Kit Kat Club

2012-07-12T06:18:00.000-07:00

KKC - Roster 2012:

January: Ana-Rita
February: Kerry
March: Lucy
April: Vicky
May: Clarissa
June: Carol
July: Fiona
August: Nadine
September: Amie
October: Vannessa
November: Linda
January: Janine

Cocktails - December 2011

2012-01-29T03:58:00.000-08:00

What: Cosmopolitan and Appletinie cocktails & Pizza selection

When: December

Where: @ Fiona's

Cost: R?

Patrons Present: Fiona, Vicky, Nadine, Clarissa, Amie

Organised by: Lucy

and some comments from the Attendees:

- was lovely having a catch-up with you all. And a special thanks to Fiona, the hostess-with-the-mostest!!!

- Superb cocktails!!!! And company always great!!!!! And thanks. Fiona. for time to sober up and the coffee :-)

- Fiona thanks for the super cocktails. Those cosmopolitans were fantastic.

- we can do this on a monthly basis if you like :-)

- Thanks Fiona for hosting and to all of you for such great company and conversation.

Thankfully the photographer took some pics at the start of the evening else we would not have had such clear shots :-)

All feel free to add in detail here............................

Lovies,

Pub Quiz - November 2011

2012-01-29T03:53:00.000-08:00

What: Pub Quiz

When: November

Where: Pub in Table View below Primi

Cost: R30 excluding drinks

Patrons Present: Janine, Nadine, Fiona, Clarissa, Vannessa, Linda and Carol

Organised by: Janine

Girls night out with a difference. We arrived at the Pub in Table View. Already to go, waited for about 1 hour before they started getting going. Gosh these people do take it seriously.

Nadine was tops as usual. Our group did really well, at some points we were at 2nd place.

All really enjoyed the evening and a definite must to do this again.

For those wanting to do this with their partners, the Pub run the pub quiz every last Thursday of the month.

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2012-01-29T03:51:00.000-08:00

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Aquarium Girls night out - August 2011

2012-01-29T03:43:00.000-08:00

What: Sleepover at the aquarium

When: August

Where: Aquarium Waterfront

Cost: R150

Patrons Present: Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Amie, Vicky and Clarissa.

Organised by: Vannessa

Bowling - July 2011

2011-07-31T05:51:00.000-07:00

What: Bowling

When: July

Where: Milnerton Bowling Club

Cost: Donation

Patrons Present: Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Amie, Carol, Vicky and Fiona. Kerry and Amber popped in for drinks.

Organised by: Nadine

Perfect form ladies

For July KKC, I wanted to do something outdoors. The idea of learning to play bowls took root and I coersed a friend to teach us. On the Saturday morning we all gathered at Milnerton Bowling Club and after a good cup of coffee and a kit kat (or two), Maureen and Jennifer taught us about the ettiquette on the bowling green. We then went onto the bowling green to learn how to bowl properly. We found out that the woods (the correct name for the bowls) are not all the same size and weight. Some are heavier than others. We learnt the proper way to stand and roll the wood. We also learnt about getting your weight right to get the wood up to the kitty (Lucy had some special lessons from Graham).

When we were ready, we played a game against each other. Well done to Lucy and Carol who won!

Afterwards we went into the bar to relax and recover and caused our usual havoc!!!

Thanks to Milnerton Bowling Club - we had great fun!!!

Graham measuring the winning ball - Lucy

Chocolate Workshop - May/June 2011

2011-06-25T00:21:00.000-07:00

What: Chocolate truffles, mousse-filled cups, chocolate piping & Nutella cups

When: 11 June 2011 (11:00 to 13:00)

Where: Mother City Cakery at 20 Rosendal Street, Bothasig

Cost: R100 for the workshop & R40 for chocolate disks

Patrons Present: Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Vannessa, Amie, Clarissa, Amor, Charnel, Megan, Carol

Organised by: Carol

Firstly thanks to Lucy who found this KKC option on Gumtree. Beryl Visagie at www.mothercitycakery.co.za not only creates beautiful cakes but also offers a workshop for beginners in chocolate work. Once you know how to fold a wax cone, piping decorations can be a lot of fun but it takes lots of practice – ask all those ladies that were licking the chocolate off their fingers. There is nothing like a creatively placed swirl, curl, butterfly, heart or drizzle of chocolate to elevate an everyday dessert to gourmet status. We made chocolate cups using plastic moulds and paintbrushes. Once set we filled them with chocolate mousse or Nutella. Our chocolate piping added an impressive finishing touch to the mousse and a drizzle of chocolate added a nice flair to the Nutella cups. Making the chocolate truffles was easy and can be done with simple ingredients. It was quite messy on the hands but the end result was scrumptious. We dipped the truffles into the melted chocolate with a bent fork – don’t use your best cutlery for this….. We took our masterpieces home in beautifully decorated boxes.

CJ xxx

Movies and Champagne - April 2011

2011-06-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

What: Movies and Champagne
When: April

Where: JC le Roux wine farm

Cost: R80

Patrons Present: Lucy, Carol, Amie, Vicky

Organised By: Vicky

On a stunning Sunday morning in late summer Lucy, Amie, Carol and Vicky enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet at J.C. le Roux as part of their ‘Sunday Films’ special offer. After an interesting off-roading experience due to a slightly misguided satnav we ended up at the wine farm. Over a glass of bubbly and a delicious breakfast we took in the beautiful setting and scenery. The mini cinema where they showed the film was lovely too (Notting Hill – “I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her” Never gets old....). Hope they do more of these events. For info, they were doing a champagne and nougat tasting so may be worth looking into this in future.

