There is a small group of boys who I often see sleeping the day away at the bottom of my road. I know some of them, and one or two of them I have known for many years. These are the street kids we see all over the city and across South Africa – some have no home to go to, while others have chosen the hard life on the streets over the hopelessness of life at home. We see …
While I occasionally manage to get myself into gear to make dinner, over the past few months I am finding it harder and harder to make time to prepare a proper, healthy meal. More often than not, it’s just easier to call Butlers, or make toast or waste money on pre-made meals that usually end up not even tasting all that great. So when I first heard about UrbanKhana, I was immediately won over by the idea of having home-cooked …
World Food Day is on 16 October, and the theme this year is United Against Hunger. While this is something that most of us are never able to really understand, millions of people all over the world are dying from hunger – over-population, urbanisation, war, pollution and poverty are slowly killing the world’s food supplies, and as a result, way too many people on this planet simply do not have access to food. Woolworths has launched a brilliant online campaign …
My mom and I are doing the Santa Shoebox Project this year, something I’m rather excited about. It’s one of those simple yet amazing concepts that is organised all over the world, with local versions as well as international campaigns. The premise is pretty self-explanatory, using a shoebox, you get to play Santa to an underprivileged child who quite likely has never gotten a Christmas present before in their life. Here’s how it works… 1. You go onto the site, …
It’s hard to define exactly what gives us that feeling of being ‘home’. Maybe it’s the place, maybe it’s the people around us, or the neighbourhood – even the sense of finally being somewhere we feel safe and content. For me, moving to my little slice of awesomeness in the Bo Kaap is when I found that sense of peace. There are so many reasons why I love this place, from the quiet and peaceful block (such a huge difference …
Hot on the heels of the warm and fuzzy car guard moment last week came this little incident on the very same corner. Not quite sure what the deal was, but what I do know is how very much I’m going to miss this little corner… never a dull moment! So this dude was basically walking around with a blindfold over his eyes, being led by what I can only assume to either be a level 1 bergie (or just …
…that make me love this country so much I could cry! The other day at lunchtime we spotted this little act of kindness on the Park and Kloof Street corner. A very very old lady was being assisted by one of the local car guards – who even helped carry her shopping. They were met by her gentleman friend, where the trio made their way slowly over Park Road and onto Kloof again. Please enjoy this awesome moment as it …
There’s a slideshow being emailed around, about how just because we’re out of the World Cup, we can’t just stop the gees. Yesterday’s game was one of the most amazing things ever, and I don’t there that there was a single South African out there who was not bursting with pride at how well our boys played. At the end of the day, it’s about the HEART and about us making it that far and beating France. A draw, a …
I seem to be constantly humming the K’naan Waving Flag song (that or Waka Waka), and I have a date with an American who fell on my foot on Saturday – yup, World Cup feVAH is here my friends, and I for one am loving it! Friday saw the kick off of the SWC, and with no work done all day (not to mention an hour long power cut on Kloof Street) we finally got out at 1pm. Holly met …
So Mexico is kinda lacking when it comes to hot players – this is good news, as it leaves us to focus on our boys instead! You might be thinking that Bafana has Matthew Booth and that’s about it… but there are a few hotties worth watching on Friday… Lance Davids – #7 Look at that gorgeous face – he is just adorable! Lance plays midfield, and wears the #7 top. At 25 he’s just a baby, but having been …
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