Check out Lady Luck at the Intimate Theatre

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Karisa

Tonight is the opening night of Lady Luck at The Intimate Theatre in Gardens.

It’s a proudly South African play written by Marlisa Doubell, directed by award-winning Yvonne Copley and brought to you by Sugar-daddy Theatre Co.

The synopsis is as follows:

Set in the seedy underbelly of Cape Town, exotic dancer, Lisa (Sabine Palfi), tries to pick up the pieces of her broken heart.

Things soon spiral out of control and she finds herself thrust into a dangerous love triangle with Dean (Bjorn Steinbach), her explosive former fiancé, and his Greek boss, Nic (Aidan Whytock), a seductive mobster…

From left to right: Bjorn Steinback as Dean, Sabine Palfi as Lisa & Aidan Whytock as Nic

As you can see, it’s a bit of a saucy storyline. So no under 18s are allowed. But if saucy is right up your alley (and you know it is ), here’s all the important deets you need to know to reserve your seat:

When: Wed 15 May to Sat 25 May (excluding Sun/Mon)
Venue: Intimate Theatre, UCT Hiddingh Campus, 37 Orange Street
Time: 8pm
Tickets: R80 (students/pensioners/SAGA members R70). If you buy more than 10 tickets online, you can also get them for R70 AND on Tue 21 May, they’re doing a “half price Tuesday” special where you’ll only pay R40. Get your tickets from Computicket over here. Some stand-by tickets will also be available at the door (at full price only), but I’d say it’s better to plan ahead in case there are no spots left. Plus, Computicket has enabled the “print at home” option for this event, which means no queuing. Love it.

See you at the theatre folks.

xxx

Lots of fun with the Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Karisa

This year’s Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo event at the beautiful Val de Vie estate just outside Paarl certainly did not disappoint. (But I knew it wouldn’t!) No expense was spared to put on a day of ultimate luxury, high fashion and regte egte French bubbly overindulgence… there’s nothing fancier than a real champagne hangover, just so you know.

Now there were rumours going around that Ryk Neethling wasn’t actually going to be able to attend this year’s event. But luckily that turned out to be total nonsense. He was there, he was looking good and he was having a great time:

I did think his interpretation of the “Whimsical chic” dress code was a little strange though… but hey, I wasn’t complaining.

Pretty soon he was just one of the gang really…

Here with Roxanne Cloete from Fairlady and journo & celeb expert, Clayton Morar. I dunno where my friend Siv Ngesi disappeared to in this pic. He was supposed to be there on the right. Hmmm…

We were lucky enough to be rocking the VIP area where we were totally spoilt. Think endless, flowing Veuve Clicquot, big tables with all different kinds of cheeses, yummy charcuterie, fresh fruit and more. Waiters walking around with trays of canapes and sweet treats. A dieter’s nightmare basically.

Oh and ice cream cones, how could I forget the ice cream cones! Bjorn and Darryn downed these babies like naughty children who’d hijacked the ice cream truck:

Hehe…

Clouds also got into the action and even made it look oh-so-fashionable as it kinda matched her beautiful Kobus Dippenaar dress perfectly:

New accessory trend? I like it…

Other people on the scene included this awesome lineup of folks:

Golden ladies on the left: actress Lee-Anne Summers & Top Billing’s Jeannie D; Always fashion perfect couple Kelly Parkhurst & Grant Paul Roy

Luxo blog power couple – Elrico & Ritza. I just loved Ritza’s dress, especially that back. It was designed by Ricci Janse Van Rensburg from CTCFD.

From left to right: Jen Su looking fresh in her slinky grey number and the gorgeous Natalie Becker with friend, Andrew.

Lovely ladies, from left to right: Jasna from Fashionjazz.co.za, Expresso’s Leigh-Anne Williams & Decleor Ambassador Thandi Kupe in a striking Black Cake hat.

Here with actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim who’s just snagged a lead role in new pirate series, Black Sails, which is being shot at the Cape Town Film Studios (you’ve also seen him in Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Hotel Rwanda) and then kykNET’s Kia Johnson who was looking striking in bright orange.

As well as designer Hendrik Vermeulen who’s partner (whom he dressed of course) was nominated for best dressed:

Loved that pink & white combo.

