Midnight snack

17 December 2011: 2am in the morning and there I was in the kitchen, making spaghetti. Hormones.

Day at the beach

17 December 2011: Spent the day at the beach with Harvey & Kylie :) The water was quite warm but the wind!

I'm with the band

16 December 2011: Hollywood baby! I loved every minute of sharing that stage with Jesse Jordan Band - AMAZING - somehow Jesse's voice miraculously returned and the audience loved every minute of the show! Their epic perc sessions are my favourite - the energy is electric. I also loved Hein's version of Fuel - he has an awesome voice! Oh, and guess who showed up at the gig - surprise surprise - Harvey and his brother, Marco, and his mom, as well as well as his friend, Gilly! I couldn't believe they actually showed up when I absolutely didn't expect it! This guy is definitely a keeper. He supported me at EVERY single one of my gigs since we started dating - and it's just so mindboggling to me that he left his gaming day to be here. Wow, I truly am a lucky girl. What a night.

Impromptu gig with JJB at The Hollywood Club

16 December 2011: Okay so today is a public holiday (thank goodness) but I slept till after 1pm, can you believe it! Anyhoo, I got woken up by the sound of my BBM - it was JP - drummer for Jesse Jordan Band and he was in a panic. Apparantly Jesse had laryngitis and they had a huge gig at The Hollywood Club that night and they urgently needed my help. Of course I was keen to help! It's an honour to perform on stage with one of the most epic bands in South Africa! :D So I headed off the the club to meet JP and Hein to go through the setlist and see which songs I could possibly help out with. I was stressed out - had to learn the lyrics of about 6 songs in 3 hours! But they decided to get a sheet music stand and have the lyrics printed out, so phew! After the meeting, I rushed home to get done and head back to the club and hung out with the band in our own secluded booth - so awesome "I'm with the band" - literally.

The Fugard Fest of Comedy

15 December 2011: Thereafter we headed off to see a comedy show called The Fugard Fest of Comedy featuring Rob van Vuuren and Stewardt Taylor - needless to say, the show was HILARIOUS! Really makes a huge difference when you're surrounded by great company. And after the show it was back to the Sugar Hut Club for the after party. Then after the after party, a bunch of us decided to gate crash the Converse Street Party next door, thereafter we took a cab to Long Street and went club hopping to about 3-5 clubs, I can't remember. It was the early hours of the morning so nothing much was happening. But I had fun! I ended up in the McDonald's drive-thru at 4am in the morning but as soon as I got home, I took a shower and went to bed. An experience like this can only happen once in a blue moon. Thank goodness I don't really dig partying!

Gourmet shots

15 December 2011: We had lots of amazing gourmet pizza for dinner, shots of Jager and Tequila and just good old fun times.

Secret Santa

15 December 2011: It was our end of year function at the Sugar Hut Club in Cape Town (next to Charly's Bakery) and we usually do Secret Santa. This time I drew Faith and she said she wanted a jazz CD, so I got her the safest bet - The Best of Kenny G! I got a gift from Rouleaux - some nice Earl Gray tea and the best ever vanilla flavoured white chocolate-coated almonds, dusted with icing sugar... lovely :)