My night at the Oscars (well kinda), thanks to Glamour magazine

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Karisa

So this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, better known as the Oscars, was quite exciting hey?

Host & Family Guy creator, Seth MacFarlane, decided to open the show with a song about boobs!? Ja, didn’t quite get that one… At least Adele’s amazing performance of Skyfall totally overshadowed that moment.

Quvenzhané Wallis made history by becoming the youngest actress ever to be nominated for the Best Actress category at the tender age of 9. Yes 9! What were you doing at 9? I spent my days playing with my Malibu Barbie who had to marry one of my damn teddy bears (like sooo embarrassing) cause my mom refused to buy me a Ken doll… But let’s move along swiftly… Jennifer Lawrence actually walked away with the prize for her role in Silver Linings Playbook (awesome movie btw) and shame she tripped on the way to accepting her award which really resonated with me cause I’m super clumsy and that kind of stuff happens to me ALL the time. I would have just done a far less graceful job, that’s for sure…

Other big awards were as follows:

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for his role as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for his role in Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway for her role in Les Misérables
Best Picture: Argo (another movie I absolutely loved)
Best Director: Ang Lee for Life of Pi (probably my favourite movie of 2012)

Ooh and then a big proudly South African moment when Searching for Sugar Man – a documentary about two Cape Town fans who went on a search to find out what actually happened to musician, Rodriguez (the man who became massively popular here in SA during the 70s/80s) – won for Best Documentary Feature. High 5s all round!

Now I actually got to enjoy all these great Oscars moments with my own little red carpet moment at the Glamour Oscars party which was held at a venue which I think kicks that Dolby Theatre’s butt – our very own, beautiful Table Bay Hotel in the V&A Waterfront.

With co-sponsors like YSL, Cruz Vodka & Ceres also on board, I just knew we were in for quite an evening…

The lovely Liezel van der Westhuizen was doing an awesome job as our version of an E! Red Carpet reporter:

Show that Giuliana how it’s done…

And the fabulous guests in attendance went all out in celebration of this night of glamour, great fashion moments & cinematic excellence…

From left to right & lookin’ good: actress Lee-Anne Summers, actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim, TV star Jeannie D. Then The Wild actor Tyrone Keogh with his girlfriend & former Miss SA, Nicole Flint.

From left to right: Ritza (aka professional Best dressed winner) with my Clouds – both looking lovely in their flowy gowns. Then one of my favourites, actress Natalie Becker with my other favourite, actor Bjorn Steinbach.

From left to right: Me with Decleor’s Thandi Kupe. And Jen Su looking striking in a bright pink Pallu gown.

eTV’s Tanya Nefdt with photographer Denzil Jacobs. Loved Tanya’s sexy black number.

Glamour Magazine editor, Pnina Venster with Clouds

But how hilarious is this photo of soccer star, Matthew Booth, towering over us. They could’ve at least done what they do for Tom Cruise and let us stand on a step or something.

And I must say, what an absolutely lovely guy. Wow.

After a bit of mingling and cocktails, we settled in at our table with a huge screen behind us, basically giving us front row seats to all the Oscars action. I was very happy to be seated at the same table as Matthew & his wife, Sonia Booth. They are just genuinely sooo nice. And really such a gorgeous couple. Was lovely to meet you guys!

The awesome table…

While we enjoyed an amazing 3 course dinner, we watched the awards, cheered and laughed together and I thought to myself… this certainly beats last year when I watched it on my couch while eating cereal for dinner (I can’t cook – so don’t judge me too harshly).

For starters we had a Gluwein poached pear & gorgonzola salad, then for mains a basil crusted Scottish salmon and to finish off, a strawberry mirror cake. Mmmmm.

I have to say a huge thank you to Glamour SA as well as Jill Grogor from Zebra Square (and her team – Odette you rock) for allowing me to be part of this amazing evening.

From left to right: Clouds, Jill Grogor, me & Odette from Zebra Square

It has certainly set a new standard for Oscars celebrations in my book.

Just as an extra little titbit… Jill told us about this amazing new club opening in JHB called Kong. I’ll hopefully be heading up there in at the end of March to check it out. Obviously only going to give you guys insider intel.

xxx

Belvedere Vodka throws an end of year bash at the “new” Orphanage

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Karisa

Last Wed eve I got totally spoilt with some haute couture cocktails & canapes at the Belvedere Vodka End of Year celebration which took place at the new extention of The Orphanage.