And on the topic of fashion, I was totally obsessed with actor Aidan Whytock‘s sunglasses. How cool are these??

I so badly want a pair too… And the glasses & bow tie combo, pure awesome. Love a guy who’s willing to have a bit of fun with fashion.

Entertainment wise we got so check out a fashion show by Jenni Button showing some gorgeous (and I have to say somewhat daring) evening wear:

As well as some great, classic silhouettes by Hilton Weiner:

Oh yes, then of course it being a “Masters Polo” event, there was an actual polo match too:

According to the announcer, this was very exciting match… but I don’t know anything about the game, so won’t even attempt to comment. All I can say is, watching horses running around with the Franschhoek mountains as their backdrop is pretty incredible.

There was also the traditional “stomping of the divots” (which always reminds me of that scene in Pretty Woman):

But I couldn’t join in as I was a bit tied up with a “fan” at the time:

OK OK, that was super cheesy, I know…

All ‘n all, this was a great day out with great people and I have to say a HUGE thank you to the team at Vivid Luxury for putting together such an amazing event and letting me be part of it.

My peeps. I love them.

xxx

Circus fun at the Marie Claire Loeries After party

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Karisa

So last Sat eve I was lucky enough to attend the much anticipated Marie Claire Loeries after party – one of the highlights on the Creative Week calendar - and I can guarantee you one helluva jol. I really had no idea that advertising folks were such crazy party animals. There was just no way I was ever going to keep up, but trust me, I gave it my best shot.

First, before I give you the nitty-gritty on the party shenanigans, remember last Fri I showed you guys piccies of some dress options by Beautiful Maverick? Genuvieve, owner of the label, was awesome enough to give me a dress to wear for the party. It was tough to decide, but in the end I went with a flirty little animal print number:

Ta da! Everyone knows you have way more fun in animal print daaahling.

So dressed to impress and feelin’ ready to cause some trouble, Bjorn and I headed over to the Zip Zap Circus tent in the Foreshore - the hot location for the evening’s events.

Partying in a circus tent? Come on, that’s pretty damn cool…

The VIP section (yup – that’s how we roll. hehe) was jam-packed with big media names, magazine people, editors, power creatives, ad folks, basically a whole bunch people I didn’t know. But at least there were some familiar faces to make things a little less intimidating…

From top left: Clouds who was also rocking a Beautiful Maverick frock, my journo/PR bud Clayton, The Boys: my boy / actor Bjorn Steinbach, comdedian / actor Siv Ngesi, Mr SA 2010 Denver Burns & The Wild actor Tyrone Keogh; then bottom left: Kia Johnson from Expresso (met her at the Palladium Pamphair party a few days before and she’s an absolute sweetheart) and lastly a cutesy couply shot. (I know, I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help myself)

Obviously being in a circus tent, there was circus awesomeness all around, including some cute ladies in some crazy getups and a kissing booth! Ooh la-la…

We were also treated to a candy table filled with sweeties, lollipops, candy canes and everything else your heart might desire, a kick ass black & white dance floor (very fancy) and a fun photo booth.

The photo booth was actually a huge hit, especially as the cocktails started flowing and people became a little braver. This was my favourite shot from our set:

Love it

Now talking about cocktails… the alcohol was flowing. Ice cold Patrón was served at an actual bar made out of ice and the VIP bar was serving pretty potent Cognac coctails all night long. This I’m calling my “collage of liquid gold”:

Hell yeah…

First we were entertained by an impressive acrobat show - another great perk of having a party in a circus tent. The guys & girls from Zip Zap were definitely showing us how things are done…

After which Crazy White Boy took over the stage to get the crowd moving:

Everyone migrated to the dance floor and that’s pretty much where they stayed until the early hours of the morning. No further paparazzi photography was allowed after about 10pm for safety purposes. Sorry.

We left at around 2:30 and the party was still going strong. Like very very strong. DJ Sox (you’ll probably know him from the Sun sessions at Cafe Caprice) was putting out a good mix of old school tunes, hip hop, dance & everything in between and those crazy advertising guys & gals were lapping it up. From what I hear a lot of these people had been out partying pretty much for 3 days solid. That’s impressive stuff. I on the other hand ended up kicking off my shoes, watching an episode of So you think you can dance and passing out on the couch. Yup, totally rockstar and stuff…

xxx

Fashion lovers come out to play

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Karisa

Inside The Reserve

Last Thu eve I attended the GQ & Glamour Craig Port Mercedes-Benz Cape Town Fashion week afterparty. Sjoe, that’s a whole lotta name for a party, but then again, it was a whole lotta party.