Cake decorating - March 2011

2011-04-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

HAVE A BREAK HAVE A KITKAT

What: Cake decorating

When: March 2011

Where: Lucy's house

Cost: R60

Patrons present: Fiona, Linda, Lucy, Nadine, Vicky, Vannessa, Ana-Rita, Amie, Kerry, Amber, Janine, Clarissa

Organised by: Clarissa

A fun evening was had by the girls attempting to make fondant icing decorations. Poor Clarissa did not stand much of a chance trying to make herself heard over the din but still managed to gain some control and taught us all something. What emerged from the evening was a large number of frightfully professional looking decorations (some more so than others) and some rather delectable looking cupcakes. And of course we learned that it is not wise to lick either one's fingers or the colouring bottle when colouring our fondant. Thanks to Clarissa for her patience and for teaching us all something new.

First KKC where we had such a great attendance 11 out of 12 girls, nice going Clarissa.

And this is what happens when you taste the mixture before it sets, think it is Avatar 2 :-)

Fun was had by all, thanks Clarissa.

Astrology Talk - February 2011

2011-03-12T01:00:00.001-08:00

What: Astrology Talk

When: 28th February

Where: Bellville

Cost: R80 p/p

Patrons present: Nadine, Vicky, Janine, Lucy

Organised By: Lucy

Astrology Talk by Laura Selena Bradfield

28 February 2011

We are living in a time when the universe is requiring that we become more conscious.

How do we do that?

Rather then waiting for something in your life to happen which throws everything up into the air

we can take steps to become more conscious and live meaningfully now.

Astrology can help us prepare for planetary shifts in consciousness

and conceptualize the themes for the next few months ahead.

Astrology can also be used to understand the meaning of events in your life.

Laura will first introduce you to astrology and explain why and how it is used.

There are very important transits that are occurring over the next 3 months

she will talk about their meaning, some warnings and discuss ways in which you can align yourself for a smoother journey.

The end of the talk we will have a short Q and A session which I welcome you all to take part in!

Laura is look forward to meeting you all!

See you there

Laura studied Astrology through Rod R. Suskins’ School of Astrology, graduating from the 3 year Astrology course with a diploma.

She also hold a diploma in Aromatherapy and Reflexology through the Cape Institute of Allied health studies.

She teaches Aromatherapy and Reflexology to the blind on a part time basis and run my private practice in Durbaville.

She also offer astrology readings via Skype. I have 7 years experience as an Aromatherapist and Reflexologist and 6 years experience in the field of astrology.

Carbon Nation - January 2011

2011-03-12T00:58:00.000-08:00

What: Theatre and dinner

When: January 2011

Where: Labia Theatre

Cost: R40 Theatre and then cost of dinner

Patrons Present: Lucy, Nadine, Amie, Janine, Kerry

Organised by: Kerry

Carbon Nation - a quirky, easy to understand documentary about taking some easy steps to help make the planet less toxic, using available natural resources. The stats, the humour and the general layout of the documentary was surprisingly far more interesting and entertaining than we might have originally anticipated.

So, after walking into the wrong movie.......and then having to move quickly to the correct theatre - duh!!!!.........we managed to find a seat, and a surprised Janine was shocked to realise that we were coming to watch a documentary........not a movie! A question and answer session at the end with the director of the movie, was very interactive and informative.

We then moved over to Asian Kitchen for dinner. The very smily owner found us a table, although they seemed to be fully booked initially. The food was reasonably priced, and very, very good. Jesse, the bartender captured Janine's attention and was happy to pose for photos with us.

All in all - a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Cutest Bartender ;-)

Here fishy, sushi time

Cocktails - December 2010

2011-01-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

What: Cocktails

When: 30th December 2010

Where: Ritchie's Panarama

Cost: From R30 for cocktails and then whatever food was eaten

Patrons Present: Amie, Nadine , Fiona, Ana-Rita, Janine, Lucy, Clarissa and Fiona's mom

Organised by: Lucy

Cocktails … however, we since learnt that Ritchie’s is not a good option for Cocktails as even with their limited selection they weren’t able to make what was on their menu. Also – Ritchie’s were not very accommodating re substitute shooters as Janine found out.

We also learnt that it is still worthwhile to have a December KKC even though people were not initially interested, we had a good turn out! Happy new year to all of you….

L x

Cake and Tea - November 2010

2011-01-01T00:59:00.000-08:00

Ana Rita organised for Nia, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this had to be cancelled, but the girls did go out for cake and tea.

Thanks Ana-Rita, we look forward to this in 2011

Gift Bags - October 2010

2010-10-24T08:08:00.001-07:00

What: Christmas box and Sweet Box

When: 23rd October 2010
Where: Carol's house, Kleinbosch
Cost: R60 for supplies and pizzas
Patrons Present: Nadine, Vicky, Ana-Rita, Lucy, Janine, Carol, Vannessa and Mitchell, Fiona popped in.
Organised by: Carol

Armed with instructions and a glass of wine, the ladies were shown how to make Christmas and Sweet boxes by cutting, scoring and decorating cardstock. These gift boxes can be used for any occasion. With a small gift and some chocolates, the Christmas box can be used instead of Christmas crackers and the sweet box can be used for Halloween.

