Sandy Chaitowitz, a well-known painter and teacher is holding a Watercolours course, hosted by Louise Hennigs in Cape Town on the 17th and 18th July. Not to be missed, contact Sandy on 072 314 2602 to book your spot!
Sensation for the year...
There is just no excuse for NOT trying ENMASSE new massage concept in Cape Town. Words cannot describe...http://www.enmasse.co.za/
Arabian Nights
• For the most sensational gilded garret this side of Samarkand, fabrics to be had are Whatnot’s metallic sheers, Hertex’ Neon and St Leger’s Kashan and Warwick Burlesque. Drape with gay abandon over curtain rods or four poster beds, twined with bronzed tassels and incense smoke.
• Ortigia, darling, if you don’t want to smell like Genghis Khan when he was cross, you have never yet sampled such delicious soaps and fragrances made from pomegranate, almond, passiflora, lime and patchouli. Their product is silver edged and reminiscent of Salomé’s scented veils, we have no doubt. www.ortigian-srl.com
• Petal the floors with sensational rose-patterned kilims (available from Gonsenhausers) - fuschia flowers on a black background with a couple of pouffes thrown about...very Hanging Gardens and hand maidens.
• That erstwhile Alex the Great was fond of a festive meal of an eve. Set his table with gold cutlery; silver ice buckets overflowing with green and red bunches of grapes; rose hip in the champers; lackeys to wash your hands in petalled finger bowls; gold leaf in the soup and maybe even a leopard or two on a diamond leash for your guests to take home?
• Waft about in hand-tooled leather slippers and a sparkly kaftan from the Oriental Plaza while listening to Falcon mating calls and Deepak-Chopra reciting The Alchemist. Sure to get you in the mood for the Dance of the 7 Veils?
Myrrh? Who brings Myrrh as a gift? Perhaps that Balthassar was not so silly a wise man since Myrrh is a resin used today in the production of Fernet-Branca, a perfectly disgusting Milanese digestivo for frightening off menstrual ailments and embalming housewives. Myrrh on the rocks, for you sweetheart?
Salaams all round till next time...
SARAH, SUSIE & ANT
Cosy Up
With our first few cold snaps already under the belt, it seems the time to start cosying up. Chuck the mothballs, pack away the flip flops and drag out the electric blankies. In my opinion, few do ‘COSY’ better than the countrified Brits – tea and toast in front of the fire, hounds at the hearth and all that. Fear not, doing “cottage” need not be all dog hair and ropey tapestry... here be inspiration for even those townies who long for a life more pastoral (note: possibly not quite the thing for the minimalist at heart).
Hit the flea markets before it gets too nippy and collect new bits and pieces for an eclectic tea set – sturdy round tea tray, mismatching cups and saucers, sugar bowl and milk jug with teaspoons all a-clatter. Perhaps a wee vase for your garden-picked (or stall purchased) posy? What would autumn be without a good tea flurry?!
Drag all those old pashminas out of hiding. Since we all own a few of the ‘non- Kashmir’ variety, why not have them made up into big scatter cushions, fringe and all? Fill them with down cushion inners and, “voila!” your bed or sofa becomes soft and colourful.
Hit the flea markets before it gets too nippy and collect new bits and pieces for an eclectic tea set – sturdy round tea tray, mismatching cups and saucers, sugar bowl and milk jug with teaspoons all a-clatter. Perhaps a wee vase for your garden-picked (or stall purchased) posy? What would autumn be without a good tea flurry?!Stay cosy!
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