Bachelorette Balloon Rides

On Saturday was Natasha's Bachelorette Party (read failed Bachelorette party). I organised my ass off, and no one could make it and some never pitched. COWS!!! So in the end Natasha and I went on the "hot" air balloon ride alone, and it was AWESOME! Who needs disappointing friends? Montecasino has a hot air balloon that you can ride in. Very cool. So we bought tickets and saw Fourways from the sky. I think it was a rad way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Jozi City. The last Saturday that Tashy is in fact a single lady...

To Tash...

I love you my friend and am sorry things did not turn out the way you had hoped. I wish you the happiest marriage filled with joy, rainbows, sunshine, magical memories and of course love. I feel blessed to have you in my life and count you among my friends. I am honoured that you have asked me to be one of your bridesmaids. I will be there for you whenever you call and even when you don't. Looking forward to your big day on Saturday my beautiful friend! Here's to the future, it's a bright one!

Jozi Night Sky

I walked outside this evening to see the most magnificent sunset forming overhead. It has been raining for days and this was the first sunset I have seen in a while. I quickly grabbed my Nikon and took some pics. I don't think they do justice to what I saw, but they are still gorgeous nonetheless.

Enjoy!

Torn Between Two Cities

I have to apologise for the two week long hiatus in posting. I have basically just arrived back from Cape Town (okay a weekend has passed) but I have just gotten back into the swing of things.

I am in love... with Cape Town and Johannesburg. Cape Town is the city I was born in and holiday in. Johannesburg is the city I was raised in and currently live in. I love them both so dearly.

When I left Cape Town I was so deeply saddened and my heart did break. I got home and sobbed. Most would put it down to post-party depression. However I leave behind my family whom I miss the entire year... and now little Ben is there.

I feel the same way when I look at Johannesburg, the city that has shaped me. It is vibrant, aggressive, fresh and exciting. Qualities that I admire. I am a proud Jozi Girl!

I had such a wonderful holiday in Cape Town. I loved spending time with my family. Laughing with my gran, taking Ben for beach front walks with my aunt Tracy, admiring the city and mountain in the setting sun as we set sail into the open ocean one Saturday afternoon. Shopping and walking the streets of town with my sissy, Cayla, and partying with my coz Jess... What fun!

Cape Town has such an arty, quirky vibe about it which filters down to the people. The uber-trendy, too-cool-for-school scene kids have more tattoos than I could dream of, wearing clothes I think my mom has thrown away. It makes me want more tattoos! I too want to sit at the one of sidewalk cafes and sip on an organic coffee latte as we talk about Sartre. You know I am only kidding right. This is simply an observation (my sister and I on the Cape Town kids)

I think the main difference between Cape Town and Jozi are the drivers. Jozi drivers are impatient and aggressive whereas Cape Townians are chilled and have no sense of urgency. I don't mean this in a nasty way. This is simply an observation that I know every South African is well aware of.

I would love to post all the wonderful pictures that I took documenting my holiday. However my newly acquired Casio was pinched, along with my cellphone, at pumpkin hour, on New Years. It's always fun to have your possessions stolen when you are celebrating. However I soldiered on and had a cool, memorable holiday nonetheless.

I hope to have some pics sent up that I took on my Aunt's cam whilst we were on the Sunset Cruise. If I receive these I shall post them and thus share with all you lovelies!!

Lyric of the Day

I just got back from a weekend away in Heidelberg. I can't really say that I went away as I really only went to visit Louise and Heidelberg is only 50kms outside of Jozi city. But how outside some places can really be. I love going to small towns like that. Drinking at small pubs and brunching at quaint delis. A town filled with pretty churches and quiet streets. It has a maximum of three places to party. And when I mean party I mean sit around, drink and talk shit with the kids who live in the town. Too awesome. I will definitely be going back next year. Thank you Lou. And in honour of our attempt at broken Afrikaans when we were a bit broken... Here are some special lyrics for you my friend...

"As die son bo hierdie rotse opkom,

gaan almal weet wat ek en jy nog altyd weet,

'n mens het sy limiet,

al wat jy het is wat die wêreld vir jou bied,

ek weet ons is uniek,

ek weet...

ek probeer my bes,

ek sweer ek probeer..."

-Sonrotse by Die Heuwels Fantasties

Vocos - "Disco Disco"

NGK

Back to Jozi

City and Colour

I met a friend, Claire, at the Doll's House on Thursday for some convo and coffee. We could hear the storm approaching but we were sitting under the trees so could not see it. As we said our good-byes and parted ways, I looked up and saw the most incredible, indescribable storm cloud in front of me. I was in awe. It was grey, yellow, white, blue, green... It was monstrous. I whipped out my happy-snappy and started as usual snapping away. To Claire's annoyance. I tried to capture the beauty of this beauty but alas I don't think my little cam cam could do it. As I drove home I was filled with happiness, and continued snapping away more pics of the clouds and the city. I love this city! Jozi my LOVE!

So here are some of the pics... Enjoy!

What I did today...

So I went shopping with my mom at the epic China Mall. I love it there. It's where South Africa shops. haha. All the shops sell pretty much the same stuff, bag shop, watch shop, and then there is "Much Better Place" which has now been renamed "Much and Better Place". Much better name don't you think? That place has everything, even Chinese snacks. I thought why not buy and sample some of the far east snacks. So I bought a juice pack (Winter Melon flavour) and lollipops. I reckon that these were some safe buys for a first timer like me. First timer, as in someone who likes South African Chinese style food. Well... bad idea. The juice was bad. Bad, bad, bad. It tasted like burned popcorn that had been rolled in hamster sawdust, then water had been passed through this, and this by product was bottled and sold. Haven't tried the lollipops yet. Those I plan to unleash on my victims, I mean friends tonight. Also bought a rad scarf... All in all it was a cool experience. I like how haphazard and thrown together it is there, and it works. And you get great stuff at great prices.