<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Leisure trends - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Leisure trends news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:35:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[a laboratory: this parisian apartment showcases its owner’s unique sense of style]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing ever stays in place for long in art director Jean- Christophe Aumas&rsquo; apartment. &lsquo;Things are never fixed,&rsquo; he says. &lsquo;It&rsquo;s always a work in progress. That really is my leitmotif.&rsquo; More than anything, Jean- Christophe sees his interiors as a &lsquo;laboratory&rsquo;, a means of experimentation. His approach, he says, is intrinsically linked to his profession: &lsquo;I can&rsquo;t disassociate my work from my home.&rsquo;<br />
Jean-Christophe specialises in or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/a-laboratory-this-parisian-apartment-showcases-its-owners-unique-sense-of-style/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/a-laboratory-this-parisian-apartment-showcases-its-owners-unique-sense-of-style/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[#hldiscovery: air plants, wine, steak and flooring]]></title><description><![CDATA[From floors and plants to dining out, this week&rsquo;s #HLDiscovery list has something for your home and your entertainment. In new discoveries this week, we look at timber floor tiles, a light pendant you can assemble yourself and the newest wine from Nederburg.<br />
1. air plantsMicro gardens and water-wise plants are the responsible way to go in water-scarce times, and air plants tick both these boxes. A diverse range of subtropical species that derive most of their moisture (as the name suggest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/hldiscovery-air-plants-wine-steak-and-flooring/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/hldiscovery-air-plants-wine-steak-and-flooring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[what we’re drinking: wine picks from the country’s top sommeliers]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s no secret that if you want to do something well, you go to an expert. And if you want to drink well, you go to a sommelier. South Africa is truly experiencing a wine renaissance of sorts, and not only are we producing some incredible bottles of wine, but we have some of the most talented sommeliers pouring these vintages all over the country. We chatted to some of them to find out what they&rsquo;re currently sipping on.<br />
ALSO READ: Pantry raid: what chefs eat<br />
brenda karamba: majeka ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/what-were-drinking-wine-picks-from-the-countrys-top-sommeliers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/what-were-drinking-wine-picks-from-the-countrys-top-sommeliers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[sibonelo chiliza: beyond botanical art]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drawing plant specimens takes on an additional level of historical and political abstraction when it comes to the botanical art of Sibonelo Chiliza &mdash; a little-known, but exceptionally talented illustrator from Port Elizabeth, whose work subtly considers the complex realities of representing the natural environment in South Africa.<br />
ALSO READ: A living legacy: artist Nic Bladen casts indigenous botanicals into bronze and silverView this post on InstagramBotanical artist Sibonelo Chiliza meas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/sibonelo-chiliza-beyond-botanical-art/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/sibonelo-chiliza-beyond-botanical-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[industry insider: jean-pierre de la chaumette’s eponymous new range]]></title><description><![CDATA[With 20 years working in publicity internationally, specialising in decor, as well as a growing interior design business and an extensive network of network of creative talents in his contact list, it was an inevitable next step for Jean-Pierre de la Chaumette to develop his own product line. The result, Chaumette, is inspired by Africa, but informed by a global design sensibility and a convergence of form and function.<br />
Taking two humble materials integral to the continent&rsquo;s industrial and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/industry-insider-jean-pierre-de-la-chaumettes-eponymous-new-range/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/industry-insider-jean-pierre-de-la-chaumettes-eponymous-new-range/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[moody hues: the home designer &amp; decorator dicey du toit longed for]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Dicey and Tom du Toit swapped their Bauhaus home in Paarl, in the heart of South Africa&rsquo;s Cape Winelands, for a 1970s house on the southern coast of the country in Port Elizabeth, it came with some celebration for Dicey. The self-taught designer and decorator was relieved that she could finally allow her own interior style to flourish.<br />
&lsquo;Tom is an engineer, so he loved the Paarl house,&rsquo; she says of their former home, which was built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe prot&eacute;g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/moody-hues-the-home-designer-amp-decorator-dicey-du-toit-longed-for/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/moody-hues-the-home-designer-amp-decorator-dicey-du-toit-longed-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 go-to nurseries for the indoor-greenery trend]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a world where our lives are heavily tech-focused, we&rsquo;re finding a balance by bringing nature into our homes. Plants breathe life into a space in a way that simply can&rsquo;t be&nbsp;replicated. Here are five key places in South Africa to pick up supplies for the indoor-greening trend.&nbsp;<br />
