creative mornings/cape town

You’ve all heard of Creative Mornings, the monthly morning international gathering for creative types and the brainchild of Tina Roth Eisenberg of Swiss Miss, right? Our very own Catherine Henderson heads up the Creative Mornings Cape Town and I’m thrilled that this Friday 24 February the speaker will be Stan Engelbrecht, the adventurous and creative photographer behind the books Bicycle Portraits.

The beautifully captured photography, divided over 3 books, visually documents the 2 year journey which Stan Engelbrecht & Nic Grobler took around South Africa collecting over 500 portraits of everyday commuters and capturing our bicycle culture as they travelled. The books are designed by Gabrielle Guy and South African artist Gabrielle Raaff created an individual hand-painted watercolour map, based on Google Maps, to indicate the location of each of the portraits.

This exciting event is happening this Friday 24 February at the Upper East Side Hotel and includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. Creative Mornings are free of charge!

So book your spot by signing up at Creative Mornings/Cape Town. Spaces are limited!

wheels on the wall

Cycle season is in full swing in and around Cape Town. My pedals have been spinning away as I dread anticipate the upcoming Argus Cycle Tour in March. It’s fun, slightly torturous and the cyclists pedal through some of the most beautiful parts of the Western Cape.

These clever bicycles have been conveniently hung up, so if you live in an apartment, your bike is up and out of the way…

via ideastosteal

2 wheels are better than 1

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Hello all! Since it’s holiday time and the beginning of summer here in Cape Town, I thought another bicycle post was in order. Long, lazy bicycle rides along quiet, tree-lined roads… sounds rather nice, no?

Enjoy the day, friends!

Bicycle [love]

Hello and welcome to another week! Thank you for the sweet comments last week… I really appreciate them.

I haven’t done a bicycle post for a while, so today’s the day.

Missed my other bicycle posts? Have a peek over here.

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Pedal Power

Happy Friday everyone! Even though we’ve had a short week in South Africa [we had a public holiday on Monday], I still feel like this week has been a bit of an uphill climb – I must still be in holiday mode, I’m not used to waking up and hitting the ground running! So today instead of running, I think we should take a load off and cycle instead:

image credits: 1.citizen couture 2.design sponge 3.the sartorialist

If you’re feeling energetic, pedal off to my other bicycle posts here, here and here.

Oh and here too.

Have a fabulous Friday, friends!

Keep Calm and Pedal On

So this Sunday I am participating in the epic Cape Argus Cycle Tour – a gorgeous (or should I say gruelling) 110km cycle tour along some of the most exquisite scenery to be seen in the Western Cape. Not that I’ll be seeing too much of it as I pedal my heart out, slogging up and then racing down the hills of the Cape Peninsula! I thought I’d get into the cycle mood with some inspirational artwork and pedal pushing ladies:

1.original print 2.flickr

3.the sartorialist 4.beautiful ride print

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