Blog Awards Roundup

26 Sep 2010, Posted by Cape Town Girl in BFFs, Parties, bloggers, blogs, cape town, fashion, hilarious, sa blog awards, south africa, technology, weblebrity, 4 Comments

Photo by Warren Rasmussen

So we had a fabulous time at the SA Blog Awards at One & Only Cape Town this weekend. We did a slow build up with an outfit coordination evening on Thursday night, and then we cruised through braai day into Saturday and then suddenly we were late for the Blog Awards pre-drinks, where we posed for pics.

CTG was a finalist in the Best New Blog category, which we didn’t win. Well done to Simply Delicious who did. Highlights of the evening included:

- Mumz the MC: he was on fiya with the geek jokes

- Helen Zille’s speech: Hel knows how to work a crowd. Did you know that she was the first to have a verified Twitter account in South Africa? Now you do.

- the mojitos.

- the mysterious blank envelope that vexed the MC trying to announce the Best New Blog award, and then the organisers fumbling all over the stage to find out who’d won the category – hilarious! What a mess! Clearly no auditing went down.

- JP Naude dissing previous SA Blog Awards shows as circlejerks (not his exact words) and stating that this year’s awards were ‘the proper awards’ - lol!

- 2oceanvibe’s speech (read by Jessica Rabbit in his absence) tuning all the brand-haters, stating (truthfully) that this strange hating of bloggers working with brands is a uniquely South African tick, and that 2oceansvibe was no longer going to be a blog, but rather a ‘preferred news source’. Big news!

Photo by Warren Rasmussen

- the dress I wore, from Pepe Jeans - as chosen by YOU guys (thanks for your input!) – I am in love with this grecian goddess cut, super comfortable but also elegant. And warm! It was freezing on saturday. I wore it with big gold earrings and a gold bangle and black pumps. I also love the print.

Thanks everyone for all your support! We had a great time. And well done again to all the winners. Full list here.

And if you’d like a little perspective on the SA Blog Awards you can read what one of the judges had to say.

And here’s a pretty solid account from an industry member.

What a lag!

**BONUS BEHIND-THE-SCENES MATERIAL**

Check out this interview CTG did with PD & LA 2 nights before the SA Blog Awards in which they discuss topical issues such as how they’d feel about winning, losing and what dresses they’ll be wearing.