It’s no secret that I LOVE Mugg and Bean. I’ve had so many easy cappuccinos in my life, I’m sure my financial contribution has helped to open more than a few branches. When I received an invite from Hungry for Halaal to check out Mugg & Bean’s new summer menu at their fully halaal Kenilworth Centre branch, … [Read more…]
Black Friday 2016 So, it’s that time of the year again and just about everyone has jumped on the Black Friday/ Cyber Monday bandwagon. What started off as a predominantly online phenomenon in South Africa has spread like wildfire. At this point it would probably be easier to make a list of those retailers who … [Read more…]
In February 2014, I spoke to Cape Town-born, classical crossover artist Selim Kagee. Since then, he has been doing everything from performing alongside Irish supergroup Celtic Woman, singing the national anthem in Australia to performing live at the Sergio Franchi Memorial Concert in the USA. It seemed only fitting to do a follow-up interview before his up … [Read more…]
I have this crazy friend (we all have at least one, right?) whose actively ticking things off her bucket list. When I saw a Groupon pop up in December to go snorkeling with seals, I promptly ignored it. Nope. Not interested. Anyway, said crazy friend (x2) said they’d like to go and I started to … [Read more…]
With pirating and improvements in home entertainment, movie houses really need to pull out all the stops to get us customers into their cinemas. With my Vitality movie card (half price discount) and my love for astros mixed in popcorn (don’t knock it till you tried it), it doesn’t take much to get me to … [Read more…]
We were lucky enough to be invited to the Titanic Expo launch at the V&A Waterfront Watershed. If you are major Jack and Rose fans (like Rif & I), you wouldn’t turn down the opportunity either. Then again, if you are too young to know who Jack and Rose are, it may be just your … [Read more…]
Last week we were invited to the Cape Town launch of Green Monday South Africa. Keen to know more, we made our way down to the uber-cool, steampunk, Truth Coffee in Buitenkant Street. After being treated to delectable starters (animal product free!), yummy almond-milk cappuccinos and chilled tunes courtesy of the band, the Rivertones, we got … [Read more…]
I was invited to attend the Renascent King Lifestyle Expo held by Renascent Health, a brand that are (according to their website) synonymous with holistic health care, preventative wellness medicine and aesthetic excellence. I was quite intrigued to be invited to a men’s event but hey, the line-up looked interesting and focused on hot topics like diet, vitamin supplementation, … [Read more…]
It’s been several weeks since the “Burn” and I feel saddened writing this post. Reason being…. I want to go back! Even though I know that right now there’s probably just the baron desert there. Before I go on about how I miss it , lets start from the beginning… What is AfrikaBurn? This is … [Read more…]
Featured in Ventureburn , these 2 entrepreneurs & founders of the new and exciting platform called LiveBids Auctions has wowed the South African online community. This start-up company will be competing against online giants such as bidorbuy and Ebay…. and its about time! We are extremely excited to be writing about this unique new website … [Read more…]