findingthemojo no 269

Hello and welcome to some clever weekend reminders

• "As the mushroom cloud showed us decades ago, evil can be beautiful" - David Mitchell quoted in The Observer

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• "Civilisations die from suicide, not murder" - Arnold J Toynbee, quoted on NationalReview.com

image: freethoughtalmanac.com

Enjoy your weekend, keep warm
cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 268

Morning - making plans for your weekend? Good 'cos it's going to be mizzzz out there

• if you're lucky enough to have tickets to The Great Gatsby Experience @ The Labia on Orange, on Saturday evening - you're surely in for a party of note!  Remember "no effort no entry" - so get that glam gear on!  Ticketless?? go to http://www.quicket.co.za/events/2066-the-great-gatsby-experience/ or https://www.facebook.com/SWINGct to pick up a few strays

• alternatively, support our talented musicians at 2013 Cape Town Big Band Festival currently being held at The Baxter till Saturday 1 June.  The full line-up features great variety and all ages - sure to be huge fun!

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 267

Morning - missed some excellent "cartoons of the week" according to Time, over the past couple of weeks - in case you missed them.......

enjoy and cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 266

Hello again - continuing with 'what's in' and the flavour of the month, the trendy set are drinking

• with their blond or lager type beers: picon biere - a "posh version of snakebite orange-flavoured liqueur bitter"

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•  - with their 'very in' S American traditional fare: a pisco sour cocktail - a combo of "quebranta pisco (a brandy made from the quebranta grape grown in the Inca region of southern Peru), lime, sugar syrup, egg white and bitters"

ps: on our travels in Sicily recently we discovered  almond wine - delicious served ice-cold with a twist of lemon zest - yum!

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 265

Hello - so here are two (new) culinary delights food writers are raving about, right now

 

• the first is totally familiar to us: the golden berrie - we know it as the Cape Gooseberry or physalis peruviana, this 'super berry' contains "166% more antoxidants than cranberries, twice as much fibre as prunes or dates, and more potassium per 100g than four bananas.  They are also a rich source of vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorous" - move over ghoji berries!

                            

image: wikipedia.org                                                                             dried gooseberries

  

• next is Salep - a nutritious starch-like flour made from the tubers of the wild orchid, used in beverages and desserts, especially Turkish ice-cream, giving the ice-cream "a gorgeous chewy elasticity" - can't wait to try this one!

                                                                      

image: worldfoodlist.com                                                                                                   

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jp

findingthemojo no 264

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Hello again, some wise words for your weekend

• "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" - Anais Nin, quoted in The Times

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• "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" - Isaac Asimov, quoted on Forbes.com

enjoy your weekend
cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 263

Welcome and lovely to be back in the Mother of all Cities - it's home and always will be.  Your weekend wishlist

• get tasting at The Good Food and Wine Show at the CTICC from Thursday, 23 to Sunday, 26 May, 10 - 21:00.  See your favorite (or not) chef in action

• support a really good cause - Dancers love Dogs  takes place on Saturday night, 25 May at The Artscape Theatre.  Starts at 8pm and a fabulous variety of top dancers and performers will entertain you.  Tickets cost R250 pp - the cost of one sterilisation 

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 262

Morning

• the contenders for the 2013 Turner Prize have been announced and (predictably) it's more of the same - David Shrigley's work has some clever humour, however

Gravestone 2008 - Image: © David Shrigley, courtesy of the artist and Swiss Private Collection

• love this contender for 2013 Designs of the Year Award - gorgeously green!

Donky Bicycle. Designed by Ben Wilson.Picture: John Selby

• so, taking a short break - the mojo will be back on 23 May

take care and cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 261

Hello - loads of interesting events are on in the Mother City and surrounding areas - who would have thought we were headed into Winter.......

image of Tracy Li as Camille

• it is reported that the ballet Camille on at The Artscape Theatre is really good - support dance in the City and enjoy a great evening out

• plenty on at the various theatre venues, in particular Don't Dress for Dinner at The Theatre on the Bay - go and have a good laugh!

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 260

Hello again - here we are with a slightly distracted start to the week, never mind, just keep smiling

• do not forget that it's Mother's Day on Sunday 12 May, forget the flowers/chocs, there's nothing nicer than a home-cooked meal made with love and care for that special lady - get those recipes out and start practicing

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• alternatively, with Winter on the way, make plans to get out there and enjoy the superb reasonably priced cuisine on offer - here is the winter specials list for the entire country, spoilt for choice really

image: bbc.co.uk

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 259

Hello - better late than never......

• "There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it" - Mary Wilson Little, quoted on Forbes.com

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• "To be busy is man's only happiness" - Mark Twain, quoted on TheDailyBeast.com

image: shrewsbury.net

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 258

Trust that not too much labour was involved and that you enjoyed your holiday yesterday, making the most of this fine fine weather we're loving soooo much - two random snippets picked up recently

• Harry Wallop writes in The Telegraph that "over the past year, while the rest of the toy and games market fell by 1 per cent because of consumers’ squeezed disposable income, sales of grown-up jigsaws increased by an impressive 11 per cent, with more than six million sold, according to NPD, the research company." - surprising? not really but then we're keen puzzlers

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• Dan Lewis writes about Mr and Mrs Vogel, "the unlikely collectors" - who "over their four decades together, had collected well over 4,500 works of art which, despite their meager means, were worth a fortune." - incredible!

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jp