Johannesburg’s premier horseracing and sound experience, the Sansui Summer Cup takes place this Saturday at the Turffontein Racecourse and Brandslut and Get Online SA are offering 2 gold access VIP tickets  to the Neo Africa Summer Lounge valued at R960 to one lucky reader and his/her partner in crime. Entering is easy peasy lemon squeasy, these are a few ways to get your paws on these golden tickets of awesomeness:

1. E-mail a photo of you and a mate imitating a horse and jockey combo to editor@brandslut.co.za – entering in this way gets you two entries

2. Leave a comment to this blog post – any comment will do

3. Like Brandslut on Facebook by clicking here, and then leave a comment on the wall

4. Like Get Online SA on Facebook by clicking here, and then leave a comment on the wall

5. Tweet about this fabulous competition, but don’t forget to include @Brandslut_ or @getonlinesa

Simples.

“The private and exclusive Neo Africa Summer Lounge is where all the glamour, excitement and entertainment of the day will take place. It is positioned right next to the race horse parade ring on the finish line, in front of the Main Grandstand, within the Neo Africa Sound Experience powered by Sansui. It boasts incredible views of both the racetrack and finish line and is simply unrivalled anywhere on the course.

This 2800 square metre venue offers clients the unique combined experience of an elegant social occasion, coupled with the thrill of our premium raised viewing vantage point.

This desirable environment allows one to be entertained in a relaxed and comfortable party atmosphere, while still allowing guests to engage in the sophistication of the day – the contest of the thoroughbred horses.

The Neo Africa Summer Lounge, in the Neo Africa Sound Experience powered by Sansui, connects fashion, flavour, uplifting live music entertainment, and beautiful individuals with the focus of the day on the spirit of true South African horse racing.”

I’m fine with that. Click here for more information on the sound stages, music and sexiness that awaits you. If you don’t win, sorry about that, and tickets to the event can be purchased directly from Rusco of Neo Africa Sound Experience on 011 0235261 and Computicket

Get commenting, tweeting, liking, crazy and good luck!

See you on Saturday wearing something pink!

brandslut xoxo

T’s & C’s and things:

* Entering this competition must be done as outlined above, photographs receive 2 entries

* The prize includes 2 x VIP gold access to the Sansui Summer Cup on 27th November 2010 valued at R480 each. These premium hospitality tickets allow you access into the private Summer Lounge within the Sansui Sound Experience which includes private bars, Tote betting facilities, luxuary toilets, private viewing decks. This gives you access to the race course and all ground level activities, the main dance floor and bars within the Sansui Sound Experience, as well as access to food stations and bar chill areas.

* The winner will be selected at noon on Friday November 26th and tickets will be available for collection at the door of the event on Saturday November 27th

* The competition will close at midnight on Thursday November 25th 2010. Any entries after this time will not be included in the draw

* The winners will be drawn at random (using Random.org) and then notified by email/Twitter/Facebook as appropriate

* The judge’s decision is final

Finally, the market Jozi has been gagging for! If you’re not scared of artisan beer, charcuterie, art, craft and great design, then get votre derriere to the Food Wine Design Fair on the Hyde Park Shopping Centre rooftop between November 26th – 28th. Organised by the genius ArtLogic who’ve selected  Justin & Cameron of the acclaimed  Neighbourhood Goods Market  to curate the food, Neil Pendock to curate the wine and Trevyn & Julian McGowen of Source Design to curate the design. Click here to view all that will be available at the fair, yowza.

“Over 50 designers and a host of food and wine producers have already signed on to take part in what promises to become one of Joburg’s yearly shopping highlights” – some clever PR lady.

See you at the fair with a bottle of &Union Steph Weiss in hand,

brandslut xoxo

This is gadget p*rn to me and I am in love with my new toy; my Diana F + with Instant Back. Instant Back is an attachment that transforms your Diana into an instant camera which takes mini ‘Polaroids’, if you will, like this:

Please excuse the incredibly cuck composition and quality of the photograph I’ve taken of the instant photo, my BlackBerry is on her last legs. Weep. Anyhoo, this little feature is uber awesome as y’all know Polaroid is no more and I believe this is the only instant alternative. There’s something magical about analog and this Bad Boy has a pinhole feature as well as multi and partial exposure, fish-eye, wide-angle, colour-splash, ring-flash and a heap of other radical features. If you demand this for Christmas, Exposure Gallery will hook you up. Or if you can wait until January (I couldn’t), 70 Juta will soon become home to Lomography‘s first standalone store in South Africa. Nice. Oh, and the Diana F + also comes with a selection of coloured gels to tint your photographs, as I did with Kitima in this one.

Ring-flash? Sounds like something The Sharmanator would do.

brandslut xoxo

Jozi on her first road-trip

How many pairs of shoes do you own? A lot, right? Here’s something to chew on: do you know that there are over 7 million children in South Africa who do not own a pair of school shoes? Now you do. I doubt whether most of us could walk to work on a daily basis, let alone barefoot. If you’ve got R100 to spare you can change the life of a child in this country.

