So the initiative was launched last night at Freeworld Design Centre and it was awesome. Go check out nameyourhood and start sending in your ideas. There are manual submission forms out and about town too if doing it electronically is a little too convenient for you. Think about it – next time you read about a restaurant at 113 Long Street, you never have to do loop-de-loops until you find the place, cos it’ll be in a hood that you affectionately and practically refer to throughout your every day life.
As Sheldon would say, BAZINGA.
And it’s just beautiful. Please appreciate!
Head to Harbour House restaurant in Kalk Bay. It’s above Polana, and it feels like you’re eating at a holiday house right on the sea. I recommend the fish – I ate the Panga with delicious rosemary potato bake - and the calamari was excellent, too.
Ended the week at the 2oceansvibe and Goldfish party at Cape Royale’s Sky Bar. We drank Boschendal bubbly and bounced. We like Goldfish. They bring the happy vibes. Please, musicians – we love the happy vibe. Bring it.
We even had an extremely special moment where PD got to touch and pose next to 2oceansvibe’s very own TBG!!! It basically made her week. She’s still talking about it. Really, we are having trouble getting her to shut up! Look we don’t blame her. Just look at his loving, peaceful face. You can’t gaze upon it without feeling as if you’ve been ‘touched by a mangel’.
And suddenly there he was...
We spent a bit of time just chilling looking at the city from some pretty places.
Fiddled around with some new Hipstamatic filters
Enjoyed watching Table Mountain play ‘the Volcano game’ - that’s always fun
Ate dinner at Cafe Chic again – we really do love this spot. It’s in Breda Street in Gardens. It’s quiet and calm and plays French Cafe music and it has chandeliers everywhere – what’s not to like??
PD and I also did a weekend workout at Wembley and then grabbed sushi and danced to Usher’s Top 10 at our table. Note: AT our table. Not ON our table. Big difference. Nice weekend all!
en masse massage studio - lots of screens and mirrors and beds
As a big fan of friendly human contact – cuddles, hugs, massages, gentle back patting … I’m there – I was THRILLED at being invited to experience an interesting concept, namely MASSAGE CLUB. This is how it works:
You join enmasse for either R550 per month or R900 per month.
For the former you get 2 x 1 hour massages a month, and the latter you get 4 x 1 hour massages a month. Is that not a brilliant idea? Sign me up Scottie! Click here to view their menu and see what’s available. You can also just get once-off massages from R350 for 1 hour. Great for a no-frills no-fuss lunchtime massage quickie.
Anyway, I had the 1-hour Thai Massage. I’ve never had a Thai Massage before, and it’s quite interactive. It’s a mixture of stretching, pressure point pressing and massage, and I really, really loved it. Am usually stiff due to being a bit OCD about running and exercise so this took the relief of a normal massage and made it amazing with the stretching vibe, and the pressure points – thought you may scoff – really hurt! And it works. Felt totally centred and light.
Where you have your massage
Thai Massage is different in that there are no oils involved – you walk in, they give you a white shirt and wrap pants, you get changed and the whole thing is done on a mattress on the floor. And while i LOVE oils, they can be impractical if you just want a quick massage in the middle of the day, which is where Thai Massage comes into its own.
Teas. Lots of them.
They also have a ridiculously huge collection of delicious teas, so once you’ve had your massage you can chill and drink a cup of something soothing and yummy. Enmasse is centrally located in Gardens in Mill Street. Click here to make a booking.
PS Ladies - guys will love this place. They won’t call it ‘gay’. Treat your man xx
“I couldn’t wait to hit the streets of Johannesburg and witness my first real race riots!”
Love you Jon Stewart. Enjoy!
What a beautiful weekend. Spent a lot of it outdoors on my balcony in the sunshine, outdoors running along the sea in the sunshine, outdoors lounging around on the grass in Constantia in the sunshine… simple things really. Outdoors.
City Bowl sunshine
Constantia sunshine (it’s beautiful everywhere, the sunshine)
Priscilla wears top by Country Road, shades by Georgio Armani
Leigh Anne wears top by Country Road, shades by Ray Ban
CTG wears dress by Wardrobe, shades by Chanel, jersey by Country Road, pumps by Woolworths
Pretty red flower dude
Lounging around in the warm winter sun
Too beautiful. Happy Monday!
CTG is quite enjoying this l’il summin summin for Levi’s® SA on facebook. They interviewed 5 local urban culture icons (Inge from Lark, Samora from 5th Floor, MTV’s Bianca, Jozi blogger True Jones and Pretoria photographer Liam Lynch) and created and designed maps of all their favourite hotspots in Jozi and Cape Town. You can print the maps off the facebook page and hit their unique versions of ‘town’. Is quite cool particularly for those who were here for World Cup and wanting something a little less touristy. Click here to check out all the maps – there are also video interviews and photos of the mentioned hotspots. What do you think? Cool? Yes? No? They’re also releasing clues on the facebook page that lead you to certain marked out venues where you can pick up free limited edition gear (Found that out on a Vide e Caffe cup).
