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'Tis the season: Simondium’s Country Lodge gets festive.

Avoid the hustle and bustle of last minute shopping with a trip to the Festive Ideas Market at Simondium’s Country Lodge next week.

It really doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice this year, you’re sure to find everything you could possibly want for yourself (and others). Over 130 exhibitors are expected, with an amazing variety of goods on sale. Choose from home décor through to jewellery, pamper products, and more. Got a foodie on your list? Then visit the Deli, where you’ll find a host of mouth-watering delicacies to fill their cupboards and yours.

The exhibition runs from 30 October to 3 November 2013, but if you’re a real Christmas enthusiast then we suggest you don’t miss the special opening on Tuesday, 29 October 2013. Doors open at 14h00, but will close again at 18h00.

Click here for more information on the market.

Inspirations

Lou Harvey's Massive Annual JHB Sale is just around the corner.

Ladies, get out your diary and take note of these dates!

Lou Harvey's Johannesburg branches are holding their MASSIVE annual sale from 31 October to 02 November 2013. For more details check out the posters below.

Before I die I want to… write on a wall.

Bucket lists have been all the rage ever since 2007, when Nicholson and Freeman teamed up and jumped out of a plane, and as anyone who has ever drawn up a list already knows, there’s always one thing, one ‘to-do-item’, that is more important than anything else. Vega Brand Communications, together with Moses Mabhida Stadium, is offering Durbanites the opportunity to share these all-important personal aspirations with their family, friends and country-men via the “Before I die I want to…” wall.

 

Not such a novel concept, the Durban “Before I Die” wall is part of a greater global art project that is aimed at bringing communities together, fostering communication, and inspiring creativity. The movement has its roots in an abandoned house in New Orleans – a seemingly unlikely space that artist Candy Chang used to explore the relationship between public spaces and community. According to Chang “Public spaces can nourish our wellbeing and create a more valuable and meaningful kind of life”.

Our local installation forms part of a larger thesis project by Vega student Marissa Jade Whittle that addresses “re-creating community in public spaces”. The public is “invited to share their aspirations, reflect on their lives and connect with others in a beautiful public space – the Moses Mabhida Stadium”. If you haven’t already, then we suggest you share today. All you have to do is head on over to the stadium where you’ll find a 9m chalkboard painted on a wall near the SkyCar; one where people can write their ambitions and responses to the prompt “Before I die I want to…”