Archive for 'Life'

Mythbusters: Rocket Going 650 mph Smashes Little Car

This is so cool. I’ve never seen anything go that fast. It actually takes awhile to take it all in.

In a previous episode of Mythbusters, Jamie and Adam were not satisfied with two semis not pancaking a compact and fusing together so they go to New Mexico to get a rocket to smash into a car at 650 mph.

This actually looks like something Top Gear would do, doesn’t it?

Check it out. It’s wicked.

Portraits from Cape Town

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My husband was driving down Kloof Street when he saw the too familiar sight of a parking guy with a bright coloured vest on but it was the vest the guy was wearing that made him stop and talk to the guy. He took some pictures too.


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Unknown Flower/Shrub

Even though I love flowers I am pretty much clueless on the names and origins of many plants.

Can anyone help me identify this flower?

tree or shrub?

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I’m back…

…with a new look!

You like?

I sure do. DH totally revamped it by changing up everything: the layout, fonts and colors! I’m so excited.

It’s been awhile since my last post and lots has happened. Here’s what happened in a nutshell:

I think that’s about it.

For the love of cereal…

cereal

I love food. Just ask Fiancé. I’m practically obsessed. Ok, I am obsessed. But not in an inappropriate way. I’m not an overeater or stress eater or emotional eater at all.


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Summer’s over in South Africa!

I’m sad to say that summer is offically over in South Africa. Right now I’m in Jo’burg and the sun is setting earlier and earlier and the nights are getting cooler. Fiancé is in Cape Town this week and he says it’s been hot, hot, hot!


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Realities of the new South Africa

Here’s a funny advert I saw on YouTube for the Ford Bantam. Any thoughts?

Houses in South Africa

So Sally writes on my Facebook profile:

hey you know.. i was just wondering the other day .. you know how houses in different countries are laid out and ‘decorated’ differently. For instance, you can look at someone’s picture when they’re in someone’s house in Indo and you can tell it’s an Indo house as opposed to CA. How are the houses there? Congrats on the 42” btw.”


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My St. Paddy’s Day Surprise

We were chilling out at home when Fiancé said “Let’s go for a drive…it’s a surprise.” We’re not your typical surprise-type people. I generally don’t like surprises as I’m not sure how to react to them most times. I put on some jeans off we went.


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Welcome to my first post!

I finally did it. I started my own blog.

I’ve been living in South Africa for two years now and it’s never occurred to me to start a blog about my experiences as an American expat living in South Africa. For the last couple of months I’ve been contemplating whether I should start a blog or shouldn’t, what I would write about and what kind of theme my blog would be about.

It’s never too late to start something is it? I’ve decided to call it Sweet and Sour, the sweet bits of living in SA and the sour bits that come with it. My South African hubby came up with the idea and I couldn’t think of a better name so it stuck.

What else will the blog be about? Besides my experiences living here, it’ll be about food (because I love food!), travels and my dog Ruby.

Ruby on the rocks