The Kraken Black Spiced Rum

15 April, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Kraken

Another exciting new arrival to SA shores, The Kraken Black Spiced Rum’s richly entertaining brand narrative and superior vintage-style packaging (the bottle is a replica of a double-handled Victorian rum bottle) could quite easily have us believe this Caribbean black spiced rum just fell from the hull of a passing pirate ship. Add to this that The Kraken Rum is the first imported black rum from the Caribbean, distilled from molasses made from local cane sugar and blended with over 11 secret spices (including cinnamon, ginger and clove) and you have all the hallmarks of a rum to be reckoned with. Taking its name from the mythical sea beast, the Kraken, which is said to have wreaked havoc with tall ships and rum-running                  

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MINI Paceman launched in SA

15 March, 2013 by Leave a Comment
MINI Paceman Feature

MINI, the originator of the premium small car segment, once again raised the bar as it unveiled its latest model, the seventh to join the MINI family. The MINI Paceman Sports Activity Coupé was revealed to a select group of guests in a Stefan Antoni luxury villa, overlooking the exquisite shores of Clifton Beach in Cape Town. Under the banner of ‘Design with Bite’, special guests started the MINI Paceman experience at the Design Indaba expo in Cape Town. They met at the ultimate Man Space Timeslice experience. Made up of multiple cameras triggered sequentially with split second timing (in full 360 degree angles), guests got to capture and display their creative photograph stills through animation. In laymens terms -                  

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NMB Pride Summer Pool Party

15 February, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nelson Mandela Bay Pride Pool Party

Organisers of the Nelson Mandela Bay Pride are kick starting this years Pride festivities with a Summer Pool Party this Saturday the 16th of February 2013 at the NMMU Unitas Veritas, Swimming Pool & Clubhouse on the South Campus.  The LGBTI community of Port Elizabeth can look forward to many more awesome fundraising events leading up to the annual Port Elizabeth Pride which takes place toward the end of the year usually in November. As the pool party falls within this month of love it is only appropriate that the theme for the Party is Valentine’s. There will be heaps of giveaways, a cupids post office and plenty of delicious treats to keep those tummies lined for the cash bar. As you soak up the summer rays and the                  

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Merry Christmas

25 December, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Christmas

From all of us at What's Up PE, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year!                  

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Living the sustainable dream at Crossways

18 October, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sustainable living at Crossways

Crossways Farm Village is situated on the eastern boundary of the Kouga Municipal Area and borders the renowned Van Stadens River Valley and Wild-flower Reserve near Port Elizabeth. The country-lifestyle development of Crossways will consist of several rural neighbourhood pockets, offering idyllic country living and breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape on a fully operational farm. The core farming component on Crossways will consist of a registered Holstein Stud of over 500 cows. The size of the present dairy operation will be extended to almost 170 ha of the total property (exceeding 590 ha) with new pastures being established and a state-of-the-art milking parlour. Other areas on Crossways have been earmarked for                  

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Nelson Mandela Bay – Gay Pride 2012

20 September, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Port Elizabeth Gay Pride

The streets of Central are set for Port Elizabeth’s second Gay Pride - Life in True Colour Parade this Saturday, 22 September 2012. Join in the most colourful event of the year, dress up, or down and come show your true colours at the Nelson Mandela Bay Pride Parade. P.E. Pride is all about fun, charity and promoting tolerance of people with different sexual orientations. This year the Parade’s profits will be donated to Tru Colors, an organisation that offers schools a programme helping children to deal with awareness around sexual orientation and gender issues. The parade kicks off in Stanley Street, Richmond Hill from 11:30am and ends at St. George's Park cricket stadium where a post-parade festival will blow your hair                  

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The Herald Clover Kids & Baby Expo

4 September, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape

School holidays are awesome period! What better way to enjoy them than taking advantage of all the fantastic events designed around this time of fun and leisure?  The annual Herald Clover kids and baby Expo will be held at the start of the September school holidays, from Friday the 28th of September 2012 through to Sunday the 30th, from 9am to 5pm at the Moffet on Main Lifestyle Centre. The expo offers the very best in Indoor Entertainment and fun for the whole family. Exhibitor categories for this years Expo include;  wellness and nutrition; development and education; furniture and décor;  clothing and sport; creativity and crafts; photography and home electronics;  technology; travel and leisure and food and drinks. The                  

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Ready, Steady… Date

29 August, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Speed Dating PE

Is fast paced life getting you down and limiting your chances of meeting your match - Internet dating just not your cup of tea, as you sift through thousands of profiles; I am a hunky-dory–dashing-chap aged 35, you meet the guy and he is well over the age of 60. Stop in name of LOVE! Give Port Elizabeth Love a bash! They arrange monthly meet and match evenings catered for your specific age group and demographic requirements operating on the basis of speed dating. They arrange everything! It is fast, fun, safe and you are guaranteed meeting other single people. You will have the opportunity to have eight one-on-one dates that last 8 minutes each. If both parties are interested in meeting again, they provide contact information                  

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Echoer – Thoughts that count

24 August, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Echoer App Thoughts that count

Word of mouth is said to be the most popular form of advertising, take Facebook and Twitter for example, both revolutionary concepts that have taken the world by storm, allowing you to babble about everything; how awful your day is going... someone you know through a mutual friend just got engaged in Hong Kong (you will never go to the wedding) and trillions of advertisements… the feed goes on… However, you often have to sift through the rubbish to find what you are really looking for - would you rather not be part of a community that allows you to choose whose words you wish to listen to and where they come from? Introducing Echoer… an awesome new platform for iPhone and Android. This is a social system or network which                  

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Happy Harvesters food-gardeners forum

16 August, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Happy Harvesters Nelson Mandela Bay Transition Network

The Nelson Mandela Bay Transition Network recognized the issues of Peak Oil and Climate Change following the Transition Town movement across the world. Collaboratively they aim to educate and solve the problem by working together as a community to inspire the kind of change necessary to create a low-carbon, locally resilient future! The NMB Transition Network invites you to their first Happy Harvesters event this Saturday 18 August at 11am at The Paragon, 15 Mangold Str, Newton Park. An event for food growers and food lovers to meet, interact, share experiences, ideas and even seeds and surplus produce. They are proud to announce guest speakers, Urban Harvest Eastern Cape and Organic Footprints. Following the presentations, you                  

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