Let's Interpret Durban with the help of The La Els

Have you ever been to a coffee roasting/barista training/free wi-fi-ing/awesome place before ? Nope...didnt think so. I arrived at Colombo Coffee for The 1st Annual Interpret Durban Event. I was greeted oh so warmly by my favourite professional waiter Juddy-poo (you may call him Judd) who owns Corner Cafe ,our very own 2Slice who also does something at Corner Cafe and 031-Guide to Happiness was MC for the night. He was full of awesomeness (but he'll say I overrate him). Anyway,so Rich Powell who heads up Street Scene Tours organised this whole event to raise money for an u11 soccer team from Kwa-Mashu. (We're giving back people...we're giving back). So this is what went down...we had the T.Shirt design competition where anyone could submit an entry for a shirt...OBVIOUSLY it all had to based around Durban. (Come now people..its called Interpret DURBAN)... and then the judges decided and BOOM..there was a winner. (Im sorry...I have to get straight to the point...time is money). There was also some Sneaker Comp with a couple of durban designers taking a very plain jane sneaker (no offence to the Jane's out there) and pimping them up like LANK KIF...the whole point of that was that we then auctioned off the sneakers to the crowd..which is where the big money would come in for our mini Bafana Bafana's. Let me just be straight with you...we had some people dropping BIG cash... I'm talking R7000 for a pair of sneakers.  Juddy and 2Slice tried to outbid each other until some other big shot came and threw his money around like no-ones business which then took The Corner crew straight out the game. Sorry Juddy.  All in all, a ton of cash was raised for the Soccer Team...and thats what it was all about. You might sit back and think 'wow...what a content feeling' but OH HO NO.... we had tricks...TRICKS up our darn awesome sleeve. one of Durbans hottest bands (pretty much my favourites right now) decided to do a little secret first gig. Which band..which band? Ummm... only The La Els ! Now people...let me just set you straight here...its not pronounced The el-ayyy Els... please.... be clever..just say it how you read it ok. Anyway so I took a couple pics here and there of the evening and of The La Els during soundcheck and then when they hit the stage.

I just want you all to know that when i write up blog posts..I write them and thats it...BAM..they get posted...I just dont have time to check spelling and stuff. So please...just deal with it ok.

Keep Checking the Corner Cafe blog to hear the full low down from 2Slice or Dark Knight on the evening. (and also to see some of my pics) whaaa hooo. I might just take this time to say that Judd loves me so very much (apparently more than 2Slice) that Im now their in-house photographer person. Which means I will probably be doing a lot of 'Judd-shoots'.

Enjoy the pics people.
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 Yus.... juddy-poo and 2Slice are so hot right now.

 '2Slice I told you she was keen'  said Judd.

Sketch WARZ 

 Bring forth your money

Ol Jonas 

2Slice was asking Jonas to quit breaking his heart. 

The Judges deciding on the fate of the t.shirt comp 

The La Els  

What you cant see in this photo is 2Slice rocking his face off.He is The La Els biggest fan. 

They're cute... WAY cute ok...

Most of you would know that I don't spend my days running around the city trying to capture every passing moment with my el-camero (this is my new fancy-pants word for camera...just stay with me,people). I do in fact have a day job... I,Derryn Ludlow, am the moulder of young minds. What?? 'You're a university lecturer?" I hear you say. No I'm a pre-school teacher. Yeah I colour-in,cut,sing and tell jokes for a living. A pretty good one at that too. (One of the kids in my class told me this after I reprimanded them, nice right? I must be doing something right.)

Anyway,being a pre-school teacher means that naturally I do a fair amount of kids photos. So this past week I did a couple kiddie photo shoots at some random park with gale force winds and a bunch of balloons. Needless to say,the balloons (helium) were air-lifted out the park,10 minutes into the photo shoot. Great...thanks a heap weatherman. 

Here a couple of my favourites. Such innocence in these little faces!

Enjoy. 

*Look out for the next post later this weekend. It involves some pretty rad people at a pretty rad place.  (Dont you hate it when people do that ? e.g : 'Oh I have the most amazing news to tell you,you are going to fall right off that bench ' WHAT WHAT WHAT? you say. ' oh wait..nevermind,I cant tell you now' . Yeah,sorry, you'll find out soon enough about these awesome people.

xx

StreetScene Tour ...EPIC.

To sum up this day is ridiculously hard...but it was RAD....like rad to the max. My friend, 2Slice (that is his actual name) who does important stuff over at 031 and Corner Cafe ,messaged me a while back and was like 'We're doing the StreetScene Tour with some Durban Bands and you need to come and bring that fancy pants camera of yours to document it' ,SO... I did. I rocked up at Corner Cafe today with my partner in crime-Kerryn... also known as The Dark Knight who coincidently does some event happenings for the 031-Guide to Happiness (people...just follow the link..I cant explain these things everytime). SO its2Slice,Myself,Dark Knight,Jonas & Paul from The La Els and Matt & Marty from City Bowl Mizers  (these are both RIDONKULOUS Durban bands whose music you should have, just by the way) all tucked safely into the silver quantum ready for our big adventure.

