“I’m never gonna wait
that extra twenty minutes
to text you back,
and I’m never gonna play
hard to get
when I know your life
has been hard enough already.
When we all know everyone’s life
has been hard enough already
it’s hard to watch
the game we make of love,
like everyone’s playing checkers
with their scars,
saying checkmate
whenever they get out
without a broken heart.
Just to be clear
I don’t want to get out
without a broken heart.
I intend to leave this life
so shattered
there’s gonna have to be
a thousand separate heavens
for all of my flying parts.”
― Andrea Gibson
Inspirational
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TCM presents…
The Great Gatsby
Gone is the romance that was so divine.
On 12 May, Turner Classic Movies brings you the 1974 Robert Redford classic, The Great Gatsby, back on the big screen, for free!
The ’20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, Gatsby is mysteriously wealthy and ready to risk everything to woo Daisy again.
An opulent evocation of an era of hot jazz and cold champagne, of women as exotic and demanding as hothouse flowers, and of lives made soft by too much, too soon.
The screening takes place at 17:15 on Sunday, 12 May 2013, at six Nu Metro cineplexes:
Hyde Park
Montecasino
Menlyn Park
The Pavilion
V&A Waterfront
Walmer Park
Tickets are free, limited to two per person, and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To request your tickets, click here!
TCM is the definitive classic movie channel that gives you the greatest movies of all-time, all the time on DStv, channel 137.
My Lookbook
3 months went by swiftly with all my excess fat. Now stands a toned and healthy body that needs serious apparel.
For this reason, the next 3 months are dedicated to vanity. Hair, nails, shoes, bags…the works.
Starting here…
Boston Marathon 2013
Two Oceans Half Marathon Before & After
Before Two Oceans Half Marathon…
So Cape Town is lovely , this comes as no surprise really because I’ve been plenty told. This City is as wide open as the Two Oceans that hold it in its grandeur.
The first person I spoke to in Cape Town, a sweet young thing, said have a nice day afterwards. “Have a nice day”? …really? That’s been the tone of my stay here ever since.
It’s hours before my Two Oceans Half and I’m tired from delighting on every and any site that Cape Town has to offer. Right now my focus is to log off, drink my med-lemon and curl up with a good book till sleep takes over. At 4am tomorrow, I’ll be putting on my running shorts (yeah, no skirt) and heading down Main Road for yet another first – my Two Oceans Half Marathon.
People have asked me what my goal Personal Best (PB) is. My PB is to unleash this well trained body of mine and have myself a great running experience. I know I should be aiming for time but time is only a portion of my focus. I’m just all feely like that. Still I will do my best (of cos), relax and open up to a City that has done just that for this stranger from Durban (now living in JHB)
I look forward to that proud and humbled (all at the same time) feeling this time tomorrow
1 Love,
Z
After Two Oceans Half-Marathon…
The run kicked my behind! The wind blew us back for a good hour, making every stride forward a rebellious act. I could hardly breath. When the wind finally gave up 10km into the race, the slopes took over. The last 10km’s were hills after hills, infact it felt like each hill was passing you to the next. And that wasn’t the problem, the hills are good for any hard working runner, it’s the slopes that gave my knee it’s first taste of injury since I started running a thousand years ago. I have not known such pain. At the worsts of the downhills I was dearly surprised to find a medical team right there and then. The lovely bunch patched me up and sent me on my painful way. It occurred to me while stopping and starting that the pain was relentless no matter what I did so the only thing that made sense was to run as fast and as well as I could. So I ran.
That,for me, was what made my first Two Oceans Half a magnificent experience. The fact I could push through against those odd and get my painful leg past the finish line at 02:22 min, well that’s Spirit.
Those people up from goodness-knows-when just to support us with drums and dress-up – that’s Spirit
The water points that felt more like a party than just mere rest – that’s Spirit
Doing something I have always wanted to do and worked so hard to get to – that’s Spirit
It’s easy to have a great run when you’re feeling strong and the weather is right
It’s amazing to do your best when you have seemingly good reasons to quit
I run for the highs, yes but mostly I run to see what I am capable of and in Cape Town I was amazing.
My legs are up and my knees as recovering well. I look forward to the dancing with the wind..yet again.
1 Love,
Z
Approaching my finish line
This blog was fired up by my 3 month USN Body Challenge and the legendary Two Oceans Half-Marathon
3 months is a long time when you’re starting out and then it turns out to be a blink of an eye when it ends. This Saturday will be the official end of both my goals. To add flavour to this awesomeness, I am visiting Cape Town for the first time too.
2013 has kept up to its promise of being the year of the new.
I’ve lost over 5kg (my goal was 4), I’ve ran my first Half at the PicknPay Marathon in Feb and I’ve acquired the sweetest lower body strength. I cannot wait to see how these lovely legs will carry me over the hills in CPT.
I’m tired, it’s been a focused 3 months. I’m looking forward to high tea and a book by the sea. I am also very proud. I’ve seen my body and Spirit do things I never even dreamt of. Hard work pays off.
The next couple of days will be easy with my focus being on rest and good eating. I’m leaving JHB for CPT tomorrow.
I will do my best to sneak in a pic of what I’ve achieved physically, the spiritual gains are far exceeding those the nice tush doesn’t hurt either.
I cannot wait for the next 3 months.
Thank Spirit for Grace
Love,
Z
Motivation from Akona Golimpi
Inspirational
When Mussels met Wine – Mussel Gratin
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| 2kg mussels 2 glasses white wine 1 shallot, chopped 100ml whipping cream (30% fat content) Pinch of powdered saffron 2 tbsp butter 1 tbsp breadcrumbsPreheat the oven to 180ºC Put the mussels in a large saucepan with the wine and shallot. Cook until the mussels are open, then drain them, keeping the liquid. Remove half of the shells from the mussels, and place shell-side down in a gratin dish. Strain the liquid then put it back in the saucepan with the cream and saffron. Cook rapidly until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the butter, pour the sauce over the mussels, sprinkle with the breadcrumbs, and bake in the oven for about 5 minutes. Recipe taken from Lunch in Provence by Rachel McKenna & Jean-Andre Charial, Published by Wild Dog Press, R360 |
