The Good Mood and Food market

I'm always in support of authenticity, of small scale and of home-grown. This is why I love markets so much. The smaller, the better. The Good Mood and Food Market is the brain-child of Peter Savage, the bread maker whom I blogged about here. It is a tiny street market in Melville street that sells anything home-made: from fresh pasta to coffee to sweet treats to exquisite breads.

When you are in the 'hood next time, pop in, have a coffee and chat to Pete and his friends about good food.

Every Saturday 09:00 - 11:00

131 Melville street

If you're interested in having a table there, please email Peter: petersavage@mweb.co.za

Arcadian Shepherd

The title refers to a cider made by the guys from Voer, the logo inspired by mug-shots of victorian prostitutes. There are many prostitutes in Arcadia. Enough said about that topic. We attended a Shebeen day yesterday, hosted by A and J. It was fun. I consumed many many of A's homemade delicacies and some amazing ginger- and pineapple beer. Thys had a go at the homemade Indian pale ale and cider. What a fun afternoon. We once again met so many interesting folks, all with an intense love for the inner city and home-made goodness.

Translation: "The beer is in the bath"

This was the giant, communal bill. You just had to write everything down you consumed and settle at the end of the afternoon. A's little brother actually thought this was a review-board and he put smiley faces next to the things he likes and unhappy faces next to the one thing he didn't...the honesty of eleven-year-olds!

Because of the rain...

...last weekend (which we are totally not complaining about) the open air movie could not be screened in Myrtle Park. So the nice folks who organize this asked me to kindly re-post with a new date. Which is what I'm doing now. So leave your paranoia at home and celebrate Freedom Day in the park.

Evidence of Freedom

...and some self-promotion.

I entered this lomography competition recently, hosted by Crimson Red Studios. The photographic theme is "evidence of freedom". Not the easiest subject and can most certainly be interpreted in many ways. You can view and like all the entries here. Obviously you should like mine as well...just to make sure you do, I will include my images below.

Thanks guys, go and like away...I could win a lot of money...and buy more Lomography cameras...

Love Myrtle Park

This is the park where we walk the dogs. It's so exciting to see the neighbourhood come alive.

It promises to be an exciting evening. Perfect movie choice as well.

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Thys' birthday celebration

For Thys' 30th birthday celebration the one thing we knew is that we wanted to keep it local. Really local. As in Sunnyside local. A few things crossed our minds like a street party in El Sol (wich would've not gone down well with the Body Corporate and trustees), a picnic in the dog park or a few drinks at the Bowling club. Then a colleague told me about this guy who does home-made pizzas in his wood-fired oven on Fridays. I called him and the rest is history...

Let me introduce you to the Sourdough Bread Man, Peter Savage. This might be one of Pretoria's best kept secrets. I am weary to provide too much information because the next thing we know there will be a bunch of hipsters crowding up their backyard. But it's too good to keep for myself and the locals who know about it. Pete has a little team (obviously including his wife) who helps him on Fridays and let me tell you: The food is delicious and the vibe is great. You almost become part of the making process - everything happend around the Wood-fired oven. We hired a keg from Drayman's, a local brewery and everyone joined in for a sip, even the other patrons whom we didn't even know. I'd like to think that the evening was a great success. And we will be back for more pizza and sourdough.

As for the Birthday Boy - I hope you had a great time, liefie. I love your other-wiseness, your patience, perseverance and special ways. Hope there will be many more of these.

If you want to experience some decent Sunnyside vibes and great food, please email Peter to find out when he will host another Pizza evening:

petersavage@mweb.co.za

Their address is 131 Melville Street, Sunnyside.

Small obsession

Abandoned public swimming pools. I don't know why - maybe it's the sadness of what was and the exhilaration of trespassing and the empty promise of what could've been. It's all of that and more. We saw this one on our way to Lesotho - in a small sleepy town called Lindley.