This FTV sponsored soiree took place at The Reserve in St Georges Mall, a venue which never fails to impress, and was coordinated by Jill Groger from Zebra Square, a lady who’s synonymous with top class events.

Now sadly I missed out on the Craig Port show which took place earlier that evening. So this meant I missed out on these gorgeously fun & flirty dresses:

Photo by: Source: Simon Deiner / SDR Photo; Source: African Fashion International (http://afi.sdr.co.za/)

And the beautiful lines of this guy’s ~~pecs & abs~~ swimming trunks:

Photo by: Source: Simon Deiner / SDR Photo; Source: African Fashion International (http://afi.sdr.co.za/)

And that ladies & gentlemen is why I have a passion for fashion. You can check out more images from the show here.

But everyone knows it’s all about the afterparty, right? While sipping on F Vodka cocktails and snacking on yummy canapes, I got to say hi to hunky sweetheart, Lushwill Rossouw, who’s just been announced as the Season 2 Bar-One Manhunt winner.

Lushwill is a personal trainer by profession which explains that hot bod in his Twitter profile pic (do yourselves a favour ladies and go check it out: @lushwill)

Another Bar-One Manhunt hottie on the scene was Dene Botha (who also strutted his stuff in the Craig Port show). Here he is alongside stunning actress Alex McGregor:

Now you might not believe this, but Alex is actually the nerdy girl from the 2010 hit SA movie, Spud! I kid you not. Check it out:

She’s certainly no nerdy girl in person, that I can guarantee you. You’ll be seeing her again in the follow up Spud movie which starts shooting soon as well as in Confinement – a film set in German occupied France, but shot right here at our very own Cape Town Film Studios. She plays a French girl who falls in love with a German soldier (played by my very own Bjorn Steinbach), but then her family locks her away in their basement to keep her away from him and she’s forced to escape to a fantasy world to survive… I’m really looking forward to seeing it.

Bjorn and I with another one of my favourite boys, Siv Ngesi.

Siv’s been a very busy man. You’ll be seeing a glimpse of him in the upcoming Nelson Mandela movie, Long Walk to Freedom, he’s got a hot new stand-up show called Race Card (which should be hitting Cape Town in October) and he’s featuring alongside Rob van Vuuren in soon to be released SA movie, Copposites.

Some of the stand out fashion moments of the evening for me came from TV/Radio presenter, MC and all round fabulous lady, Jen Su:

Hot pink paired with the cutest Union Jack clutch – to celebrate the kick off of the London Olympics of course. Loved it.

And then no couple does it better than Elrico Bellingan from Luxo and his lovely girlfriend, Ritza:

Love the blue & brown statement glasses Elrico is rocking and Ritza’s look is very Victoria Beckham, so sexy.

This was such a fun night out and it certainly set the scene for the Thula Sindi & Ruald Rheeder show which I got to attend the next day. But I’ll tell you more about that in my next post…

With mypartners in crime, Clouds & Leigh. Lovin’ our moment on the red carpet.

xxx

Get in LINE and enjoy the show

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Karisa

Next Wed, 18 Apr sees the opening of LINE at the Little Theatre in Orange St.

LINE is a one act comedy by acclaimed Jewish-American playwright Israel Horovitz (who has written over 70 plays during his career!). This specific play of his owns the title of being the longest running play in New York and it has already been staged in a whopping 25 countries & translated into 35 languages. This will however be the first time that Capetonians get to experience it first hand.

So what exactly is it about? Well the play is basically about 5 people waiting in a queue. None of them seem to know what exactly they are waiting for, but they are all desperate to get first in line. Things really heat up as the audience gets you watch them trying to “outwit, outplay, outlast” (my own little Survivor take ) each other to try get ahead.

