J&B Met photos – In Full Colour!
I attended the J&B Met in Cape Town last Saturday and it truly was an amazing day with great weather, huge horses and loads of colourful and beautiful women.
Whenever there’s a theme involved you see people pushing the envelope – like the girls with the skirts that were more like belts, which resulted in a mexican wave emulation when every mans head turned violently as they walked by.
All in all it was a great day chilling in the J&B Jet Lounge with friends, champagne and suits!
More J&B Met photos can be found at the Cape Town website.
Me and Gustav at the Met
Photo: Deon Gurling - via Cape Town Tourism
Photo: Deon Gurling - via Cape Town Tourism
J&B Met – Shut up woman and get on my horse!
So it’s the 33rd annual J&B Met tomorrow at the Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town tomorrow and I’m attending a few others and heading straight for the J&B Jet Lounge Tent, where you get the following:
Vip parking
Event entrance ticket
Situated within the exclusive hospitality village
Complimentary bar 11:00 – 17:00
Lounges l plasma’s screening days races
Toilet facilities
Vip access to the official j&b met after-party to the power of 5fm
Food stalls by vida e caffé, caveau and gourmet burger
I’ve never bet on a horse before, so will see which trusty steed stands out. If I could choose any horse to bet on… it would be this one – because it’s so AMAZING!
Look out for me tomorrow and I’ll buy you a drink if you give me a high five!
This horse is amazing!
When buying a bike, check what colour your seat is
This bicycle colour fail picture is pretty self explanatory…
Coca-Cola Happiness Machine, coming to a campus near you…
Coca-Cola recently installed a special vending machine, a ‘happiness machine’, in a local university campus.
The vending machine transformed, providing doses of happiness to all the students that were there that day.
The Taj Hotel and Spa just opened in Cape Town…
Yesterday I attended a media tour of the new Taj Hotel in Cape Town’s city centre.
We were welcomed with freshly printed name cards and a delicious cocktail, giving the appearance that their check in times are pretty quick.
I was given an ID book with pages on which I had to receive a stamp to make sure that I had viewed every major room in the hotel.
We moved from room to room, each with a detailed explanation of it’s history… this was fascinating, as the building is the old reserve bank and they have managed to use many of the original doors, staircases and other items, which date back to over 100 years ago.
When entering a new room, we were greeted by the manager and offered different types of foods and cocktails – so much effort has gone into the menu for each restaurant, which offers delicious food and great wine pairings.
The rooms, spa and Presidential suite (an entire floor) are amazing – also not to badly priced.
Go check it out.
McDonalds Steam Bus Shelter Ad – Very Creative!
McDonalds invited those passing by a free cup of coffee at their Vancouver locations using a creative ad in a bus shelter.
The sign would release bursts of steam from a machine inside the sign, revealing this message:
“Your free coffee is ready. Get a free small coffee during breakfast hours”.
Very Cool.
McDonalds Coffee Steam Ad
You can watch the video here:
Goodbye Citi TV ad launched on YouTube for fans
Ogilvy Cape Town launched an amazing countrywide road trip last year to pay tribute to the the VW Citi Golf, which will no longer be produced.
This short TV Ad highlights the trip.
Goodbye Citi 
Beaches along False Bay coastline closed following shark attack
A number of beaches along the False Bay coastline have been closed to the public until further notice, following yesterday’s shark attack at Fish Hoek beach (in the South Peninsula).
Western Cape Lifesaving spokesperson, Keith Matthews, says the search for 37- year-old Lloyd Skinner from Zimbabwe, continues today.
The man was swimming in chest deep water when he was attacked by the shark. A surf and land search commenced at first light this morning.
Matthews says it’s not clear at this stage for how long the beaches will remain closed. “It also includes St James, Muizenberg and False Bay beaches. Other emergency services are also helping with the search including NSRI.
Shark Attack Warning
(via: Cape Town Tourism)
Death Metal Rooster is more amazing than your horse
I’d buy this rooster just to have him as a pet because he’s just so amazing!
The music is an original composition for this video by Ewan Parry (a.k.a liquidcow) of the band Talanas: myspace.com/talanas
What’s your bra colour today? Hope something racy
You may be wondering why I posted ‘Rich Mahogony’ as my Twitter and Facebook status today… Well people, its breast cancer awareness month and the little social media meme supporting this has gone viral.
