me looking like a coloured, as you can clearly see from the photo. Yes that is me. looking like a dark stained piece of brown leather. But its working to my advantage, the Cape coloureds treat me like one of their own.

Most of the morning was spent relaxing on the beach, as one does, occasionally dipping my toes into the frigid water and fishing out ridiculous amounts of money for overpriced water. My sister and I also managed to slip in a walk to camps bay in search of frozen yoghurt. Much to our dismay there weren’t really any. We eventually found an ice cream parlour that in my opinion had pretty crappy ice cream. And at 20 ZAR a scoop I was close to throwing it in their faces. I didn’t. Pity though. It would have made an entertaining skit for onlookers.

After a long hot day at the beach I flung myself through the front doors of our apartment building only to see my close friend’s door open. I peeked through and found her sweeping an empty flat. She was moving out. We enjoyed a few laughs together followed by her ushering me to finish a glass of wine. She couldn’t dare speak of wasting any. I felt quite tipsy after. Which is probably why i can’t quite remember what we did that night…

Rocking Cape Town: day three...

 

Day three, Today, started by waking up to a late morning, just the way its meant to be. The morning saw me getting through a few errands followed by coffee at Mozart Cafe and a stroll down Long Street with an old friend. Although a sweltering 28 degree day, the wind seemed to help cool things down substantially. Note to self that I may have to buy more short shorts and tops, any excuse to buy something down here in the overly priced stores.

 

The company gardens is bustling with people coming to the celebrate summer markets where jazz, opera and other music is being played throughout the day. I’m staying right opposite the gardens so am typing this post with the sweet melodic sounds of jazz playing in the background. Earlier this morning it was opera! Now that’s something I could wake up to on a regular basis...

 



Rocking Cape Town 2012...

 As a few people who know me might know that Cape Town is where my heart really belongs. With that said, I thought it only fair to document my time here (although I’ve only technically been here for a day!)

 

The journey begins with a 4AM morning to pack the car and set off on the 2 day journey to paradise! Now I won’t go into too much detail with the drive there, because the Karoo can be quite baren. We did however stop over at a small town for a cup of coffee and the usual toilet break! A hospitable and humble gentleman helped us and shared a few stories too.

We didn’t do the trip in a full day, but split it up over two days, staying over in the small Karoo town of Prince Albert and boy what a gem this place proved to be! After much commotion trying to find a restaurant to eat supper at (it had been a long and cranky day folks) we found The Olive Branch. It’s a small little hideout owned by Bokkie Botha, who is also featured in the latest cookbook Karoo Kitchen (click here for link). Such a humble man whom also shared stories of the restaurant, his life and a few well known’s who have visited the restaurant. We also managed to walk the streets of the town and explore before heading off to Cape Town.

 

I’ve always enjoyed the drive down to the Cape and would trade flying for driving down any day. Watch this space for as many posts as possible, although I may be out doing awesome things and meeting awesome people before I get the chance to.