Leon Clingman plays ‘Flemming’, a dim-witted baseball fan. ‘Stephen’, played by Bjorn Steinbach, is the flamboyant ‘wanna-be’ genius who always seems to get first in line. Marlisa Doubell portrays ‘Molly’, a woman who uses her sexuality to get ahead, while Gavin Werner plays her tormented husband, ‘Arnall’. The shady ‘Dolan’ is played by Aidan Whytock and award-winning director Yvonne Copley heads up the team as director.

Other important info:

Venue: Little Theatre, Orange Street, Cape Town
Dates: 18-28 April 2012 @ 8pm. (Matinee 21st & 28th @ 3pm)
Price: R80 (Students/Pensioners R60)
Tickets: Available through Computicket here

Not yet totally sold on it… then watch this litte promo video to entice you a little more…

My ticket’s already booked for Fri the 20th. See you guys there!

xxx

Sir Robert Stanford wines & Madre’s Kitchen

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Karisa

The last stop on our Overberg exploration weekend was Madre’s Kitchen in Stanford. Madre’s is situated on the Sir Robert Stanford wine estate, so of course it made sense that before we got stuck into lunch, we first did a Sir Robert Stanford wine tasting. Oh yeah…

The tasting room was honestly one of the prettiest I have seen to date. Check it out

We got to sample two of their wines. First their 2010 Sauvignon Blanc which sells for R85 a bottle. And then their 2009 Shiraz which sells for R180 a botte.

The sauvignon was very easy drinking and I can highly recommend it while we’re still enjoying the last glimpses of summer. But the real star for me was the shiraz. I don’t know what’s been going on lately, cause normally I really don’t like shiraz. But I’ve stumbled upon some really beautiful ones in the last 2 months. It’s a really nice surprise.

You won’t really find these wines back in Cape Town, but if you email Alta at wines@robertstanfordestate.co.za she can organise to get your wines delivered to you. Nice & easy.

Now Madre’s Kitchen has the most inviting outdoors dining area. With vines draped over head…

And duckies & geese playing along side you…

I really can’t think of anything better. Wait wait… I spoke to soon… freshly baked plaas brood with full fat butter, now that trumps everything.

That’s about enough for me… but shame, what about everyone else?

Madre had planned a very special menu for our group and we were treated to a full 3 course spread. At that point I figured there’s no use fighting it anymore. I had already stuffed my face with so much food over that weekend, what difference would 3 more courses make?

From left to right: Baked camembert in vine leaves, roast chicken in Hanepoort sauce and then some totally irrisitable chocolate tart with fruits & homemade ice cream. Yum!

In between meals I also quickly popped into the little decor shop which is also part of Madre’s. This little place is like a treasure chest of wonderful little goodies:

Make a point to check it out if you’re there…

So this brings us to my final pot belly update for the weekend. The damage looked a little like this:

At that point I was so full, it felt like the food was actually pushing into my lungs! hehe. My poor little body just didn’t know what to do with it all anymore…

But hey, a little extra suffering in the gym is a small price to pay for such an amazing weekend away. I have to say a huge thank you to Nomonde from Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) for letting me tag along for the ride. And then also to Bjorn Steinbach,Tanya Nefdt, Roxanne Cloete, Clayton Morar and Zane Maqetuka for being such fantastic travel companions. Mwah!

Hopefully I’ve been able to share a few new things with you guys and that you’re now planning your own little trip out to the Overberg area. Happy exploring.

xxx

Grootbos Forest Lodge

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Karisa

After a bit of an afternoon snooze (to let the wine, cheese & cured meats from our lunch with Lomond & Farm 215 settle) we headed over to the Forest Lodge for dinner. The Forest lodge is one the amazing 5 star lodges which can be found on the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. The reserve is situated on a mountain slope overlooking Walker Bay and Hermanus and trust me, the views are like none other.

The lodge itself oozes elegance and “living the good life”…

You can tell that no detail was missed and no expense was spared to make sure that staying and eating here is a memorable experience. We luckily got there just in time to watch the beautiful sunset as well:

By this point we had totally mastered the art of getting a successful group shot. So here we all are, getting ready for the big 8 course dinner challenge which was awaiting us… lookin’ good, lookin’ strong… and lookin’ hungry!

Zane (Mr SA finalist), Sonja (Hermanus tourism), me (future princess of Monaco… what?! It could happen…), Clayton (journalist), Roxanne (Marketing Manager at Fair Lady), Nomonde (CTRU), Tanya (E News) & Bjorn (actor)

But I also had to get my own piccie with Zane. I don’t know how this boy only came 3rd in Mr SA, he would have definitely gotten my vote for a win. We begged him to wear his Mr SA scarf thingy to make sure people would know this was the real deal.

