Look, as someone who went through 5 months of hard lockdown with two small kids under the age of 4 i can tell you one thing – my respect for…
Here’s a story that I feel encapsulates Jeanne von Hirschberg: as a teen she used to work at the flagship Melissa’s in Kloof Street, Cape Town when it was but…
The first solo exhibition by artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi was due to open at the Stevenson gallery in Joburg, when South Africa (and the rest of the world) went into…
wow this has taken me back, because the first time i featured Alix-Rose Cowie on the blog was 10 years ago when i was still doing the “things i like…
i’ve always wanted to do some kind of home tour here, and although i regularly share snippets of our home on Instagram i never really got round to do a concerted…
i’m always keen to feature new things from local jewellery label WAIF, by designer Gisèle Human, so when she emailed me about this collaborative shoot she did with clothing label…
Erin Chaplin (sister of Mia Chaplin) is fast becoming one of my favourite local artists. her paintings look good enough to eat. like i want to shove my face into…
i first met Rebecca & Bruce years ago when we got married, as they were our wedding photographers! since then we have always kept in touch on social media and…
Michael standing in front of his mural for Bosjes, in collaboration with Lucie de Moyencourt if you grew up in and around the Cape you’d probably be more than familiar with…
i have featured Katrin Coetzer so many times on this here blog, so it stands to reason that i couldn’t NOT share her latest exhibition. but it is of course SO…
you may remember that a few years ago Monya of Stokperd and I did a series called Visits. we unfortunately didn’t get very far with them because we ended up…
my friend Lar and her husband Craig moved from Cape Town to the north coast of KZN a few years back (you may remember that i posted about her beautiful…
aaaah to own a piece by Kirsten Sims. that is my dream. Kirsten’s solo shows are an expression of where she is in her life. this year she turns 30, so…
Gisele Human’s WAIF is going places. i feel like every time i see her work she has just leveled up. the new collection is outstanding, but the lookbook is equally…