The folk at Bobs For Good and Learn to Earn put their heads together and came up with the quacky I Give a Duck campaign, a fun way to raise funds for school shoes and skills development in South Africa in November. I guess it’s the ‘Movember’ that everyone can play. It really couldn’t be easier to make a difference: buy a duck from an official duck dealer listed here, register your duck online and have a quacking November. Or you can take your efforts to another level like these guys at Duckathlon and start your own campaign to raise even more money for these 2 great charities.

I had breakfast at the Bobs For Good offices this week and the lovely Lauren talked me through the cause, the motivation and the great things happening at the foundation. I had a goosebump moment when she mentioned the hundreds of thousands of children who die from and are injured in road accidents each year and how Bobs For Good is tackling this by manufacturing school shoes with reflective strips sewn into the back and front of each pair of shoes. Black River F.C. have taken the initiative a step further by designing a shoe box that folds out into a game and uses a plastic toy car as a mechanic to teach children too young to read the rules of the road. How awesome is that?!

Get quacking, you’ve only got 2 more weeks!

brandslut xoxo

PS – Follow @igiveaduck on Twitter

I’m tired. Are you tired? I think my body and mind are officially starting to say noooooooo to 2010. Cripes,  it’s been one monster year for all of us. It doesn’t help being invited to, or finding, cool sh*t all the time either. Because generally cool sh*t leads to beer. And we all know what beer leads to… more beer!

A while ago I was introduced to a bright young mind called Adam Levy. This is Adam’s Braamfontein baby and I was fortunate enough to attend the launch on Sunday:

Image stolen from 70jutastreet.wordpress.com

“70Juta is the home base for a collective of artists, designers and shop owners working in inner city Johannesburg. The precinct promotes engagement with the urban landscape and offers a creative platform for events and exhibitions.”

Here for more information on 70 Juta Street, its tenanants, history and future. Oh, and the last image is a collection of mini instant photos taken with an Instamatic camera, on sale at MPhoto, 70 Juta Street, from January. But if like me you have the patience of a mongoose, or is it reflexes, and simply can’t wait until then? MPhoto will hook you up in the shake of a lamb’s tail. My Diana F + with Instant Back in hot pink is en route as we speak, swoon!

Big up Adam, South Africa needs more visionaries like you.

brandslut xoxo

Cripes, this is one cracker of a prize, brought to you by the beasts at NOMU & Nash of Bangers & Nash. If you’ve been living underneath a rock in Kommetjie and haven’t yet heard about this awesome competition, then prick up your ears, Capetonians!

"Touch me on my banger"

Entering is super easy! Pose next to this poster within Club Engen (the petrol station on Orange Street, iKapa), take a photo, email it to nash@bangersandnash.com, Bob’s your uncle. Well, actually my uncle is in the furniture business, but that’s neither here nor there. Here to read more about this awesome competition and how you can get your paws on these pimping prizes. I love a little alliteration on a Friday!

Keep it sexy and have a banging weekend,

brandslut xoxo

Happy Guy Fawkes, y’all. Despite what you may think, I chose the 5th of November because it’s easy to remember, not because I want to debut with a bang. After some arm-twisting by The Social Strategist I decided to move my bloglet from Blogspot to WordPress. So here she is. I’ve added some new bits like the fun tag thingie, search capability, subscription and all things shareable. I’m sure there are a few formatting gremlins lurking but in time she’ll function like a well-oiled machine. Or at least I hope so. Some of my gorgeous friends have paid homage to Brandslut in pictures…       

Apparently Bloomberg did this by jumping around his bedroom, naked, with his bicycle light

Brandslut by Chefslut

A lil' somethin' steamy from The Salty C Dog

Desk love from London Town

Brandslutlovescoffee by www.ilovecoffee.co.za

Brandslut lives the holiday at www.2oceansvibe.com

From New York with love

Priceless

The chronicles of inappropriate things for Brandslut

Brandslut, heart, cock.

Customised cappuccinos @MunchCafe www.munchcafe.co.za

The Source of Visual Inspiration has played out of his boots, again - www.millimetredesign.blogspot.com

Thanks Team for your antics and enthusiasm, it means the world to me!

www.millimetredesign.blogspot.com

www.2oceansvibe.com

www.ilovecoffee.co.za

www.munchcafe.co.za

Time to get bloggin’…

brandslut xoxo

 Welcome to Brandslut. If you’ve found me because of Google or another search engine, allow me to introduce myself, albeit prematurely. I currently live at www.brandslut.blogspot.com and I’m in the process of switching platforms to this new blogger-friendly format at www.brandslut.co.za. If you’ve found me it means search engine optimisation (SEO) works and I’ve proved my point. SEO gets me all excited and you now understand why. In the meanwhile, please excuse any minor glitches and formatting gremlins – this site is still under construction (every gal loves a hard-hat and a drill). Please peruse my previous articles, and look forward to shiny new content as of November 5th.

Remember, remember, the 5th of November.

brandslut xoxo