Lisa Malcomess (aka the Lady in the Purple Hat) sips on a glass of Veuve and imagines she is choosing a Christmas gift at the opening
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Nik Rabinowitz: the Main Act
It is not only Nik Rabinowitz’s two small children nipping at his heels. There is a pack of hungry young wolves chasing him from behind. Cape
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Christmas in Haven
The lunch for 100 people at the Haven in Greenpoint on Christmas Day will possibly be more orderly than the affair I am attending in KwaZuluNatal
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Purple reigns
Call Off The Search’s new guest columnist Lisa Malcomess (aka the Lady in the Purple Hat) was tickled pink (and reduced to an adoring, child-like fan)
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A scarlet harlot at the ballet
The opening dance in Cadence at Artscape made me cringe suddenly and unexpectedly. I wanted to shout: I have betrayed you! I am a scarlet woman!
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Ballet, like water for chocolate…
Ballet, like water for chocolate, is not supposed to boil. It is supposed to simmer, gently and lyrically, to soothe and reassure. Really? Well … maybe
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It was a starry, starry night
My first thought was that the setting would be the star of the evening. Then I saw Venus, shining brightly above and providing a magical layer
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Views on rooms
There is nothing like staying in different hotels a few nights in a row to sort the wheat from the chaff … I am going to
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Superfab and superfly
Super fab, super fine and superfly, Loyiso Gola made us all laugh heartily at ourselves tonight … with […insert drum roll here please…] absolutely no guilt!
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Corporeal calligraphy
Joshua Beamish is not just another in a long line of experts from ‘the north’. He is not here to force feed ideas and impose templates.
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