Just a quickie before I pop back to the Design Indaba. Here are a few stands that caught my eye yesterday … they stood out for their beauty or innovation, or just because they were downright cool. Tintown (www.tintown.co.za) is Andre Serfontein’s creation of metalworked decorative homeware. Whether “seriously sophisticated or wildly whimsical”, he’s doing […]
Bridget McNulty
Bridget McNulty is a writer, content strategist and creative director. She is the editor of Sweet Life diabetes lifestyle magazine (www.sweetlifemag.co.za) and the co-founder of Now Novel online novel-writing course www.nownovel.com.
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Design Indaba favourites
I’ve spent the past two days wandering around the Design Indaba at the Cape Town ICC, amazed by the ingenuity of South African designers. There is some seriously interesting stuff on display. Here are a few that stood out for me: Egg Design (www.eggandmilk.co.za) makes things of beauty. Its stand is an interlocking wooden puzzle […]
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Unexpected websites (with a splash of innovation)
I was lucky enough to find an über-cool website the other day, which in turn led me on to a whole discovery path of other unexpectedly cool websites. And all South African! Isn’t the internet funny that way? It’s almost like tapping into a vein — once you find one site that fascinates you, there’s […]
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Bad baby names (ha!)
I stumbled upon The Bad Baby Names Blog today, and it is quite hilarious. Sarcastic to the extreme, and with a fair bit of research, methinks. Check it out on http://turabiannights.blogspot.com/. These are a few of my favourite bad baby names: McKendrianna Soucily Luane Mercury Sappho Meadow Raegun Baieleigh McKenzie Dycanne Discovery Echo Lily Fern […]
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Favourite cop-outs
There are a couple of classic cop-outs, in relationships, life and every day. The beauty of them is, of course, that sometimes they are true (painfully, heartrendingly true), but most often they’re just the description of a rut in which we find ourselves. Here are a few of my favourites: I’m just not ready to […]
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A dose of whimsy
Yip, that’s what I’m in the mood for, a dose of whimsy. Something frivolous and fun. Perhaps a little ridiculous. I just got a new fridge (yay!) and with it, fridge poetry. Amazing how words suddenly combine in new ways when they’re split up on a door … Here, then, are a few of my […]
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Freedom of movement
I have it! Uh huh. After a whole month of being transport-less (after the debacle of my scooter being stolen and then dropped off the back of a truck), I am now, once again, a scooter girl! Hallelujah! These are a few of my favourite things about being mobile, and, in particular, mobile on two […]
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I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day …
… what with all the cheesy red and pink decorations, fluffy animals, shiny hearts and over-priced roses. I’m in the “It’s too commercial for a real emotion” camp. That said, I can find a few redeeming factors about the day of love … So (gulp) here are a few of my favourite things about Valentine’s […]
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Free food for those in need from those who don’t need it
With the legions of people who complain about our country but never actually do anything to make it better, it’s always a welcome relief to discover somebody who has stopped complaining and started acting. It’s one of my favourite things, in fact — pro-active people making a tangible difference to others. I’ve just been introduced […]
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Laughter yoga: Not as strange as it sounds
I went to my first laughter yoga session this weekend and I’m hooked. Call me a hippy if you will! Laughter yoga is a bit of a craze at the moment, sweeping the world one giggle at a time. There are apparently 5 000 laughter clubs in operation at the moment. What is it? Basically, a […]
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Genius cartoons
In the hopes that something here will make you smile … Pon and Zi (www.ponandzi.com) Cute but somewhat heartbreaking cartoon characters that love too hard. Cyanide and Happiness (www.explosm.net/comics/740/) From the bizarre to the macabre to the hilarious, you’re never quite sure what you’re getting with these guys, but it is (mostly) entertaining. Madam and […]
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Wanted: Assistance for the world’s largest cupcake
So it’s finally happening. Saturday March 15, two days before St Patrick’s Day (in honour of Harry, one of my characters in Strange Nervous Laughter, and his fascination with green food and Irish heritage). Bread Milk and Honey, the coolest coffee shop/bakery in the Cape Town CBD. The World’s Largest Cupcake. Most things are deliciously […]