ALSO READ: Get back to nature: a guide to indoor gardening<br />
Supernature Nursery<br />
A Joburg-based nursery that specialises&nbsp;in unusual and hard-to-find indoor plants.Visit @supernature_nursery.<br />
Mag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/5-go-to-nurseries-for-the-indoor-greenery-trend/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/5-go-to-nurseries-for-the-indoor-greenery-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[italy meets sa at ayama wines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michela and Attilio Dalpiaz&nbsp;were brought together in Italy though the mutual affinity for wine production. Hailing from Italy, they fell in love with South Africa thanks to our history, people and beautiful natural environment. They decided to move here, and when they saw the&nbsp;Slent Farm on the&nbsp;Paardeberg Mountain, they found their home. Thus Ayama Wines was born.<br />
the farm<br />
&lsquo;Ayama&rsquo; is Xhosa and roughly translates to &lsquo;someone to lean on&rsquo;. This resonated with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/italy-meets-sa-at-ayama-wines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/italy-meets-sa-at-ayama-wines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[porto calling]]></title><description><![CDATA[A view of the Douro River alongside Porto&#700;s Old City.<br />
All around the old, historical city of Porto, seagulls wheel and cry in the skies above &ndash; Porto is situated along the estuary of the Douro River, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. The city is one of Europe&rsquo;s oldest, and it isn&rsquo;t very large (fewer than 250 000 people live in the central metropolitan area). And, of course, it&rsquo;s the home of the Port wine &lsquo;lodges&rsquo;, where for hundreds of years, the renowne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/porto-calling/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/porto-calling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[fresh take: plant-based recipes for light summer dining]]></title><description><![CDATA[Al fresco gatherings with friends call for light and easy plant-based dishes&nbsp;that&nbsp;celebrate beautiful &ndash; and delicious &ndash; vegetables.<br />
layered green slaw with coconut and lime dressingFor the dressing250ml coconut milkJuice and zest of 1 lime1T soy sauce2t honey62.5ml good-qualitycoriander pesto&frac12;t chilli flakes1T shredded, peeled gingerFor the slaw&frac34; Chinese or regular cabbage, finely sliced1 fennel bulb, shaved2 green apples, cut into matchsticks2 cups micro whol]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/fresh-take-plant-based-recipes-for-light-summer-dining/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/fresh-take-plant-based-recipes-for-light-summer-dining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[again &amp; again &ndash; excellence and inspiration in perpetuity]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a unique collaboration, Sanlam Private Wealth has partnered with a new generation of creators, taking select pieces from the vast Sanlam art collection on a journey into the future by reinterpreting them in new, unique ways. They&rsquo;ve called this journey &lsquo;Again and Again &ndash; Inspiration and Excellence in Perpetuity&rsquo;.<br />
ALSO READ: Again &amp; Again: the meeting of wealth and art<br />
This journey is a visual representation of the important aim both the worlds of art and wealth ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/again-amp-again-ndash-excellence-and-inspiration-in-perpetuity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/again-amp-again-ndash-excellence-and-inspiration-in-perpetuity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[lush life: mastering the art of the fern]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Myburgh needed a break from suburban Pretoria. He was a student in radiology, working as a GP in Joburg, and had an urge to get out of the capital city. So he got into his car and drove down to Mpumalanga &ndash; where, in the middle of the mists of Sabie, he&nbsp;saw a plant that would change his life. &lsquo;I just thought &ldquo;Wow, I must have one&rdquo;,&rsquo; he says.After going to a local nursery and asking around, he discovered that the plant in question was an indigenous tree fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/lush-life-mastering-the-art-of-the-fern/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/lush-life-mastering-the-art-of-the-fern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[lush life: mastering the art of ferns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Myburgh needed a break from suburban Pretoria. He was a student in radiology, working as a GP in Joburg, and had an urge to get out of the capital city. So he got into his car and drove down to Mpumalanga &ndash; where, in the middle of the mists of Sabie, he&nbsp;saw a plant that would change his life. &lsquo;I just thought &ldquo;Wow, I must have one&rdquo;,&rsquo; he says.After going to a local nursery and asking around, he discovered that the plant in question was an indigenous tree fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/lush-life-mastering-the-art-of-ferns/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/lush-life-mastering-the-art-of-ferns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[go east: where natural objects meet high design]]></title><description><![CDATA[A historical horticultural show garden, built at the highest&nbsp;point in Johannesburg, has found new life in the hands of Jonty Mark, a sports editor, and husband Vincent Truter, a curator and creative director. The immense property includes a manor house, two charming stone cottages &ndash; built from the stone of the quarry below it in Bezuidenhout Valley &ndash; and, at its acme, a pale-pink 1950s&nbsp;&lsquo;summer pavilion&rsquo;.<br />
