Tagged with " Cape Town"
A Beautiful Surprise 25th Birthday with the Cape Town Rollergirls
By     |    Apr 8, 2013
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A Beautiful Surprise 25th Birthday with the Cape Town Rollergirls

This past Friday, the 5th of April 2013, the Cape Town Rollergirls (my roller derby league) threw me the most special surprise party for my 25th birthday! Nattie Nitrox, the league secretary and my dear friend, organised the whole event without my knowledge! Well done woman, there’s not much that gets past me online – the control-freak inside me didn’t particularly love the idea of a surprise party. My friend, Kyle, led me [...]

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Cape Town Rollergirls: Open Night
By     |    Feb 25, 2013
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Cape Town Rollergirls: Open Night

Tonight, the Cape Town Rollergirls will  be recruiting for fresh meat, officiators, referees and roller derby supporters at our first Open Night of 2013. This poster is the first of our Open Night posters, designed by Marike Herzberg known as Quick Stix on the track. Event on Facebook Tweet

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WIN a Foodie Hamper from V & A Market on the Wharf
By     |    Feb 20, 2013
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WIN a Foodie Hamper from V & A Market on the Wharf

As some of you already know, the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town has started a market filled with glorious food. I have check this market out before and found a selection of my favourite local traders there, including The Creamery (Peanut Butter ice cream – yes please), Taste of Taiwan (food that reminds me of home), By Nature dried fruit and nuts, Stokkiesdraai Biltong, Classic Marmalades and Jams, O’ways [...]

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The Cape Town Rollergirls – Derby Diner
By     |    Nov 27, 2012
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The Cape Town Rollergirls – Derby Diner

Cape Town Rollergirls Derby Diner. Our final fundraiser for 2012! Design by rollergirl G.I. JoJo (Jolize Jacobs) – Check out the event on Facebook here! Join the Cape Town Rollergirls on Facebook and Twitter. Tweet

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Dogs Deserve Better: Meet Buttons & Pepper
By     |    Nov 12, 2012
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Dogs Deserve Better: Meet Buttons & Pepper

My sister, Jasmine, and I have been wanting to get dogs for a while now, but having grown up with dogs – we knew it was a responsibility that we can’t take on half-heartedly. In September, we decided it was a good time to adopt and Jasmine started researching local shelters. She found a spot in Malmesbury called “Dogs Deserve Better”, a dog rehabilitation centre. Below are my sister and my adopted [...]

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Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)
By     |    Oct 1, 2012
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Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) also known as Full Moon Festival usually occurs over late September or early October (this year it was September 30). Traditionally, we eat “Moon cakes” and pomelo after a family dinner. Family dinner has evolved into barbeques, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of the full moon while eating a family-orientated meal. The “moon cakes” are something quite special. My favourite flavour is made of a [...]

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K!ff Posters by Nothief
By     |    Sep 10, 2012
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K!ff Posters by Nothief

This post is more of a feature because I want to share the wonderful world of K!ff Posters to you. In some friends’ band “Tonightwedie”, the raging drummer, known as Nothief, is also the graphic designer at Gloo Design Agency. Nothief is Michael Pauls. His fascination for this type of “poster art” stemmed from his youth, raiding his dad’s record collection to look at the various creative elements that create [...]

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Derby Origins: Wolverming
By     |    Aug 10, 2012
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Derby Origins: Wolverming

Okay, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything new, but I promise I have a good reason. I started playing a sport called roller derby in March this year and I can’t express how much it has done for me. Sport has never been a priority for me, but I do understand the importance of it – though roller derby has made me fall in love with exercise. Skating on [...]

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Feature in Balanced Life May 2012 – A TFG magazine
By     |    May 14, 2012
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Feature in Balanced Life May 2012 – A TFG magazine

Another Foschini Group feature with Balanced Life May 2012. In this feature, I chose 4 recipes from my blog. Styled by myself and the magazine’s art director: Lesley Mallon Photographer: Greg Cox Pickled cherry Tomatoes with Chinese cured Plums Chicken fried Rice with ginger and sesame oil Chinese Egg Pancake Roll 蛋餅 Taiwanese Cucumber Salad     Read the digimag here. Tweet

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Feature in Balanced Life March 2012 – A TFG magazine
By     |    May 9, 2012
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Feature in Balanced Life March 2012 – A TFG magazine

I was approached by the group editor (who’s also a dear friend of mine – Claire Barnardo) of The Foschini Group magazines to be featured in the March 2012 edition of “Balanced Life” a few months ago. This subscription magazine, focuses on women. The article I was featured in, included one of my friends and food blogger Ishay Govender of Food and the Fabulous, and was written by Kirsty Wilkins, TFG’s [...]

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