While we were being creative, Fiona popped in for a drink and was ropped in to help. (Thanks for the help and Strawberry Daiquiries). No dieting was allowed as we had some yummy pizzas from Debonairs. Despite the wine and the chaos, the ladies gift boxes turned out very well even though some tried to do a "Janine". Guess who is getting one for her 40th.

Interactive Cooking Course - September 2010

2010-10-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

What: Interactive Cooking Course with Jan Bester from Cooking Forward

When: 18th September 2010
Where: The Walshes
Cost: R150
Patrons Present: Nadine, Kerry, Niel, Ana-Rita, Linda, Lucy, Mike, Gathry (proxy for Vannessa), Carol, Janine
Organised By: Lucy
Time 3 – 6pm but since we were having so much fun, we overshot this to 7:30pm

Menu

Tarte Flambe
Rosemary Rack of Lamb
Chicken Stroganoff
Spicy Green Beans
Wasabi Mash
Tarte Tatin

KKC is a ladies time out but this one we invited the men along as some of them are the main Chefs in their family. We started off with a glass of wine and an explanation by Jan of what we would be cooking, and splitting us up into Teams. We ended off with some more wine and eating a full meal, plenty to go round and very delicious! We thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and would recommend this as an awesome event. Thanks Jan & Anushka!

Here are Jan’s contact details:

Jan : http://www.cookingforward.co.za/ , info@cookingforward.co.za

2010-10-10T09:30:00.000-07:00

Pyjama Party - August 2010

2010-08-09T09:36:00.000-07:00

What: Pyjama Party - watching old videos
When: 07 August
Where: 32 Buoy Bend
Cost: R50 for the pizza's
Patrons present: Clarissa, Vicky, Vannessa, Lucy, Linda and Janine
Organised by: Linda

ok, so 'pyjama party' it is, watching old wedding videos.

Bring along: wedding videos! pyjamas! (or be daring and arrive wearing it), pillow(s), blankets, sleeping bags, girls pyjama party stuff, snacks - popcorn, cooldrinks, drinks, etc

Supper: we made pizza, yum thanks Linda. Was very interesting watching the weddings, boy how technology has grown, mmmm and a few of us too, all the girls decide it is diet time :-).
Linda and Janine stayed over and "G" man made us omletts. Yum

High Tea - June 2010

2010-07-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

What: High Tea
When: June
Where: Lord Charles Somerset West
Cost: R80
Patrons Present: Ana-Rita, Fiona, Kerry, Cherrie, Vicky, Nadine, Lucy, Carol, Vannessa and Janine
Organised By: Clarissa

This month's KKC was high tea at Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. Unfortunately Clarissa could not join us for the day. Good relaxing afternoon.

Breakfast - May 2010

2010-07-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

What: Breakfast
When: 27th May
Where: Angelican Church Milnerton
Cost: R40
Patrons Present: Lucy, Fiona, Clarissa, Kerry, Carol, Vicky, Linda, Janine, Nadine, Vannessa
Organised by: Nadine Stunning breakfast held by the Sunday School classes from St Oswald's church, Good time out session for the girls to catch up and enjoy the food, company and friendship. Special guest. ... Mitchell ;-)

Yoga - April 2010

2010-04-30T09:09:00.000-07:00

What: Yoga with a difference
When: 17th April 2010
Where: It's Yoga, 12 Marine CircleTable View
Cost: R130 +-
Patrons Present: Nadine, Carol, Vannessa, Kerry, Lucy, Vicky, Janine and Aidan
Organised By: Vicky

“Everybody say ‘Ommmmmmmm”

Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Kerry, Vanessa, Carol and Vicky were joined by Aidan at It’s Yoga in Table View to partake in some modified Ashtanga Primary Series on 17th April.
As promised by Aidan, it was a challenging workout but he adapted it very nicely to our needs and we all felt very relaxed yet re-energised afterwards. We were also very impressed at how bendy Aidan was perhaps even more surprising was how flexible Kerry was as well!
Thanks so much to Aidan again for a lovely afternoon (we didn’t feel so bad about eating the cakes after our session) and to Sarah for the use of the studio.....Vicky x

“Don’t we look like we have been doing this for years?! Check out Lucy at the front, posing J”

Taste of the Cape - March 2010

2010-03-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

What: Taste of the Cape - various chefs

When: 28th March 2010

Where: Rhodes High School - Mowbray

Cost: R170

Patrons Present: Kerry, Nadine, Vicky, Linda, Angela, Fiona, Clarissa, Janine and guest Natalie

Organised By: Janine

9 girls set off for some amazing tastes and a really beautiful day. Various restaurants had set up tents, so loads of tasters, wine tasting, eye candy and much much more, This is a definite for next year. mmmmmmmm linda and close ups......... ;-)

Chilling, socialising ;-)

"the kiss" that tongue...................
Stunning girls!!
We will be back next year, oh you could even have a massage from the angels ;-)

Horseriding - February 2010

2010-03-04T11:26:00.000-08:00

What: Horse Riding
When: February 2010
Where: Morning Star
Cost: R100
Patrons Present: Vicky, Nadine, Lucy, Janine, Vannessa, Cindy
Organised By: Vannessa

Scorching hot day, but 5 kkc ladies braved the heat and went horse riding in Morning Star. We learnt to gallop, learn the various names of the horses, see their meal and training schedule followed by cold wine, and plenty of food to feed the rest of morning star.