But before we get into the nitty gritty of what went down, let me first share some interesting titbits about this premium vodka brand, I mean you never know, it might come in handy one night during a particularly heated game of 30 seconds or something. And then you’ll be thanking me all the way.

It’s a Polish vodka and the name “Belvedere” was derived from Belweder, the Polish presidential palace.
It’s distributed by LVMH (that’s Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy daaahlings) which was formed in 1987 with the merger of Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy (a company which was formed back in 1971 thanks to a merger between champers producer, Moët & Chandon, and cognac specialist, Hennesy). So read “super fancy” here.
It is quadruple distilled, so it’s smooooooooth.

Right, now that we have that covered, you might be wondering what I meant by the new extension at The Orphanage. Well, the cocktail emporium I already love & highly recommend for a good night out has now expanded by adding a 2nd entrance on the Orphan St side which leads to a shiny new bar and upstairs dance area. For this event the upstairs area got a little Belvedere makeover of course, giving it a bit of a winter wonderland feel…

That’s my favourite mixologist, Nick Koumbarakis from http://alchemistsays.tumblr.com/, bottom right. He makes magic happen in a glass people.

The drinks & snacks for the evening were actually done as carefully planned pairings. For example with the Belvedere Pure Angels’ Innocence (the first drink below in the champers glass) we got beautiful steamed crayfish, on a toasted butter bun with some scallion mayo. Yum! And with the Belvedere Intense Dark Storm (the blue drink below) we got some tuna tartar with a sesame seed sprinkle on a wasabi & Nori omelette as well as some smoked Springbok carpaccio served on puff squares, drizzled with a balsamic reduction and sprinkled with micro greens. Canapes don’t quite get more high fashion that this.

Of course any good party needs some interesting folks on the scene as well:

Clockwise from top left: Me with favourites Leigh & Clouds, Kobus Dippenaar (the fabulous man who let me wear one of his creations to the SA Style Awards), the gorgeous Tanya Nefdt fome eTV News, dance expert & top choreographer Didi Moses and journo & all round lovely, Clayton Morar.

You might have noticed that I look quite shiny in the pics above. That’s because it was like a gazillion degrees that day and I was melting even though my dress had a ventilation system en als:

Hehe. Thought this would do the trick to keep me cool… but damn this crazy weather we’ve been having. It’s going to be a HOT HOT summer indeed.

People who were clearly dealing with the heat way more fashionably than I was were these gorgeous models in beautiful Jenni Button cocktail wear. Their looks were completed with striking hair & makeup by Cape Town hair extraordinaire, Marios Hair and makeup expert, David Sharp:

I would personally not be able to rock this hair, mainly because I wouldn’t fit into my Mini with it…

Other great looks were thanks to fashion power couple Elrico from Luxo Blog and his lovely girlfriend, Ritza. Seriously, they always look like they’ve just walked off the cover of a top fashion mag, like ALWAYS. I once ran into them at Canal Walk, just doing a bit of a casual shopping. They looked like perfection. I on the other hand was one step above rocking pajamas… Anyhoo, Ritza was wearing a really great short suit by Cape Town College of Fashion Design student, Julia Kimberlee. These two are planning on working with a lot more up-and-coming local designers to help them get their names out there, and I absolutely love that idea.

Loved Elrico’s awesome bowtie and bright shorts as well. Fun & colour are always winners in my book.

Thanks to Vivid Luxury for an awesome evening. It was certainly a nice way to finish off the year. And looky looky, I even made it into the City Press newspaper after:

OK yes, they misspelt my name AND they thought I was a fashion blogger. But who cares, it still counts dammit! I’ll be storing this clipping with my Huisgenoot spread OK.

xxx

Zando launch @ Orphanage

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Karisa

On Tue eve I was lucky enough to attend the official media launch for new SA online store, Zando.

Now some of you might remember my post just over a month back about my first Zando shopping experience… (if you missed it, you can check it out here). In that post I noted all the cool site features that I really loved, but I also noted some things that weren’t so cool.

Something I really appreciated was the fact that they actually took the time to read my post and then gave me the following feedback:

Hi Karisa,

I am the Customer Service Manager at Zando. I really appreciate your feedback, we are going to use it to improve and make our customer experience super amazing.

All departments have seen your post and are working at warp speed to make sure this does not happen again.

I hope that we do see you again, we value every customer:-)

Love and Happiness,

Liz.