I will admit, I was standing on my tippy toes so I wouldn’t look like a dwarf next to him. He is seriously tall.

To drink we had some South Hill Cabernet Sauvignon wine from the Elgin Valley. This was yet another beautifully smooth red which I hadn’t had the opportunity to try before. Happiness. Then we jumped right into course # 1 – the amuse bouche which was a beef carpaccio with some fancy foamy stuff:

After this hot little number I thought to myself… Hmmm, this is going to be quite a ride… nice.

Course # 2 was grilled linefish with tabouleh salad & red pepper coulis:

Course # 3 was a mushroom cappuccino:

Then we had a sorbet palate cleanser as course # 4. And at this half way point, the troops were still looking strong:

Course # 5 was gnocchi with nutmeg & macadamia nut pesto:

Course # 6 was dukkha spiced lamb loin with olive oil mash & tapenade:

Course # 7 was dessert nr 1… yes, that’s right, we were in for 2 sweet treats! And the first happened to be a dark chocolate tart… it was like they knew me better than I know myself.

Then course # 8 was I think the star of the show for pretty much everyone at the table: Amarula set brulee:

Oh yeah baby…

Now the end of this 8 course super battle brings me to my pot belly update for day 2:

OK, the waist belts are no longer working at hiding the boep… some serious gym will definitely be required & poeple are starting to think I have a “bun in the oven”.

But hell, why stop there! We loved the food so much that we actually headed back there the next morning for breakfast. haha. Check out my fancy pants eggs benedict y’all:

Boom!

So ja, I’d say if you’re in the area and you have a mightly appetite, definitely pop in here. You won’t regret it, trust me.

xxx

Cave exploring @ De Kelders

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Karisa

After our forest walk on Sat, we headed over to De Kelders to check out some caves.

Now the original plan was actually to do some shark cage diving (with Gansbaai of course being the hot spot for it). But sadly the weather didn’t play along and the waves were too high to take us out. Sure, I was bummed – having packed a nice meaty steak to feed the sharks with and everything. I even considered having a “sad shark” T-shirt made, like so:

Ag shamepies… I feel your pain dude, you’ve just been given a bad rep… I totally get it.

But after like 5min I was all smiles again, cause they had already lined up plenty of other cool things for us to do. This cave expedition thing being just one of them. On the way down to the caves we stopped to have a look at what they call “wild dagga”… apparently you can smoke it, but it’s totally legal… hmmm… interesting:

Leonotis leonurus – also knows as Lion’s Tail or Wild Dagga. Native to SA and Southern Africa. Known for it’s medicinal & mild psychoactive properties. Thanks Wikipedia! I’m sure Billy (our guide) told us all of this as well, but I am really poor at paying attention for extended periods of time… I think he lost me at “dagga”…

The De Kelders shoreline is absolutely incredible. I mean just check out the perfection in this photo:

Absolutely zero post editing on this shot, I promise.

We got to check out the Drip Cave (named after the dripping water inside). We were actually very lucky to go inside because it’s not open to the public. Ooooh aren’t we fancy. I was concerned mainly about 3 things:

I’m pretty night blind. So I don’t do well in dark spaces. Luckily we were each given a little LED flashlight. Sweet.
I’m claustrophobic, so didn’t want to have to climb through any tiny holes or anything. Luckily they assured us that this would not be the case. Sweet again.
I’m not a huge fan of bats. I have this massive fear that they’re going to fly into my fair and get all knotted up in there. But apparently that’s a total myth… hmmm, wasn’t 100% sold on that one.

Upon entering I made sure I was walking behind the tallest person there (sorry Zane) cause I figured if the bats were going to attack, they’d get him first and then I’d have time to make a quick exit. Hey, don’t judge me… it’s survival of the fittest out in the bush! PLUS Zane doesn’t have looooong hair to worry about like me.

Luckily though the bats were quite chilled and I actually felt quite at ease. It was probably mostly because it’s so calm and pretty in there. Lemme show you:

Bjorn chillin’ in front of some crystal clear water…. ah bliss…

Colourful rocks… stalactites & stalagmites… (OK, I had to Google those terms – I used “pointy thingies in caves” as my search term. It was surprisingly successful.)

