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Archive for February, 2008
A Little (!) About Me and eLuckypacket
Pearl Blossom Highway, California
by David Hockney
Happy weekend everybody! Today is my fortieth birthday and by the time those in the western hemisphere are reading this, we’ll be driving to Palm Springs to celebrate! Think of me lying under a palm tree, next to the pool, sipping something yummy!
Normally I’d do a housekeeping post today but […]
Ohdeedoh Baby!
When I was pregnant with Tau, I looked around for nursery ideas that were practical yet stylish. And I came across what was then the Nursery section of a wonderful small-space-design blog called Apartment Therapy.
Well AT Nursery has now been spun off into a site called Ohdeedoh. With all the class and flair of the […]
Balancing Life
This weekend I made a decision to post less here on eLuckypacket.
My original intention with this site was to give you something sweet and unexpected every day, Monday to Friday. But I have to tell you, it’s not sustainable.
I recently started a new job and am working this year to find better balance in my […]
Ayyam’i'Ha in Africa
OK, so she isn’t South African but I can’t resist pointing you to Luckybeans after her beautiful post yesterday.
Katurah and her family are currently living in Malawi (they were formerly in Zambia, so Southern if not South African!) and she posted yesterday about her family’s Ayyam‘i’Ha preparations.
Ayyam’i’Ha is a celebration of charity and goodwill in […]
Go Fug
Living just down the road from Hollywood, our magazines and TV channels are saturated with celebrity news. What Suri Cruise’s nursery is like, the kind of drug cocktail Britney drank just before being hauled off to rehab, what Kirstie Alley said to the people at Jenny Craig before they gave her the sack. The radio […]
Posted by elp admin on February 22nd, 2008 under Fashion & beauty, From around the world | 1 Comment »3191: A Year of Evenings
You know your best friend? The one who lives on the other side of the world?
What if you could see into her life. Every day. What if technology and a little effort could bring you closer?
Steph and Mav are friends who live 3191 miles apart. Each evening they take a photo and post them side […]
Are You Coming or Going?
The South-African blogosphere is buzzing these past few weeks, as it always is on this topic.
Yes, they’re all talking about loadshedding but that’s not what I wanted to talk about today.
There have been some interesting discussions about motives for leaving or staying in South Africa.
Nic Haralambous at SA Rocks wrote last week about two acquaintances […]
Apron Strings and Other Lovely Things
Some time back I came across Skinny laMinx, the personal blog of Heather Moore.
Heather lives with her husband and cats in Cape Town where she works as an illustrator, writer and designer. She sells her stunning aprons, pillows and tea towels at various markets and shops and through a range of online stores.
I love the […]
A Different Kind of Luckypacket
Today I went shopping for newborn baby clothes. No, I’m not pregnant. I don’t even know the women or the babies I’m buying for.
Here’s the thing. I read the blog of Melanie Novitzkas — mom-to-three, doula-on-a-divine-mission and surfer-chick-extraordinaire. Mel is also the leader of Bosom Buddies, a group that provides support to young moms birthing […]
Romance and Moroccan Lamb Shanks
As I mentioned, we don’t typically do Valentine’s Day here at Casa eLuckypacket. But we did celebrate our anniversary on Sunday night (close enough!) with a scrumptious home-cooked meal.
Over time, you’ll come to realize just how passionate I am about lamb! My favourite food — especially with a good glass of red wine.
So here goes […]
Baby Can I Hold You Tonight?
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
In truth, we kind of skip over Valentine’s Day in our house because our anniversary is just a few days before and my birthday is a bit later this month.
But I thought I’d leave you with a very lovely and poignant version of Tracy Chapman’s Baby Can I Hold You?, sung here […]
What is Your Love Language?
I have to tell you, I’m not a big fan of self-help books.
I find most of them either too flowery or simplistic. Also overly repetitive and way too long. Give me the PowerPoint version any time — five slides max, bullet points only!
That said, every now and then we all need help with something, and […]
Do-It-Yourself Valentines
Create your own
Borat card here.
Tired of flowery Hallmark greetings?
Try making your own Valentine’s Day cards or send your love a custom-made image using one of these nifty online tools.
(Click on the red links to go to each site.)
Candy hearts: Add your own saying to a sweetie heart, right-click and download your customized heart, and […]
Posted by elp admin on February 12th, 2008 under Odds & Ends, Technology & gadgets | Comment now »Sharing the Love
With Valentine’s Day coming up on Thursday, I thought we’d talk about love all week.
First, smooches to Tertia for sending her readers my way and welcome to all who read So Close!
I was heartened (groan) to see new readers from as far afield as Malaysia, Ireland and Brazil popping up on my stats page. We […]
Seventeen and Strong
Tomorrow is our seventeenth wedding anniversary. Yes, Dave and I have been married that long!
The past two years, with us both working full-time and parenting a toddler, have been some of the most challenging of our lovely marriage.
Challenging in the very best of ways because they have laid bare the solid foundation we built in […]
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