WriteStyle » Jade My thoughts, My words, My Style Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:00:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Ride the wave at Stoke City – WakePark /ride-the-wave-at-stoke-city-wakepark/ /ride-the-wave-at-stoke-city-wakepark/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:00:53 +0000 /?p=857 When a friend invited us to her birthday party at Stoke City in her neck of the woods (Pretoria), I was intrigued, as I haven’t been back to a Cable Park since visiting my best friend/pro women’s wakeboarding champion, Angie, 8 years ago, in Australia. 35 min away from Joburg north and you’re in the…

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]]> /ride-the-wave-at-stoke-city-wakepark/feed/ 0 Chilling Poolside in Maboneng /poolside-maboneng/ /poolside-maboneng/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:59:25 +0000 /?p=886 This past Saturday, I headed off to Maboneng with a couple of mates, to check out the latest hotspot, Poolside. Quite literally fitting for a hot, summer’s day, with a sparkling pool to dip into if you wanted to. There is a lot of construction around the entrance of Poolside, and can be easily missed,…

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]]> /poolside-maboneng/feed/ 0 Tea o’ clock at Contessa Tea Connoisseur /contessa-tea-connoisseur/ /contessa-tea-connoisseur/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:25:50 +0000 /?p=859 It was a birthday of mine a few years back that my mum and I first visited Contessa Tea Connoisseur. We have been going back ever since, and along the way meeting up, and sharing the Contessa love with other friends and family. Being able to share the little love affair I have with Contessa…

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]]> /contessa-tea-connoisseur/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day Cards – With a difference /valentines-day-cards/ /valentines-day-cards/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:00:17 +0000 /?p=828 Valentine’s day just around the corner… for those that aren’t counting down the sleeps in excitement, it’s this Saturday! Note: I am not one of these lovely dovey, “this is my favourite day of the year to get mushy” kinda gals, I’m more of a “treat me like a princess all year round dammit” woman!…

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]]> /valentines-day-cards/feed/ 0 Sailing a Hobie Cat – Bronkhorstpruit Dam /sailing-hobie-cat/ /sailing-hobie-cat/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:52:33 +0000 /?p=711 Sailing has been a part of my family for years, with my dad and uncle both owning their own Hobie’s. As kids we would spend many a weekend at the Vaal and Hartbeespoort, out on the water all day long. But over time, you could put it down to life getting in the way, being…

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]]> /sailing-hobie-cat/feed/ 0 Becoming a model for a day /becoming-a-model/ /becoming-a-model/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:53:25 +0000 /?p=709 A few weeks back, my gorgeous friend, Sasha, corporate powerhouse by day, makeup extraordinaire by night, asked myself and a few other girls if we would like to be her models for a fashion show. It was the first fashion show she was doing all the makeup for.  Immediately I said YES! It was only…

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]]> /becoming-a-model/feed/ 0 Team building at the Pirates Bowls Club /team-building-pirates-bowls-club/ /team-building-pirates-bowls-club/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:32:38 +0000 /?p=721 Last week Friday was one very sporty day. It started off with my first golf lesson before work in the morning, then at midday (12:00) my colleagues and I packed up and went off to a team building exercise. *Note: I did not plan it that my day turn out like this, it just happened……

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]]> /team-building-pirates-bowls-club/feed/ 0 My first golf lesson /golf-lessons/ /golf-lessons/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:03:47 +0000 /?p=718 I love sport, and it’s something that growing up with a sports-mad dad and brother helped harness. Golf being no exception. My dad has played golf religiously since I can remember and my brother has also shown a fair amount of skill in the sport. The two of them had always tried, (not being too…

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]]> /golf-lessons/feed/ 0 Parkrun – a 5km weekly run, getting people fit and healthy all across South Africa /parkrun-5km-run/ /parkrun-5km-run/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:01:39 +0000 /?p=664 My first introduction to parkrun was back in mid-2012 when my boyfriends mom mentioned to me casually that her and a friend had started walking around the neighbourhood park, and there were a few other people their too. There were beacons and that out, and even Bruce Fordyce was there the one day. The way…

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]]> /parkrun-5km-run/feed/ 0 Le Dîner en Blanc Johannesburg 2014 – a night to remember /le-diner-en-blanc-johannesburg-2014/ /le-diner-en-blanc-johannesburg-2014/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:14:44 +0000 /?p=608 In 1988, François Pasquier decided to invite a group of his friends for a picnic in a public space. The theme, dress in white, so they could all recognise each other. His friends started inviting their close friends, and so its popularity grew, with organisers occupying the most stunning spaces all across Paris. What started…

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