Candle Decorating - January 2010

2010-01-23T04:58:00.000-08:00

What: Candle Decorating
When: 24th January
Where: Linda's House
Cost: R70
Patrons Present: Nadine, Lucy, Vicky, Linda, Carol, Vannessa, Ana-Rita and Janine
Organised By: Linda

On Sunday, 24 January 2010, eight of us gals, Lucy, Janine, Ana-Rita, Nadine, Carol, Vicky, Vannessa and I, Linda, got together for a creative candle decorating session.
Armed with some tips and ideas from the web, we got started…well, somewhat slowly as the creative juices haven’t exactly kicked in for 2010 by then.
Eventually we all got into the painting, sponging, stencilling, sticking stickers and at the end we finished with really stunning decorated candles.
While munching away on some eats, we had time to admire the candles and Janine’s photo taking techniques.
(There were some problems with the acrylic paint coming off but hopefully “next time” we’ll have some wax sheets to make use of.)
Linda

The Pink Flamingo - November 2009

2009-11-18T11:14:00.000-08:00

What: Classic Movies in an outdoor cinema, on the roof top of The Grand Daddy Hotel.
When: 15 November at 7pm
Where: Long Street Cape Town, Grand Daddy Cool
Cost: R50
Patrons Present: Carol, Fiona, Linda, Nadine, Vicky, Lucy and Janine
Organised By: Lucy
http://www.pinkflamingo.co.za/

Guests: Andy and Matt - visitors from the UK

To find us take the N1 into Cape Town. At the traffic lights at the CTICC continue straight. Drive on till you get to third traffic intersection where you will turn left into Strand Street (landmark is the old NG Kerk). Once in Strand Street, cross the first set of traffic lights (Bree) and then the second (Loop) at the third, turn right into Long Street – it’s a one way. The building at the corner of the first intersection you will drive to is The Grand Daddy. Park. Come inside and take the vintage elevator to the rooftop Airstream Trailer Park where we will clip your tickets and welcome you to a night at the movies. Movie: Double Indemnity
R50 buys you entrance to the movie, a drink of your choice (wine, beer, cider or a soft drink), popcorn, ice cream & some sweets / candy floss. A great evening out – classic movies (not mainstream movies so be warned you need to leave your mind open to the classic style of movie) at an outdoor cinema!
A nice touch was a blanket on each seat – and we sure needed it as the wind was howling.
Definitely recommended and very good value for money. We met Andy and Matt who were visiting down from the UK. They also showed us their "pad" trailer that they were staying in for the two nights. Welcome to Cape Town, we hope you enjoyed out beautiful city and visit soon. See pics at the top of them. Evening enjoyed by all.Is it an Eskimo - no it is Linda:-)The Sweets

Inside the trailer

Myoga High Tea - October 2009

2009-11-18T11:03:00.000-08:00

What: High Tea
When: October
Where: Myoga Restuarant, Newlands Vineyard Hotel
Cost: R75
Patrons Present: Kerry, Janine, Fiona, Lucy, Nadine and Vicky.
Organised By: Kerry

MYOGA RESTUARANT
Tucked away in leafy Newlands, in the Vineyard Hotel, is Myoga Restuarant and KKC visited for the recently launched High Tea. The setting is superb, as we were seated on the terrace over looking the mountains and lush gardens.
Our waiter Ray (Sugar Ray) was very attentive to his table of ladies and did his best, but however, couldn't contain his mirth when Janine enquired about the Pikkies (Piejies). The menu (which changes daily) was extensive and we could choose 2 savoury, 2 sweet together with a scone and choice of beverage for R75. The conversation and the food were decadent. Our laughter lit up the otherwise very quiet and peaceful restuarant. Very interesting topics added to the day. Time to be remembered. Wedding was taking place in the lush gardens and even the very gorgeous looking minister came over. The ladies had to put their tongues back in their mouths. I (Kerry, we,)thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, and will definitely be going back for dinner. Who's joining?? Ray our waiter ;-)

Card Making - September 2009

2009-10-10T10:41:00.001-07:00

What: Card Making
When: Oct for Sept month
Where: Table View
Cost: R100
Patrons Present: Nadine, Fiona, Lucy, Shannon, Carol, Janine
Organised By: Carol

We went to Simply Creative and Ronita showed us how to make 4 different cards. We learnt various techniques such as embossing with the Cuttlebug, shaker boxes, stippling backgrounds, stamping, etc. The cost was R 100.00 for a 3-hour class and this included the materials and tools we used. The ladies were impressed with their finished products and got loads of ideas. Hopefully they will now make their own Christmas cards as well as Birthday cards.

