Fashion Week: Spero Villioti
When you can have an entire marching band on stage playing the latest pop music on their trumpets and drums preceding the exhibition of your fashion range I think you know you have arrived- the band was so superb but certainly didn’t upstage the Spero Villioti winter range! Click here to see the show. Believe it or not the band played Mary J’s “Hands Up”, Gwen Stefani’s “Wind It Up” and my favorite track of the moment My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Parade” and upon their dramatic exit entered in true Spero Villioti glamour some of the most exquisite gowns! Definitely not colour shy the silky smooth flamingo style dresses flowed flawlessly from each elegant model- picture perfect! He shared the stage with his students who showcased the most beautiful detailed hats that would make tea party judges spin on their heads. The band, the dresses and the elegantly poised models all put together made the show a great success and it received a well deserved standing ovation! Click here to see photos of the show. These images are supplied by Audi Joburg Fashion Week, click here to go to the...
Review: Greenside: Mama Themba’s v Vide e Caffe
Greenside is a fabulous Johannesburg suburb, there’s something so chilled, green and alluring about it but at the same time it keeps a low profile of sorts. Lets face it, as far as our pavement suburbs go, it lacks the grunge of Melville and Norwood, it doesn’t have the same consistent finesse (minus Jollies) of Parkhurst and you don’t get the village feel of Parkview. But is does have it’s own style. Vida e Caffe, is our latest most favourite coffee shop!… And the newly opened Mama Themba’s certainly adds a grungy feel. SJ reviewed the two Greenside restaurants for you right here. (Told you Editorista would be on the prowl…) Vida e Caffe Greenside was the first shop in the Vida Joburg clan, followed by Rosebank, Sandton and the newly opened Hyde Park. Vida lives the essence of ‘less is more’ with a brilliantly simple concept inspired by the flavours and textures of Portugal- it guarantees an overall pleasant, relaxed experience. We love the quirky touches like the dudes who sing a little song when you put a tip in the box “Obregado” (Sharpile in Portuguese) and the other little ditty they chant for when ladies arrive at the counter… “Ola Magents check out the ladies…” (something like that) – very flirty! You order from the counter, there’s a simple yet satisfying menu to choose from and you get to sit at “aesthetically appealing” table and chairs (for the design-minded)… and simply relax. If you’re lucky, there may even be a jazz performance from the very talented Marcus Wyatt or Carlo Mombelli and various supporting dishy musicians. Good taste. So good they were awarded a prize by the godfather of good taste, Wallpaper* Magazine for best coffee shop design or concept. We highly recommend JAZZ at VIDA in Greenside on Sunday mornings or at the Rosebank Vida (The Zone) on Saturday mornings. Click here to see our Youtube clip on Carlo Mombelli at the Vida in Rosebank on a Sat or watch the video at the end of this post. And… secret… if you go round closing time, which iis generally round 6pm, the staff hand out the remaining delicious and decadent muffins to all clientele – Mahala! And now onto Mama Themba’s…. eish. Well first of all, we thought we’d been teleported to the 80s when we walked past the colourful shopfront and busy pavement – it’s got an old, worn look and feels like it’s been there for years. But clearly it hasn’t been there for years as it wasn’t there last year. Apparently it used to be in Linden and recently relocated to Greenside. Well anyway, our experience wasn’t particularly pleasant but maybe we’re not the clientele they are after. First off, while we decided what we were going to have, we ordered still water and they...
Competition: Edgars Music Series
The Edgars Music Series is back in 2007 with a bang on Friday 02 February! Yes, the first Edgars Music Series of the year has a huge and crackling line-up designed to chase away the New Year blues and put you back in the party mood! It is still summer after all, and there are plenty of excuses for a good time, so get your New Year off to a typical party style start with the Edgars Music Series at the Bassline. Come on down on the 2nd of February and see HHP, Magesh and the Blk Jks in action. Joining these acts on stage will be two brand new emerging artists in the form of Character and Black Rose. As usual, The Fashion Police will be prowling the venue, checking out the gents and the ladies, looking for that special look that deserves rewarding. They will be deciding who gets to win special prizes from Sloggi and showing off the best dressed to the crowd! So make sure you are dressed to impress, when you head to The Bassline on 02 February 2007! Dineo Ranaka of Y FM will be the MC and host for the night, and the Y Fm crew will be there in force as usual, so get there early and book your space for the highlight of the Jozi party scene, the Edgars Music Series! The Edgars Music Series at the Bassline Friday 02 February 2007 The Bassline 10 Henry Nxumalo Street Newtown Music Centre Featuring: HHP, Magesh, Blk Jcks, Character, Black Rose AND DJ Mdu and Dj Vini...
