car-free friday morning run

it's car-free friday this friday and you can take the pledge here. car-free friday means that you can ride your scooter too...in fact there's a whole hellova party going down in town on friday morning at vida, starting at vespa. check it out on 'my city by night's' blog!

indie market in muizenberg!

click on the pics to enlarge and read all about it!

fuck yeah, tattoos

inspiring huh? fuck yeah tattoos

hand printed

mmmmm pretty local hand printed cotton lovelies such as cushions and curtains. are we having it? i think we might have it in time for christmas!

car-free friday

there are 4 days left to decide how you'll be getting to work on 'car-free friday' this week! if you live in town you have no excuse! you can skate-board, roller-blade, cycle or walk!

top 50 christmas wishlist

a piano
ceramic deer

play music

find the perfect house

spend a few weeks in the transkei

entertain my friends on long summer nights

get all my friends their own bicycles

escape

nice threads from local designers take care & coppelia

leather satchel

starting my christmas wishlist posts tday, starting with the first 10 on my top 50 list.

life's a beach cottage

i went away to langebaan this weekend for my sister's birthday and fell in love with the 'beach cottage' lifestyle all over again. my sister and i go to langebaan for our birthdays every year and have an absolute ball with our friends, on the lagoon and off. langebaan is a party town with a lagoon. it's rad. there were two 'life's a beach cottage' books at the house and i snapped a few pics of some of the pictures inside. the way they sell a lifestyle along with their recipes is genius! get them, they'll make brilliant xmas presents. p.s. that's my son, my sister and i on the beach today.

say what?

i can't actually comprehend how talented marietjie from skermunkil jewellery is. i'm so jealous. perhaps i should buy myself these new beauties to cure my jealousy. skermunkil is currently at the food wine design show in jhb. go see them!

behind the scenes

i took some behind the scenes shots of us setting up at the blue bird garage last night. vicki's fresh and scented roses were an absolute hit...

blue bird garage

vicki from the i want that blog and i will be sharing a stall at the blue bird garage this afternoon from 3pm until 9pm. vicki will be selling bunches of the most beautiful scented roses you've ever seen and i'll be selling some beatnik favourites. see you there!

i love leroy

a new trend has started on friday's on twitter, where everyone speaks about what local designer's clothing they are wearing. i love leroy is one of my favourite designers. i love the overall vintage feel and femininity of this label. what local fashion are you wearing today?

get on your bike

get on your bike, it's the weekend! buy your own johnny loco for a third of the price at www.benbikes.org.za right now!

oh my cavalier

oh my cavalier. check it.

bike-thru

will we see bike-thru's in south africa in our life time? wouldn't it be nice. read about what's happening over the seas here in the mean time, ride your bikes in kalk bay, muizenberg and simonstown where you can stop off for coffee and breakfast and enjoy a good, easy ride on your vintage bicycles. remember to get in touch with ben bikes to buy your own bike.

gen motley wall art

i love love love genevieve motley's new wall art. join her facebook page and keep up with everything this durban based creative is doing.

vintage books for sale!

i'm selling a full set a 'golden hands' craft books in great condition, for r450, comprising of 10 volumes of awesome needlework, knitting and dressmaking crafts. you don't want to miss out on owning these brilliant books from the 1970's! drop me an email and book these soon, as they will go fast!