Back outside, Billy showed us how to make a vuvuzela out of some dried out kelp. Zane was the first one to give it a bash… he gave it all he could as you can see in this pic:

You can do it Zane!

Other peeps decided to do some serious chillin’ on the rocks…

Tanya, Lunga (our awesome driver) and Clayton… workin’ it…

We did a bit of a walk and some minor rock climbing to get to the other side of the little cliff area we were in. From here we could see plenty more caves which one could explore:

I see… I see…

Sadly we were on a bit of a tight schedule. So we had to get movin’. But at least now I know where they are – if I ever get back to that area, I’m going to check them out for sure. I mean people used to live there, like way way way back when. They have found bone tools, stone artefacts and even human remains in these caves… I find stuff like that very interesting.

Oh also good to know, this is apparently a great spot for whale watching from Sep to Nov. Just one more awesome reason to take a trip out there.

We’re only about a third through day 2 of the Gansbaai weekend now… much more to come.

xxx

Gansbaai adventure – The kick off

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Karisa

This past weekend I was a seriously lucky girl – I got to tag along for an action packed weekend to Gansbaai and it’s surrounding areas (also known as the Overberg – just FYI) thanks to the lovely people at Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) – the marketing organisation for Cape Town & the Western Cape.

How did this come about? Well Bjorn met them at an event a while back and thanks to his charismatic charm, they thought of him when putting together this weekend which was aimed at introducing people to all the amazing places to check out and things to do, without having to travel very far. Of course me being the bestest, awesomest, most fun girlfriend in the world, I couldn’t exactly be left behind.

Other fabulous folks who came along for the ride were Tanya Nefdt from E News, Fairlady’s Marketing manager Roxanne Cloete, journo and celebrity blogger Clayton Morar and hunky Zane Maqetuka who just came 3rd in Mr SA.

During the 2 1/2 hour drive from Cape Town the gang got some time to get to know each other. Actually looking back, I think that only took about 5min after which we all felt comfortable enough to let our inner craziness hang out. hehe. Love it. I could tell at that point that this was going to be one hell of a weekend.

Our first port of call was a little restaurant called B Blondes in Gansbaai. It’s a very cute little spot with a bit of a brasserie feel with lots of dark wood furniture and a really nice old school bar.

We immediately jumped into “happy snapping” mode – all in attendance clearly loving the camera.

Zane & Tanya workin’ it

Me with “laugh a minute” Clayton & Roxanne

We even attempted a BIG group shot. But as you can see, it was quite hard to get all the different strong-willed personalities to all focus at the same time.

From left to right: Glenda from Gansbaai tourism, Nomonde from CTRU, Zane, Tanya, Clayton, Roxanne, me & Bjorn

Now let’s get down to the serious stuff… the food. Bjorn was the only one smart enough to go for a starter. I love how small towns don’t do any skimping on servings, here even a starter is a whopper of a meal. Check out this beef carpaccio:

This is on a big plate people… we all had serious food envy… but I was lucky enough to get a bite and it was delish.

For mains people went for a wide variety of hearty “comfort food” options:

From left to right: Grilled baby chicken, ribs and calamari & hake combo.

More chatting, laughing & wine drinking followed. We got so brave that at one point we even considered doing some karaoke at a local pub. Ideas after a few bottles of wine are NEVER good ones. They seem to be absolutely brilliant at the time, but don’t fool yourselves, they aren’t. Luckily some sanity prevailed and we decided to rather settle in at our accommodation as the next day promised to be jam-packed.

Then this part is just to brag, but once we had checked in at our accommodation (which I’ll tell you about in my next post) we decided to play some darts. Seems I’m pretty damn impressive with wine pumping through my veins cause I busted out a bullseye. Here is the proof:

BOOM! And nooooo, I did not simply place the dart there. I was way too sozzled to think of something that clever. ha!

After that moment of pure awesomeness, I decided to quit while I was ahead and my head hit the pillow… hard.