Today, Lightning&rsquo;s Nest seamlessly combines the coup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/go-east-where-natural-objects-meet-high-design/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/go-east-where-natural-objects-meet-high-design/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[cabin fever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Elgin Valley is the apple-growing centre of South Africa. Filled with orchards as well as cool-climate vineyards, the valley is surrounded by mountains and nature reserves, including the protected Kogelberg Biosphere. It&rsquo;s also less than an hour&rsquo;s drive from Cape Town, which makes it the ideal weekend escape from the city. That&rsquo;s why hotelier and entrepreneur Jody Aufrichtig chose it for his delightfully eccentric farm lodge, the Old Mac Daddy, where the rooms are luxurious]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/cabin-fever/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/cabin-fever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[living paper: your reading just became shoppable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although home is always at House and Leisure&lsquo;s heart, and decor inspiration can be found within its pages, our focus has evolved to innovation too &ndash; with the reader experience in mind. In an effort to bring some of South Africa&rsquo;s most stylish homes, products, trends and objets to life, we&rsquo;re making our pages shoppable.<br />
If you like what you see on the curated pages of HL, it&rsquo;s now possible to shop them.&nbsp;Use a QR reader (available in the App store or searchable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/living-paper-your-reading-just-became-shoppable/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/living-paper-your-reading-just-became-shoppable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a trio of places to see, eat and shop in berlin, germany]]></title><description><![CDATA[Berlin has to be one of the planet&rsquo;s most multifarious places: you can visit the city and just explore museums full of ancient cultural artefacts, or spend all your time clubbing, or only immerse yourself in the huge variety of classical music concerts on offer. Next time you visit, aim to spend at least a day or two ambling about rather like a local &ndash; take in a memorial to one of the most momentous events of the 20th century, enjoy a peaceful lunch surrounded by some of the city&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/a-trio-of-places-to-see-eat-and-shop-in-berlin-germany/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/a-trio-of-places-to-see-eat-and-shop-in-berlin-germany/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[small wonders: 4 examples of micro gardens]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we inhabit smaller and more efficient spaces, so we lose out on having big gardens to cultivate and mould to our liking. But that doesn&rsquo;t mean that gardening is reserved for big, open spaces &ndash; people have been introducing greenery into their apartments in cute and inventive ways, all thanks to the concept of micro gardening.<br />
Micro gardening is essentially food &lsquo;farming&rsquo; in containers and well-designed, small urban spaces, but most people apply the term to small-scale]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/small-wonders-4-examples-of-micro-gardens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/small-wonders-4-examples-of-micro-gardens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[moonchild sanelly: the tracklist]]></title><description><![CDATA[The musician, fashion designer, Gcom pioneer and &lsquo;girl with the blue hair&rsquo; uses her body to form her creations. While getting to know her &lsquo;Body of Work&rsquo; in the October #HLIndoorOutdoor2018 issue, she shares her latest tracks.<br />
F-BoyzOsikapa:&nbsp;Moonchild&nbsp;Sanelly,&nbsp;DJ Tira,&nbsp;Patoranking,&nbsp;DJ Neptune&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Eternal AfricaWeh MamehGuestlistMidnightThe post moonchild sanelly: the tracklist appeared first on House and Leisure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/moonchild-sanelly-the-tracklist/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/moonchild-sanelly-the-tracklist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[#hldiscovery: personalised gin, moonshine and air water]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Straight off a long weekend of celebrating, we thought we&rsquo;d keep the merriment going with a round up of new and interesting drinks and experiences. From blending your own gin to water bottled from air, this is what&rsquo;s on the #HLDiscovery list this week.<br />
wilderer rogue apple pie moonshinePrimarily known for their award-winning grappa and gin, local brand Wilderer has just released a tantalising new drink that is full of flavour. Rogue Apple Pie Moonshine&nbsp;is a sweet and spicy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/hldiscovery-personalised-gin-moonshine-and-air-water/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/leisuretrends/hldiscovery-personalised-gin-moonshine-and-air-water/</guid></item></channel></rss>