Crochet - August 2009

2009-09-25T10:38:00.001-07:00

What: Learning how to Crochet
When: August 2009
Where: Breeze House - Sanddrift
Cost: Donation
Patrons Present: Lucy, Nadine, Fiona, Clarissa, Carol, Janine
Organised By: Clarissa

After much diary consultation and moving around of Clarissa's baby showers, we finally found a date to do the August KKC. 6 ladies arrived at the Breeze house and each lady was given a pack which consisted of crochet hook, wool and a step-by-step instruction page. Mrs Breeze was very patient and showed each one how to crochet. The objective of the day was for each person to finish one square. Some found it to be really easy and got way ahead of the rest of the group, others realised that they would stick to taking photo's and looked after all the guests with refreshments and food. Thanks for the patience. Hope you all had fun. ;-)

Making Koeksisters - July 2009

2009-09-25T10:26:00.001-07:00

What: Learning how to make Koeksisters
Where: Linda's House - Milnerton
When: July
Cost: R20 (could be wrong)
Patrons Present: Fiona, Lucy, Clarissa, Carla-anne, Vannessa, Nadine, Janine, Linda
Organised By: Nadine

This month we, under the guidance of Linda (our master baker), made koeksisters.What an adventure. We were all prepared with our aprons, mixing bowls and woodens spoons but ended up mixing the dough with our hands. Firstly Linda explained how she made the syrup the night before - complete with diagrams on a makeshift whiteboard on her dining room wall.Then we set to work in two groups to make the batter. It was a messy business but soon we had dough that was ready to be rolled out.Linda appeared with these amazing koeksister cutters which took away all the stress of cutting the strips evenly. We made loads of koeksisters and while we were busy, Linda deep fried the raw koeksisters and then dunked in the cold syrup. We were sampling as we went along and enjoying some wine and Fiona's homemade lemonade. We had a few 'doughy' koeksisters but we ate those too...Vannessa - who came along to watch - also enjoyed sampling the morsels we produced.Afterwards we watched the dvd of Vannessa's 4d scan. Thanks to all the ladies who attended..it was lots of fun.

Victoria Jackson Make-up Dem - June 2009

2009-09-25T10:24:00.001-07:00

What: Demo on Victoria Jackson make-up
Where: Walsh house
When: 27th June
Cost: Products purchased
Patrons Present: Nadine, Fiona, Carol, Lucy, Janine, Vicky, Ana-Rita, Vannessa and Carol's friend
Organised By: Janine

A consultant came out and spoke about the new Victoria Jackson Make-up range. Lucy had a day make-over and Janine an evening make-over. The make-up was quite reasonably priced. Thank you Lucy for the use of your house.

"For over 13 years, Victoria Jackson has been one of Hollywood's leading makeup artists. TV networks and movie studios have paid her over $1,000 a day to make the stars look their best.
She's made up nearly every major celebrity in Hollywood for the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines, including stars like Ali MacGraw and Lisa Hartman. Victoria is famous in Hollywood for her "no-makeup" makeup, which she has used to create a "naturally beautiful" look. Until recently, Victoria's makeup was only available to her celebrity clients. Now we're pleased to bring these designer-quality cosmetics direct to you. And we're able to offer you these fine cosmetics at unquestionably low prices. Once you experience the silky-smooth richness of Victoria's blendable lip colors, dramatic eye shadows and super-sheer foundation, you'll understand why over 700,000 women across the United States have switched to Victoria Jackson® Cosmetics. With Victoria's cosmetics, you'll look "naturally beautiful" without a "made-up" look. Discover the beauty secret of the stars; order your Victoria Jackson® Cosmetics today! "

Display, Karate, Henna Tattoo, Belly Dancing - May 2009

2009-09-24T04:57:00.000-07:00

What: Variety of demonstrations
Where: Brackenfell primary school
When: May
Cost: R75
Patrons Present: Vicky, Lucy, Nadine, Vannessa, Janine, Yvonne and girls
Organised By: Vannessa

One of the Kick boxing associations was raising funds. They had various marshal arts displays, belly dancing and you could even have a henna tattoo. Vannessa had her tummy tattooed.

Spa Stellenbosch - April 2009

2009-09-24T04:49:00.000-07:00

What: Spa pamper day
Where: Stellenbosch
When: April
Cost: R300
Patrons Present: Nadine, Lucy, Carol, Fiona, Vannessa, Linda
Organised by: Linda

Fun was had by all, no pictures available as the photographer was in Namibia ;-)

Children's Home Visit - March 2009

2009-08-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

What: Children's Home Visit, delivering clothes
Where: Kwasizabantu Mission
When: End March
Cost: Purchase of party goods for the kids
Patrons Present: Nadine, Fiona, Janine, Vannessa, Shannon
Organised By: Fiona

We found a home off the N7 where they look after various children. We went through to donate clothes, toys and also gave the children a party, cakes, cooldrink. Great fun was had by all. Spoke to the person who runs the orphanage (Gerhard) and he said we are most welcome to come out there on Saturday. They need clothes, bedding, towels and curtains. They experienced a huge fire on their premisses. The home also runs a counselling session.

Children's ages are:
3 Boys: 5, 6 and 9 years of age
5 Girls: 6, 8, 9 years of age

City Siteseeing Cape Town - February 2009

2009-02-15T06:20:00.000-08:00

What: Hop on Hop off Blue Route Bus, http://www.citysightseeing.co.za/ - We took the blue Route and started on 10am bus
Where: Meet at the Hop On, Hop Off Kiosk in front of the V&A Aquarium - various stops Cape Town City, Kirstenbosch, Hout Bay, Camps Bay, Sea Point, Waterfront
When: February 2009
Cost: R120 for the bus, then one pays for your lunch or the various places you get off the bus
Patrons Present: Fiona, Carol, Lucy, Shawn, Megan, Chanel, Hayden, Ethan, Linda and Janine (family invited on this one)
Organised By: Lucy
- It should take about 2 hours to complete the full route if you decide not to get off the bus.
- You get a set of ear phones but they are not that comfortable so you could bring your own set of ipod ear phones if you wish.
- We stopped at Mariners Wharf in Hout Bay for lunch – yummy fish & chips, finger linking good!
- Linda & Shawn looked the part with back pack and all.
- Janine with her super camera lenses didn’t let us down either.
- Fun was had by all and good to be a tourist in your own CountryJ…. Well worth the trip & recommended for anyone entertaining ‘out of town’ friends & family.

