JUNE 2025 (part 2)
1 - 2 | Waffles & beer in Belgium... groundbreaking
3- 4 | Beauty sleep & brunch before Beyoncé
5 - 6 | Beyoncé in London
7 | Vanessa Williams as Miranda Priestly on the West End
8 | The making of a good photo in Heaven
9 | On my way to gym... wait, what?! That's tonight! Ticket bought!
10 - 11 | Benson Boone release party
12 | Drinks in the Park in Berlin with Abby, Jürgen and Iggy
13 | Pretzel heaven
14 - 15 | Alanis Morrissette in the Zitadelle Spandau in Berlin
16 | Berlin walking tour
17 - 18 | Linkin Park with Abby in the Olympiastadion
19 | Quick tour and lederhosen fitting with Iggy in Munich
20 | Back in Berlin, partying at Sisyphos with Dovyd
JUNE 2025 (PART 1)
1 | Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen
2 | Smørrebrød
3 | Fredericksberg Park
4 | John Lithgow in Giant on the West End
5 - 6 | Kylie at the O2 in London
7 - 9 | Dua Lipa at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam
10 | Back at Kabul Party Hostel in Barcelona
11 | Preparing for Primavera Sounds but with the wrong music (guess I was still hung up on the Dua concert the night before)
12 - 13 | Night 1: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan (on his 30th birthday)
14 - 15 | Night 2: Sabrina Carpenter
16 - 18 | Night 3: Chappell Roan
And that was just the FIRST WEEK of June!
MAY 2025
1 | My 11th Afrikaburn
2 | One of the only videos I have of our project, Bangers & Mash.
3 | Traditional post-Burn oysters at Seabreeze
4 | The longest stomach situation of my life.
5 | Je-Je-Je Joseph! Or rather "Je-je-je Jezuz Dylan!"
6 | David's birthday lunch at Babylonstoren
7 | Quick pitstop in London
8 | View from my room at Luke's in Amsterdam
9 | Outfit for concert 1 of 13 on my Euro/NYC Trip
10 - 13 | Dis Tate
14 | Breakfast by Chef Christian Taylor-Caldecott before I leave, but I'll be back soon
15 | First time in Copenhagen
16 | Pastries became a daily occurrence
17 | One of my discoveries while cycling the city
18 | Didn't know their hotdogs are also a must-have
19 | Cheeeeeese!
20 | Spent a couple of hours at Reffen
APRIL 2025
1 | Started bday month healthy, cause I knew what laid ahead.
2 | Chris' bday at Bokeh
3 | Off to Thailand... full stories of the trip are in my highlights.
4 | Business Class on an Emirates Airbus on my birthday... finally ticked that box.
5 | Lets just say my birthday was double the fun in Bangkok...
6 | Yusri & Sal joined in Phuket...
7 | ... and Yusri felt like spoiling us.
8 | Songkran water fight READY (or so we thought)
9 | Phi Phi Islands
10 | Maya Bay
11 | Drenched again, this time by the rain
12 | Somewhere on Koh Lanta
13 | Randomly met these Afrikaans tannies at "Cooking with Mon"
14 | Did this every evening on Koh Lanta...
15 | ... watching the sunset from a different beach.
16 | Friend I made in Bangkok joined me in Krabi for another pub crawl (last time I missed my flight)
17 | And met this queen that night.
18 | Elephant Sanctuary in Krabi
19 | Three days later I'm at Faffa & Ewald's wedding in Mpumalanga
20 | And two days later I drive into Afrikaburn in the Karoo
MARCH 2025
1 | Ready for CPT Pride
2 | Pride day party
3 | Everyone is "ready to pair"
4 | Jimmy Nevis "Heartboxing"
5 | Either Buddies Pride afterparty or the Pink after-after party... not sure
6 - 7 | Cigarettes After Sex at the Grand Arena
8 | Still trying to get a new passport and FIVE visas in 5 months
9 | Joshua Na Die Reën at Die Boer with Tjan
10 - 11 | Struisbaai with the family
12 | More Afrikaburn prep
13 | Andjunadeep in the rain at the Ostrich Farm
14 | Evan & Shannon's wedding
15 | My super-stylish plus one... yes of course that's Bradley
16 | Cape Town showing off
And not a single pic or video from Bazique!
FEBRUARY 2025
1 - 3 | Right in the middle of our 10-day shoot, I take my off day at Origin
4 | My call time tomorrow is what?!
5 | Still shooting Ryobi
6 | One of Mom's favourite actresses "working" on my car
7 | Uncle's 80th birthday, and then...
8 | ... running back to safety.
9 | My happy place
10 | Loved this movie!
11 | Buddies throwback... also why I never lose my phone... it's always in my hand.
12 | Afrikaburn prep starts
13 | Shakespeare in the Park
14 | Sally's first solo show
15 | Gayz Party... "Hey Troyfriend!"
JANUARY 2025
1 - 2 | Beyond the Mountain for NYE
3 | Kevin at his happiest
4 | Catchups with my straight husband
5 | Jared & Mick's pre-wedding drinks
6 | The bus to the wedding got rowdy
7 | Throuple seated together
8 | Jazz brunch at Mount Nelson
9 | Hey hey, JayJay TayTay
10 - 11 | Took the parents to their first (and my millionth) Mango Groove concert
12 | Lucky to call this home
13 | Doing TasteBuds solo at Hiro
14 | Kevin ruining my drink after...
15 | ... no sleep the night before (cause why would we when Shani is visiting)
16 | Shooting Ryobi commercials
#FlashbackFriday to the Saffa Braai in Mexico, wearing my kimono gifted to me by one of my Puerto Escondido besties, Miss Mary-Beth (swipe to see her... she's as lekker as a braaibroodjie 😉)! Paired quite well with my watermelon lolly speedo.
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#mexico #braai #speedo #kimono #kimoyes #blue #puertoescondido #oaxaca #watermelon #sunshine #summer
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#tbt to #MexicoCity (part1). Realised I never posted any of my holiday pics to my Insta wall, only to my story (and highlights) so I'ma fix that. Starting with this magical first day!
Hot air balloons over #teotihuacan #JostlingYourBasket
Ditching the tour for our own Margarita walking tour. #MostImportant #VeryInteresting #NoStopStreets
Meeting JimmyJamz at #MercadoRoma and ditching him at Sambuca.
Secret Party and 1st night out with my then-future #PadreAzucar wingman.