My misadventures as a single creative writer in the Mother City
Kids, in the Spring of 2019, your Spirit Mom Leonie and I got our ultimate geek on at Comic Con Africa in Johannesburg. On our first day at the Con, we brought A Song of Ice and Fire to life as our Game of Thrones counterparts, the Night King and the Mother of Dragons: First […]
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Kids, I didn’t choose the cosplay life, it chose me. By now, you know the family lore: Your geeky grandpa met your creative Nan and when they found out they were expecting me, they worked together on creating a kickass Superbaby suit that I, your auntie Sam and countless future generations of bambinos would wear. […]
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Kids, as you know, in early 2019, I’d sprained my ankle yet again, thus setting back my fitness journey once more. After one of those nasty AF Discovery Wellness days in May, I realised that if I had any hope in hell of giving you guys a healthy mom, it was time to get back […]
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Kids, in 2019, at the age of nearly 33 and a half, I was finally discovering the art of just being my f***ing self and it was beautiful. From living my best Game of Thrones cosplaying life at FanCon Cape Town: …to indulging my inner child at adult colouring-in Meet-Ups: It had taken me more […]
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Kids, the night was dark and full of unexpected pleasures as your Spirit Mom Leonie and I made our way to M-Net’s final Game of Thrones premiere, held at Nu Metro Canal Walk on Monday 15 April 2019. While Leo frightened the hell out of Capetonian streetwalkers and petrol garage attendants, dressed incredibly as the […]
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Kids, it’s easy to assume that I’m being over-dramatic about my online dating horror stories …I’ll admit, I do have a talent for telling stories. But… When checking in with my female friends during 2018, I discovered that mine were not the only tales of the good, the bad and the downright ugly. Here are […]
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Kids, in December 2017, I gave myself permission to be the care-free person I am when I travel in Cape Town. The girl who… does crazy things like jump up on stage at a karaoke bar and belts out Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive while cold stone sober ( because throat infection and antibiotics!): View […]
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Kids, as you know Halloween is my absolute favourite holiday of the year… not least of all because it is when the undead rise in the Mother City for the annual Zombie Walk Cape Town event! My zombie personality had been everything from a cheerleader to a nurse to a bride so what to go […]
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Kids, as your Uncle T, Spirit Mom and I mourned the ending of the penultimate season of Game of Thrones, I came to a major Wilding-esque conclusion… I wanted a man who looked at and talked about me the way big, rugged Tormund talked about the Lady Brienne of Tarth: I knew he was a […]
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Kids, with #WonderWomanDay being celebrated on Saturday 3 June, 2017, in honour of the ultimate female superhero’s 75 year anniversary and the release of her first live motion film, it was only a matter of time before I dusted off my Amazon Princess suit and took to the streets of Cape Town in it… Ok, […]
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