Just type in a colour (add #mybracolour for Twitter) and update… I hope none of you are wearing granny panty beige today!
Bra Colours
Being best man and some bachelor party fun!
During the Christmas holidays my best friend got married and I was his best man, which meant that I had to throw him a bachelor party.
Neal isn’t one for strippers and big boozing, but is creative and adventurous… so the party had to follow suit.
We kidnapped him on the morning of the 26th of December and made him put on the outfit seen in the picture below.
We then made our way down to the beachfront and gave him a sign which promoted that he was about to be married and that he will sing for money. There was a tracklist of love songs that people could choose and we printed out the lyrics for him to sing.
With classics like ‘my girl’, ‘build me up buttercup’,'when a man loves a woman’ and a few others, we had the whole pub singing along and made R400 in the hour that we were there.
After that we hit paintball and then had a steak braai.
It was an awesome Man Day!
The Groom
WordPress 2.9 released with some nice features!
Here is a quick video demonstrating some of the new features in the recent WordPress 2.9 update: Continue reading “WordPress 2.9 released with some nice features!” »
10 Cool gifts for you to buy guys this Christmas…
So here are few items that most guys would enjoy receiving in their Christmas stocking this year.
They’re in no particular order regarding the awesomeness or price of the gift… all of them would be nice, just btw.
1. PS3 Slim – Sony has created something amazing here that plays hi-def games and blu-ray movies… a must! (R3600)
Playstation 3 Slim
2. Digital SLR Camera – Entry level digital SLR cameras have become somewhat affordable… I just picked up the Canon 450D lens kit (R9500)
Canon 450D
3. DVD’s – You can never go wrong when buying a quality classic – The Hangover is on my list this Christmas… (R150)
The Hangover DVD
4. iPod nano – I use mine so often, that I can’t run or gym without it any more… (R999)
iPod Nano
5. Wine - Most people enjoy a good bottle of red or white, get something local… (R80-ish)
South African Wine
6. Digital Photo Frame – These are great to show off all your photos… (R999-ish)
Digital Photo Frame
7. Full Body Massage – This isn’t something that I’d go buy, but would go if it was a gift… (R450)
Hot Stone Massage
8. LCD TV – They don’t even make the old box type any more, so it’s a no-brainer… (R10,000-ish)
LCD TV
9. Netbook - These are great for taking on trips and fit nicely in plane storage… (R6000)
Netbook
10. Chocolate - It’s not just girls who enjoy a good slab… (R15)
Chocolate
Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa for Christmas…
This video is awesome and just in time for Christmas… Jack Bauer never ceases to amaze me.
Credit: The Rebel Viral Team
Mark Shuttleworth steps down as CEO of Ubuntu
Yesterday, Mark Shuttleworth resigned as CEO of Canonical, which is the company holding Ubuntu. The COO of Canonical, Jane Silber, will become the new CEO. Continue reading “Mark Shuttleworth steps down as CEO of Ubuntu” »
Twitter status updates now scrollable in Google Search
I stumbled upon this today and found it quite cool that Google is integrating Twitter hash tags and status updates in to the search results. Continue reading “Twitter status updates now scrollable in Google Search” »
iPhone 4G – just added it to my wish list…
After a few months of iPhone 3GS madness and being jealous of my friends who have it… it’s old news. Continue reading “iPhone 4G – just added it to my wish list…” »
The Killers in Cape Town: Photos from the event…
On Sunday, Cape Town was treated to one of the best live performances I’ve seen to date.
The Killers rocked the stage, which was set in the stunning Val De Vie Wine and Polo Estate near Paarl.
Here are some photos of the event via Jared Botha.
360° Virtual Tour of the Cape Town Stadium for 2010
Check out this amazing virtual tour of the Cape Town Stadium.
Inside the CTICC: 2010 Fifa World Cup™ Final Draw
Last week I was invited to attend the media briefing for the Final draw in Cape Town for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™, which is happening this Friday the 4th of December 2009. Continue reading “Inside the CTICC: 2010 Fifa World Cup™ Final Draw” »