Now this was a weekend which included a lot of eating. Therefore I decided to leave my normal eating / no eating obsessions at home (just this once) and totally overindulge. I will be showing you a very scientific depiction of how my pot belly progressed over the weekend. Here are the results after day 1:

Things are still OK at this point… it’s still totally manageable with a bit of extra time in the gym…

More to come on day 2 & 3.

xxx

Oh PS: You can follow Cape Town Routes Unlimited on Twitter here. And while you’re at it, you can follow me too! HERE. (Shameless punt for myself there as well. Cause hat’s just how I roll…)

Sun, sand & some serious competition

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Karisa

This past Sat, 24 teams battled it out for the prestigious annual Café Caprice Volleyball tournament trophy.

Prizes included Sunglass Hut sunglasses, Havaianas vouchers and Havana Club beach kits. But the true prize of course is the bragging rights.

The lovely people from Caprice made sure people were refreshed, well fed and sun protected with yummy Red Bull mocktails being served at the beach bar, tasty mini burgers (which I missed sadly cause I only got there too late) and lovely ladies walking the beach handing out free sunscreen.

Weather wise it was the perfect day - slightly overcast which gave you some relief from the sun every now and again, but still nice and hot. The following 2 pics set the scene quite well:

Stunning right? The beauty of our beaches continues to blow me away. They are truly world class and in my personal opinion (and experience) totally trumps even those of Brazil and Thailand.

Anyhoo, the tournament consisted of 5 a side games, scheduled for 2 sets of 7min each (with the teams swapping sides after the 1st set). My boy Bjorn and his friends, known as the Virgin daiquiris started out very strong, cruising through the early rounds without really breaking a sweat.

In between games Bjorn even made some time to do some Sunglass Hut marketing. (I think we was trying to ensure free sunnies whether they won or not. That’s good planning. )

The sunscreen is supposed to say “SGH” for Sunglass Hut of course

Team spirits remained high as they blew the competition out of the water and made it to the quarter finals with ease…

It was easy to see why though. Just check out that defense! Nothing was gonna get past this team:

The Virgin daiquiris was the only team who had as many as 3 ladies in the team. Some might say that was a risk, but I say that’s what gave them the edge. Just look at Karin’s impressive smashing skills for example:

You might be thinking “Hey K, why weren’t you in the team? You seem fit and amazing and gorgeous and stuff…” Well you see, I have a “volleyball disability” – from a very young age I was the ball-smashed-in-the-face girl. And no, I’m not talking about those kind of balls. Get your minds out of the gutter. I’m obviously referring to balls used in sports. For example, I could be in a crowd of like a thousand people. There would be no ball in sight. I’d turn around and then – WHAM – right in the face. My mom’s dreams of me becoming a SA netball champion were crushed. Due to this problem, I now flinch just at the mention of the word “volleyball”. This clearly equates to pretty crappy playing skills. So there you go… my truly sad back story… sob sob…

Back to the tournament, there was also a prize for the best dressed team. Some folks went all out, like these dudes who looked like they were wearing pajamas:

They must have been bloody boiling! Bjorn’s friend, Nick, noted that it would be pretty damn embarrassing to loose against a team wearing PJ “onesies”. I thought he made a very good point…

The guys who took the prize in the end were these brave, leopard print legging clad gentlemen:

Like totes hot right now…

The daiquiris didn’t have time to play dress up – they were there for one thing and one thing only… winning! They smashed through the quarter finals and then the semi-finals and winning scores like this one just became the norm really:

My pic of the day has to be this one. Love how the clouds in the sky was doing this awesome striped effect:

Love how Jared also looks like he’s about to do a very intricate dive maneuver. Score? Perfect 10!

Throughout the tournament, Bjorn certainly proved that white men can in fact jump… even when you’re not totally blessed in the “beanpole” arena.

Some seriously slick moves there…

In the end, not even the finals was a threat for the Virgin daiquiris’ kick-ass skills. They came out on top, smiling all the way.

Let’s take a closer look at that beaut of a trophy:

Oooooh aaaaaah

Well done guys! Obviously you couldn’t have done it without my support though. So if anyone wants to gift one of those free pairs of sunnies, please feel free.

Who knows, maybe I’ll get over my ball-in-the-face fear and give this a bash next year. Then again… that would require a lot of practice… hmmm… I’m more of a chillin’ with cocktail in hand girl… nah, rather just play to my strengths.

xxx

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