Into The Rush Of Horseracing

Aug 25, 2014 | ,

There are certain events on the South African social calendar that seem to be as much (if not more) about hype than the actual event. I have always felt the Durban July and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Met in Cape Town are two such events. The excitement around these occasions is often focused on marques, fashion and partying. I’ve never had the opportunity to attend either and I have often joked that the first time I attend will probably when I own a horse running in the race. Growing up in Lesotho, I’ve been exposed to horses – including riding up and down mountains when the snows are...

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Hennessy x Shepard Fairey

Aug 5, 2014 |

In 2010, Hennessy released the documentary The Art of Blending, shot by French director Thibaut De Longeville, which documented the Hennessy Artistry event that featured music artists like Chaka, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu, Mary J Blige, Bobby Brown and Eve, all backed by the legendary The Roots. At the time, I moaned incessantly to the then SA Brand Manager that I wasn’t invited to it. I did, however, get to experience a similar event in Joburg featuring music legends like Sipho ‘Hotstix” Mabuse as well as contemporary artists. They’ve also since held Artistry events in China, Barbados and Manila....

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Efficiency Overdose

Jul 8, 2014 | ,

This life is some work. I often feel like I’m ODing on trying to deal with this reality better, from a professional, business and personal perspective. Every day I’m reading, doing exercises, working to implement a more efficient way of tackling the day-to-day. There is no single manual to making it work. There is no one way of doing things. As with so many aspects of life, it’s about finding one’s own path amidst the multiple tools. And it is a work-in-progress. From David Allen’s Getting Things Done, The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan and Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly...

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Like A Girl

Jul 6, 2014 | ,

There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself – John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994 My first child was a boy. I figured him out quite early. It’s always been easy to buy presents for him or to figure out the things that he likes. It doesn’t hurt that he seems to reflect me when I was his age so, often, the things I found cool are the things that he does. In terms of...

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10 Minute Books On Productivity

Jun 30, 2014 | ,

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body – Joseph Addison Growing up a bit of a bookworm, and raised by an academic who converted the garage into a study to fit all his books, I’ve always understood the power of reading. Starting out with comics and writing like The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Aesop’s Fables and the full gambit of fairy tales (from Readers Digest) through to Agatha Christie, Louis L’Amour and Shakespeare in high school, I have been fortunate enough to travel the world and learn from the experiences of others through their written word. A few years ago, I realised I...

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Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring Summer 2015 Fashion Show

Jun 25, 2014 | ,

This is becoming tradition here. The streaming of a Louis Vuitton Fashion show. Tomorrow, June 26th, at 14h30 South African time, I will be streaming their Men SS 2015 fashion show which is happening at Serre Parc André Citroën in Paris and the video will be available to watch once the show is done. The official hashtag is #LVLive. Past fashion shows posted include the Ready To Wear Spring/Summer 2014 collection and the Men's Fall/Winter 2013-2014 show.

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