ArtJamming - January 2009

2009-01-25T05:39:00.001-08:00

What: Artjamming
Where: Wembley Square, Gardens, Cape Town Tel: 021-462 1168 info@artjamming.co.za
When: 25 January 2009
Cost: R135 for a 10 x 10, you can choose your size canvas
Patrons Present: Nadine, Fiona, Carol, Vannessa, Lucy, Kerry, Clarissa and Janine
Organised By: Kerry

What is Artjamming?
Some people jam music, here people jam art. At Artjamming, you simply walk in and let your imagination take hold of the paint brushes. We are more than paint and canvas. We pump creativity, imagination, and colour to a chillout beat.
No drawing or painting skills are needed. Artjammers at the studio are provided with canvases, acrylic paints on tap, and tools to freely express themselves. Let your mind loose and fill the canvas with colours and inspiration.
Artjamming is "paintertainment" whether it's with friends, family, co-workers and clients or young children. We also offer: birthday parties, team building parties, corporate events, school holidays programmes, tuition, gallery and exhibitions.

The girls expressed their creative side, some more than others and some were really creative, using the canvas more than once ;-)

The Women Movie, dinner - December 2008

2008-12-22T03:29:00.000-08:00

What: Dinner at Osumo, Movie - The Women

Where: Canal Walk

When: 10 December 2008

Cost: Food & Movie plus/minus R80 - R90

Patrons Present: Nadine, Fiona, Carol, Vannessa and Lucy

Organised By: Carol

Firstly the Other Women (also 5 of us) met at Osumo’s for some healthy meal choices (my Salmon & Cottage Cheese Salad was scrumptious) and then we went to see the film, The Women.

Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Nadine, Fiona, Carol, Vannessa & Lucy
Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher,
Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler, Candice BergenDirector: Diane English
This film tells the story of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan), a clothing designer who seems to have it all – a beautiful country home, a rich financier husband, an adorable 11-year-old daughter and a part-time career creating designs for her father's venerable clothing company. Her best friend, Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), leads another enviable life – a happily single editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a possessor of a huge closet of designer clothes and a revered arbiter of taste and style poised on Manhattan’s cutting edge. But when Mary's husband enters into an affair with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sultry "spritzer girl" lurking behind the Saks 5th Ave perfume counter, she is devastated and is forced to re-evaluate her life. Mary and Sylvie's relationship is tested to breaking point while their tight-knit circle of friends, including mega-mommy Edie Cohen (Debra Messing) and author/lesbian Alex Fisher (Jada Pinkett-Smith), all start to question their own friendships and romantic relationships.
This film is ALL about the women and is man-free (finally a cinematic moment that centers on women and women only.) Oops sorry – there was a cameo role by a very, very small man at the end of the movie.
The performances of the all star cast were wonderful in this bitchy, funny and stylish comedy. Wooohooo to Jada Pinkett Smith who wins my tiny little Chocolate Lindt Reindeer (which I am very fond of) for her performance.
Debra Messing gets the Lindt Reindeer’s bell for being so glorious and so honest because that’s all we want after all – a little well-timed honesty, a little kindness and a lot of love.
I heard women giggle, chuckle, sigh heart wrenchingly and even snort in unison. I left the cinema with a huge grin on my face. Well worth the price of a ticket (a whopping R15 on Wednesdays).
Note: The Other Women have nominated Janine to be our baby-machine, Edie Cohen, in our tight-knit circle of friends….. (JB you have to see the movie to understand).

Beach Walk, Pamper, Art Gallery - November 2008

2008-12-02T11:37:00.000-08:00

What: Beach Walk, Pamper, Art Gallery
Where: Doodles - Table View, Monte Vista, Philadelphia
When: 29th November
Cost: Breakfast, goodies bought at Wellness.
Patrons present: Kerry, Nadine, Linda, Janine, Lucy, Fiona, Carol, Vannessa, Megan, Charnel
Organised By: Clarissa

Hi there

Here are the KKC details. If I have your name down incorrectly, pls let me know. Carol, I can't seem to find your response.

Part 1 - Beach Walk (Kerry, Nads, Linda, Janine, Clarissa)
9.30am - Meet at second parking lot at Blouberg Beach , followed by breakfast at Doodles.

Part 2 (Lucy, Fiona, Vannessa, Janine, Clarissa)
12.30 - Meet at Fiona's (hope that's ok - you're the closest to Nicole). Perhaps we can just go in 1 car. Off to Nicoles (Natures Way Wellness, Monte Vista) for a glass of bubbly and some snacks whilst doing some early Christmas shopping. Then drive through to the art exhibition in Philadelphia where I'm told they'll give us more snacks and wine :-)

Great fun was had by all. New experiences had - Art Exhibition. The trick is to serve alcohol at the function and then no one notices if it is bad art, or how much money they are spending.