How great is that? From my experience there are very few companies that would respond this well to a bit of criticism and then even turn it into a massive positive thing. Love it.

The chic venue for the big event was new Cape Town hot spot, Orphanage which is situated on the corner of Bree & Orphan st. I’ve actually been dying to check this spot out because everyone’s been raving about the insane cocktails. So that sweetened the deal even more.

First I just have to blab a bit about the venue & the drinks, then we’ll get back to what’s been cooking at Zando.

Orphanage has the most amazing chandelier feature that stretches the entire length of the ceiling:

I was thinking… Now how would I fit something like that into my apartment? Hmmmm…

And the bar is an elegant dark wood beauty with a lot of swagger…

As for these killer cocktails people have been raving about, I must say their menu is no run of the mill “so boring I want to stick a fork in my eye” type of menu. It has been carefully planned out by professional mixologists to take your taste buds on a journey they’ll never forget.

The first one I tried was the “More tea, vicar?” which contains vanilla vodka, rooibos, cranberry & lemon and it served in a regte egte tea cup and saucer:

It was seriously good. And the best part is that R15 from each of these babies is donated to a Cape Town children’s home. How cool is that?

The next cocktail which tempted me with promises of cucumber sandwiches on the side was the Orphanage Martini with gin, cucumber, elderflower & mint:

Yes… you’re not seeing things… that’s real cucumber sandwiches on the side!

OK OK, enough gushing about how awesome this venue is. You guys will just have to go check it out for yourselves and then let me know which cocktail’s your favourite. Just two last tips: I hear the Brimstone & Fire is another “hot” little number and I also really loved their truffle fries with wasabi aioli which is from their “sharing food” (as they call it) menu.

Right, back to Zando. Now only 3 months old, they’ve grown from offering just a handful of brands to about 200 at present! AND they still have plans for more to come and also for them to expand their offerings from the current shoes, clothing & accessories categories to anything lifestyle related, like homeware products for example.

MD and co-founder, Eugen Petersen, was there to talk to us about the Zando brand, their commitment to kick ass service and how they want to change the way South African’s shop by taking online shopping “to the next level”.

After the formalities were done, I got to chat to their fashion editor, Megan Pascall, who turns out is a Love Affair with Cape Town reader (yay!). Being a fashion editor naturally Megan was oozing style and I wondered immediately what beautiful things she might have hiding away in her wardrobe.

We seemed to have been psychically connected when selecting our looks for the evening… both donning a monochrome look with a sheer white blouse…

Other fabulous people on the scene were Elrico Bellingan from Luxo blog and his always fabulous from head to toe girlfriend, Ritza:
And one of my Gansbaai adventure weekend buddies, eNews reporter Tanya Nefdt:

How stunning is this lady?

Other SA celebs in attendance included Top Billing’s Jo-Anne Strauss, soccer hottie Ryan Botha, Goldfish’s Dom Peters, model Lisa Cowley, TV personality Liezel van der Westhuizen, and Dirty Skirts front man Jeremy de Tolly.

From left to right: Megan Pascall (Zando), Eugen Petersen (Zando), Liza Cowley & Jeremy de Tolly. ** Photo by the talented Denzil Jacobs – be sure to check out his blog: http://justforthenostalgia.wordpress.com

On our way out we were totally spoilt with goodie bags filled with treats to keep you warm during winter (mostly thanks to the extra layer of fat you’ll be sporting. hehe).

Thanks to Elrico for letting me “borrow” this piccie from his stack. xxx

A HUGE thanks to Zando & Red Carpet concepts (the PR agency who put this little shindig together). It was a really fun evening out and a nice way to ease myself back into Cape Town life after my holiday.

Oh and just in case you were thinking “So what… just because they invited you to a fancy pants party, liquored you up and fed you, you’ve totally forgotten about all the not so cool points you hightlighted in your last post?” Well no… I’m not that easy… most of the time. I did some looking around on their site again and these are my findings:

The cart & checkout process now clearly shows your selected size at all times. No more stress about whether you selected the right thing or not.
The clothing selection is way better now, with lots more options and some really nice brands. Far from the “snooze fest” I called it last time round.

And as for the delivery drama from last time… well in my goodie bag I also got a 25% off voucher, so I’ll be putting them through their paces again soon to confirm that one. Just have to save up some casheesh and put aside some free time to browse through all their new goodies.

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…)

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