I can't even begin to think where I should start with trying to describe our days activities but it involved visiting the oldest house in Durban(like 100 and something years old...that is OLD), climbing down some slopes to visit caves and check out how people live there ( surreal I tell you,) ,we went to the place where Mandela cast his vote, (check out 2Slice casting his vote...a bit late...but still...it all counts right?) Our tour also involved a much needed visit to Sfiso's Store,where some thick dance vibes were being sent out by 2Slice and the locals. We went to a...well I dont really know what to call this place...lets go with 'local watering-hole' called Hlabisa in Kwa-Mashu where we had meat that was so amazing that the band boys decided they needed to plan a man-braai for the evening.(and you all thought it was only women who planned that stuff).We watched a bit of some apparently 'very' important soccer game too....2Slice was getting so into it he hugged some random innocent bystander. The locals were AWESOME and I would say that Marty from C.B.M pretty much made some friends for life with the lo-cals. (you go Marty). We ate,drank and were merry. On our way home we stopped off at a house in the township where literally every kid in the neighbourhood came out to greet us . The boys (I have to refer to all the band folk as this otherwise its too complicated) seemed to be quite the heros amongst the kiddos...I even remember hearing Jonas doing some counting skills with them. (Hey Jonas...you could totally teach if your voice fails ok) I honestly think I speak for a lot of the crew when I say this was pretty much the perfect way to end the day. As one of the boys summed it up... B.D.E.... BEST DAY EVER.  

PLEASE just do yourself a favour and book yourself and your mates a tour with StreetScene Tours  you will just overflow with awesomeness afterwards. Check out their website for all the details and tours are customizable. OH YEAH. 

BIG THANKS to 2Slice (ok ok..his real is Dre) for hooking us up and Rich from StreetScene for giving us the ultimate Saturday gift! love you ou's long time! 

*Dear The La Els and City Bowl Mizers... you people are tooooo rad. Lets do that again.

Here a couple snappy snaps from the day....go to the CityLove Facebook page for all the rest. While you're there you might as well join the page. It's good for you...no really. 

ENJOY!

xx

Aweh 2Slice

 Bringing it in for the ladies team!!! BOOM!

Sthembiso-our guide...check out the best shirt in the WORLD!

Our first stop...oldest house in Durban (Jonas was keen to find out about renting)

2Slice does his bit for the elections... we all play a part 2Slice!!!

You know like Hyper Market...?? yeah...Hyper Goats...you can indeed get yourself 1xgoat

Down at the caves ek se!

2Slice wanted to experience what it was like to live in the caves...

Lets bring it in...TEAM!

After our vibe at the caves...Jonas did dragon impersonations..do Matt and 2Slice look impresses? I didnt think so either

Sfiso's store...for all your liquid requirements! Rad tunes also available 'Can I be your faaaaairytale'

Dance time..courtesy of the Toyota parked in front of Sfiso's

What a bunch of posers

All that love 

At Hlabisa's... that food was aaaaamazing!!

Last stop of the day...walking around the houses in Kwa-Mashu 

Team shoe photo 

you never met a poser like 2Slice

 Jonas...such a crowd pleaser with the kiddo's

Forgive me...I've neglected you.

I did NOT even realise that it has been 20 days since my last confession...jokes...I mean POST. My friend asked me when I was going to put up something new on here and the whole time I was thinking 'What a dork....I posted something like a week ago...." only to realise it's been close on a month. (Sorry C.C that I called you a dork in my mind...forgiven? great)

Anyway, life is re-donk-ulously (yes this is a word) busy at the moment, my teaching job (yes I do that too) is super busy with ..well...I shan't bore you...but cutting a long story very short... life is busy and Im trying to squeeze in photoshoots wherever possible. Soon I shall have lots and LOTS of free time for more photos.
Anyway ,so I was looking through some of my photos and came across this most delightful one which I just had to post on here...and I do realise this will probably only appeal to lady blog visitors, I imagine the response will be something like this:

Woman- 'aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww'
Men-' what?'

More from Rich and Libbys wedding

The more I think about the more I realise that my previous post about Rich and Libbys wedding was really a poor effort when it came to showing photos. I mean..3 measly photos?? What was I thinking..and one didnt even count..it was of a swing! So I have decided to 're-blog' their wedding with more photo's to show how more awesome-er they are.

you got to kiss de girl (as said by sebastian in The Little Mermaid*)      *which i have never watched :)

Existence Weekend Tribute

I think it was about a month ago that myself and 13 other amazing people packed our bags and drove very very far,for at least 40 whole minutes up the coast to a little place called Westbrook. Now I dont really want to make this blog too much about myself but I really didn't want to pass up the opportunity to write a few words about that particular weekend. Let me just sum it up in a few words...it.was.awesome. Every person added their own flair to the weekend.I will say there was a lot of i-phoning...and a lot of pingpong...and a lot of laughing,and food,and fire and and and..you get the point right? I pretty much adore every single person from that weekend. I loved Nic's quote of 'we'll take it cos we deserve it' and J's "prince alfredo' line. I found it amusing how much Steve,Dan and Will were unable to leave the iPhones, and I loved having all 6 girls piled onto 2 single beds for an afternoon nap and laugh (mostly at my expense),and Will's awesome coffee skills,and let us not forget the girls beating the boys at 30 seconds (oh yes),there were talks about menthol (dont even ask),and actually just having a conversation with Steve and Nikki...keeps you entertained forever,they really are the raddest couple alive..do we all agree? There are actually too many things to write. But to those who were there....I say To the Window..To the wall....(you can all sing the rest in your hearts).

Love all of you.

The DAYKIN kiddos

Let me start by saying,the weather was somewhat unfavourable on the day we did this. Its good to be humbled sometimes I guess. *Dear God...next time...please choose something other than the weather. Therefore this is part one of a family shoot. These are 3 of the most wonderful kids, all gorgeous,all hilarious,all talented.Did I mention I love these kids? *Sorry Savanna..I know you are technically not a kid ok* Anyway their awesome mother texted me only a couple hundred times reminding me I needed to take their photos.Thanks for that Gina. Anyway,cutting a LONG story very short. Here are some of the pics of this very awesome trio.

Even Bella the dog made it onto the blog. GO Bella!