See you then!
Love, c xxx

Build-a-Bear - October 2008

2008-12-02T11:32:00.000-08:00

What: Build-a-Bear
Where: Canal Walk

When: 29th October
Cost: Ranged from R99-R300
Patrons Present: Fiona, Charnel, Megan, Lucy, Carol, Nadine, and Janine (popped in for drinks)
Organised by: Nadine

On 29 October 2008, our group went to the Teddy Bear Workshop at Canal Walk to make our own special teddy bear friends. It's an ingenious concept. Firstly we chose a carcass. The prices of the carcasses range from R99 to R300 depending on the type of teddy you want. Then we moved on to the customised heart machine (your teddy bear needs a heart). You can choose either hearts that beat, to hearts that have special messages and even record a special message of your own. The hearts were put into the teddy beara and then we assisted with stuffing the teddy bear. Before the teddy bear was stitched up, we had to make a wish on a material heart and that was also put into our bears. Then we were off to groom and 'shower' our bears. Once that was done..it was time to choose the outfit. This is where the process got tricky. There were so many outfits and accessories to choose from. It was a difficult decision to make. Between the four of us we had a Viking, Superman, a hoody bear and Isabella (a girl bear with a black wig)...Once our bears were dressed, we named our bears and had birth certificates printed...Before we left with our new friends we took the teddy bear pledge to always love and care for them.... and I'm sure we will....

Share What You Don't Wear Party - Sept 2008

2008-10-12T05:39:00.001-07:00

What: Share What You Don't Wear Party

Where: Vannessa's house - Bloubergsands

When: 11 October

Cost: Plate of eats

Patrons present: Carol, Nadine, Vannessa, Clarissa, Lucy, Cindy, Janine, Muis

Organised By: Janine

New initiative trend to hit the market. We all were getting bored of our old clothes and wanted a brand new look, new styles, and just to busy to go out shopping. The girls got together one Friday evening and brought all our old clothes, bags, shoes. Everyone went through each other's clothes and took what we liked. Good food, wine and conversation was had by all too. The leftover clothes we decided that we would donate this to a charity. A week after we had our little "clothes party" this article was found in the Essentials magazine : "Q Ever wondered what to do with your clothes you no longer wear? A: Throw a "Share What You Don't Wear' party! Invite the girls over, open a few bottles of wine, serve some snacks and enjoy rummaging through one another's 'this is o not me anyore!' apparel. What you no longer wear, your girlfriends might love and vice versa. Clothes with no home go to charity!

We donated the clothes to Home with patients with HIV. Here is feedback from them: "On behalf of Catholicare, I should like to thank you most sincerely for the clothing donated to the children and their parents affected with HIV/Aids. These will be taken out to the HOPE M'fuleni Clinic, you and your friends are welcome to visit the clinic at any time. Once again, many thanks for you donation.

Mamma Mia - August 2008

2008-09-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

August KKC
What: Mamma Mia (the movie)
Where: Canal walk Cine 11
When: 2 September 2008 19:45
Cost: R29 (for the Movie)
Attendees: Linda, Nadine, Janine; Kerry, Sjianette (friend of Linda), Angela and Bonnie (friends of Kerry), Carol, Fiona and Carla Ann

Organised By: Linda

Most of us met up at House of coffees for a quick snack, coffee, chat…the usual when 8 – 10 women get together.
Then off to see the movie. I think I speak for all of us when I say it was brilliant. And here’s something amazing…Janine sat still, through the whole movie!
A few single Mexican waves came along when Colin Firth (HUNK) made his appearance on the screen. For anyone who is of the opinion that Pierce Brosnan can’t sing…well, who cares. At 60+ he looks darn good and he played James Bond…as Nadine said, “if Millie Vanillie could do it, why can’t he?”.
Ok, back to the movie. Daughter of single mom getting married, never knew her dad, but from her mom’s diary figures out it’s 1 of 3 possible men who her mom spent some idyllic Greek nights with. Send invite to all 3 and all 3 accept, neither knowing that there’s a possibility of being a dad. And so the fun begins. For the rest, go see the movie. Meryl Streep…awesome (looking for that dress she wore for the wedding, if anyone sees similar one!).
And of course…the songs by ABBA…everyone knows at least one or, like me, one line out of a variety of them. Bet ya you were all humming away the next day (to the frustration of your colleagues and/or partners, etc, hey).
And we even remembered to take a pic…yay!

Ladies Night - July 2008

2008-08-20T22:23:00.000-07:00

KKC July 2008
What: Ladies Night
Where: Hemisphere (Absa building in Riebeeck street)
When: Ved 30 July 2008
Cost: R50 (+ drinks)
Attendees: Janine, Nadine, Vannessa
Organised By: Vannessa
Vawter Vednesdays Ladies Night @ Hemisphere
21:00 PM 16 July 2008 - 23:55 PM 16 July 2008
Wednesday Nights in the Mother City will never be the same, as NawtyMedia in association with Vawter bring you Vednesdays Ladies Nights.