Scholars explore Democracy through photo’s
Check out the Market Photo Workshop photography project with high school students – looks interesting – great to get them visually aware and photography fluent at such a young age – hopefully the beginnings of some future brilliance. Tied into the 10th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution – it looks like an interesting mix of art and democracy – the Conhill is an awesome place to visit … and the Bag Factory in Fordsburg is really interesting too. Get amongst! Democracy Begins with Conversation A project of Market Photo Workshop in collaboration with the Living Together Project It is not often in the era of video games, the internet and cell phone chat rooms that high school students come together to discuss and learn about citizenship and constitutionalism. But they do come together in the Democracy Begins with Conversation project of Market Photo Workshop and the Living Together Project. People working in the arts created a creative learning environment to develop an understanding of the constitution and democracy, focusing on photographs, poems, prints, music, drama etc. On 9 December 2006, 150 high school learners from Orange Farm, Duduza and Soweto participating in the Living Together Project’s Democracy Begins with Conversation Project will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the South African Constitution at Constitution Hill. The proceedings will be opened by one of the Constitutional Court Judges, after which learners will present the performance pieces, poems and raps on Constitutional issues that they have created over the course of the 8 week project for their family and friends. After the performance there will be a discussion with the audience on where we have come from and where we are going 12 years into democracy. The afternoon programme will be hosted by The Bag Factory in Newtown, where photographs taken by learners during the programme at Market Photo Workshop and other visual artworks created during the project will be exhibited. This will be followed by a discussion with artists from the Bag Factory as the guest speakers on the role of art, culture and conversation in building democracy. Venues Photography Exhibition Opening: 9 December 2006 Time: 13h30 for 14h00 Venue: The Bag Factory Artists Studios 10 Mahlathini Street Fordsburg Johannesburg Closes 12 December 2006. The gallery is open daily 10h00 – 16h00. Performances 9 December 2006 Time : 09h30 to 10h30 Tour of Constitutional Hill and Court 10h30 to 13h00 Performance by Youth Venue: Constitutional Hill Kotze street Braamfontein Johannesburg For more information: Market Photo Workshop Iqbal Tladi or Nonceba Ntintili Tel: 011 834 1444 Fax: 011 834 1447 info@marketphotoworkshop.co.za or The Living Together Project Betsi...
How to avoid becoming a gym bunny.
With the first Monday of December came the first authentic post-winter exercise… yes we know, rather lazy to only get the touche into action now. But you see, when your days are filled with words, web and wonder, there’s little time for sweat. And when the year moves at three times the speed of light it’s also difficult to keep up with the changing seasons. Talking of seasons, this must s… urely be hunting season for the gyms…. preying on vulnerable fatties all hoping to shed their skin before the year end holiday which is in approximately 15 days. It’s too late for summer quick-fixes darl, you should’a thought about that in about September aka Spring. But Sista (this is for the gels) it’s never too late to make sensible, long term changes to your life, just don’t expect the scale to go down magically – in fact stay away from the scale as much as possible. It’s evil. Use it at weekly or by-weekly intervals only. If you’ve left it too late, we’d say the best thing you can do today is to just LURVE yourself as you are. Right now. Look at your curves, your lines, your flow, your orange peel, your stretch marks, your c-section scar, your flab, your flavour…. and think about how unique, sexy and curvaceous you are. Then walk it babes, live it, breathe it and be it. It’s amazing what positive thinking around your body image can do. Let’s not be caught up in the skinny girl bulldust spewed out by western media – we’re African women and we don’t need to subscribe to what other people tell us looks good. But there’s nothing wrong with being slim either… we are each one of a kind. (PS: We’re horrified to see our Minky fading away into skinny mode – what happened to our curvy babe?) Well I nearly became a gym-bunny last week – gotta admit when i realised my summer-bunny deadline was about to expire on me I got desperate and arrived in the ‘Gym Zone’ where i realised the only way for me to save my flab was to join a gym as fast as possible. Got the boy interested or rather convinced that we needed saving and by only the most expensive of evangelicals. And then I went shopping and spent my gym subscription on a fabulous summer dress. Doh! So now what… broke, fat and listless. Year end fatigue. Year end blues. What to do? And then I remembered the wonderful Zoo Lake walk. Now it’s not just any walk, the Zoo Lake Walk has it’s appeal in...
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