Reason to Panik
1 February 2011
Jax Panik is a catchy name, but there is more to Jacobus Johannes van Heerden’s pop-culture sensation than ear pleasing assonance and some seriously quirky music videos. abouTime caught up with the masked man himself. abouTime: There is still confusion about the Jax Panik phenomenon. Can you clarify things for those who still feel bewildered? [...] Continue Reading »
Rain, Rain, Go Away
1 February 2011
Aleit Swanepoel, one of the country’s premier wedding and events coordinators, explains how changing weather patterns are now affecting the wedding and events industry. During the past several years, there have been studies that have recorded: plants flowering as much as a month earlier and butterflies migrating weeks later than usual; changes in the timing [...] Continue Reading »
The Ghosts of Valentine’s Past
1 February 2011
Aah February, the month of love… Thankfully it’s short. Valentine’s Day doesn’t do it for me; it has the opposite effect of that warm fuzzy feeling one should have and instead makes me go on a barf bag collection. If you are missing your airplane sick bag in front of you, it’s because I got [...] Continue Reading »
More Style
1 February 2011
Bigger is Better Pongrácz Rosé, voted best South African Rosé in the highly contested 2010 Amorim Cork Cap Classique Challenge, has just been launched in a sophisticated 1,5 litre magnum complete with an exquisitely designed gift tin. This stylish Cap Classique magnum is sure to make the ultimate statement on Valentine’s Day. The new Rosé [...] Continue Reading »
Oh, to be in the Circus!
1 January 2011
An evening spent at Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams is an enchanted encounter, where fairies hand out heart shaped cookies, cowboys and princesses serve food dripping in chocolate, and beautiful women swing effortlessly from the chandeliers. It is an intoxicating experience played out in a giant, tented palace of mirrors and lights. But does the [...] Continue Reading »
Big Top Baroque
1 January 2011
There are no prancing poodles, no elephants lumbering in a slow waltz and no smiling lady taking her chances with a lion who looks like he’d love to have her for dinner. Yet in spite – or perhaps because – of being quite unlike any other circus, Cirque du Soleil has come to be recognised [...] Continue Reading »