Well, your traditional ladies nights out involves sexy (or not) males and copious amounts of alcohol with a fair amount of giggling and perving. Those evenings don't really happen so much anymore, not sure if we just don't get to hear about them since we don't move in that age group anymore!!! or if gals are just not into that kind of entertainment any more.
Every Wednesday night Hemisphere has a ladies night (though it does not appear to be restricted to ladies). The cost is R50 and for this you get a goodie bag and some delicious eats plus some pampering. Our goddie bags had a pair of sunglasses, g-string, lip gloss, eye make-up - powder and liner (though mine was pink - I can't imagine wearing pink on my eyes), a sample of body bronzer and a cloth for cleaning glasses. You can get in for free if you don't take the goodie bag. If you want the bag though you should book through Computicket or through Abby at Nawty Media - "Abby - NawtyMedia" . The snacks were quite good as well including a yummy chocolate fountain. The pamper sessions were done in the lounge area. The downside to this is that there was not much light there. But our manicurist did an amazing job considering the dim light. There was also a girl doing make-up and I must say I was very impressed. I have never liked having my make up done by supposed 'professionals' as they always overdo it and I end up looking like a panda! But I really liked what she did to my, and the other's, makeup. Even in the light of the bathrooms it looked good! I do not know if the pampering was done in the lounge because the VIP lounge was busy - the owner was having his birthday party in there - or if that is normal.
The music started off well but eventually turned into doef-doef music which caused us (plus Janine's headache) to leave before midnight. All in all, it was an enjoyable evening and the goodie bag is definitely worth the money. We are going to go again, maybe when it is a bit warmer when you don't have to lug a jacket along to prevent freezing when you leave. BUT we will be making more of an effort to get a bit dolled up as we did feel rather frumpy amongst those trendy young girls!! And remember they do have valet parking for about R20, so if you are comfortable letting them park your car you just pull up in front of the building and they will park the car safely.
http://genderbash.blueworld.co.za/events/readEvent.aspx?id=232 http://www.hemisphere.org.za/events.php

Eye Makeup

Goodie BagManicure

Diva Day - June 2008

2008-07-17T08:51:00.000-07:00

What: Kick Butt Diva Day

Where: Meerendal Wine Estate

When: Saturday 21st June 2008 : 8am-6pm

Cost:

Attendees: Nadine, Fiona, Carol, Lucy, Clarissa, Vannessa

Organised By: Fiona

On 21 June 2008, Lucy, Vannessa, Carol, Clarissa, Nadine and Fiona went on a "KICK BUTT" Diva day organised by Urban Mingle, at the Meerendal wine estate just outside Durbanville. For further details on Urban Mingle, go to: http://www.urbanmingle.co.za/

The program started off with some coffee and rusks, followed by a workshop on how to prevent an attack/rape. The two hour session involved some basic techniques of defense and with some (well, quite a bit) of participation from our side by practicing some of the "moves" on our friends! Very interesting, but for these "moves" to be of value, it is recommended that you go for further instruction/lessons. There were too many ladies present (18 in total) to have one-on-one sessions with the instructor. However, some of us, won't mention any names, did get to feel the instructor's six-pack:-) Oh sorry, what happened at the Diva Day, stays at the Diva day!

After the rape prevention workshop, we were introduced to some of Meerendal's wines, white and red and ended off with a rosé. Some of us thought that we could just drink before even being told about the wine, and had to ask for some more! OLIVER!!! Afterwards we had lunch and then off to some colour coding. Looking at the colours recommended for us, and what we actually wear, no wonder I often look dull! For future KKC ideas, contact Charmaine McCarthy at Skin on Plein (021) 979 3292/ 082 871 4478. They also present courses on how to apply your make-up for different functions (i.e. day, evening, wedding).

Two ladies from Triumph measured us to see if we are wearing the correct bra size (and some of us were quite surprised at what size they actually are!). My question still is, if you had no feet, would you wear shoes? So why wear a bra if you have no boobs??? We were also treated to a mini manicure during this session since we only sat around chatting when not being measured.

To end off the day we were introduced to some very kinky products...for the sweet spot. Since we tend to neglect the "sweet spot", a range of cleaning and freshening products were developed so that ladies could spend less time cleaning down there (by using nice little wipes) and pay more attention to our men. This could also be used on him, and a "great time" will be had by both for... well, lets leave it over to your imagination!!

And then it was time to go home, but being in such good spirits, we voted to end off our day (the KKC group of girls) with something to drink at Rhapsody's in Tyger Waterfront. And sadly, we had to end off our wonderful day of having "our" time, away from the husbands and kids, just to go back to "honey, where's my food...I'm hungry".

And just to add that there was a lucky ticket draw and Lucy was the lucky recipient of a meal for 2 at Meerendal. Thanks to Meerendal!
Lucy & Fiona also bought some Meerendal wine which is very highly recommended - Meerendal Pinotage 2003

Archery - May 2008

2008-07-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

What: Archery Lesson
Where: Bellville Archery Club
When: Saturday 31st May 2008 : 8am-1pm
Cost: R120 per person (R80 for equipment hire + R40 for the lesson)

Directions: Get onto Hendrick Verwoerd and carry on straight to the Tjunction = Lincoln Road Turn left, then 1st right into Horizon Crescent Carry on for 150m until you see the entrance to the nursery on the left, this is the Tygerberg Nursey entrance slide the gate open and enter here.

The instructor is Malcolm Todd and contact details are 076 481 0105 or 021 913 3721

Attendees: Nadine, Fiona, Kerry, Carol, Lucy, Janine
Organised By: Lucy