Because I’ve been so busy of late behind the scenes at SLXS (The stuff you don’t get to see, but hopefully you will feel and see it in times to come…naked chicks…vast amounts of narcotics etc)

So because my mind has been like a lab, I decided some much needed R&R was needed at Casa del Crazy in Llandudno. Yesterday was terrible weather in Cape Town and all I could afford to do was tan this body of mine, bronzing my hide like a copper pot.

And this brings me to something I want you to go out and get hold of — Men’s Health Best Life.

Some people say the economic recession has hit us. Others say it’s “on the horizon” I’ll be honest, I can see the horizon from here but I still don’t see the recession. (Also enjoy “Wealthy and stress free” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

I don’t really care too much for advice on “The perfect six pack”, “Get bigger in less time”, “Eat more, lose weight” and “Have the best sex of your life, like the stuff the regular Men’s Health offers. Although what I do enjoy in regular Men’s Health is the “Celebrity workout” thing they throw in.

I do however quite enjoy Men’s Health Best Life because it caters towards the older crowd. I’ve always been way ahead of my time, like the time I launched “Coca Cola” and no one said it would work. Well I think today we can agree that I’m not doing too badly. There was also that time I slept with that chick who everyone said was too skinny and had all the wrong proportions. Who would have ever thought that Gisele Bundchen would go from Sean Lloyd to the runways of the world.

But I’m kind of like that, touch me and you become famous. Gisele touched me there….yo damn it was good!

Anyway, for the guys out there I suggest you buy Men’s Health Best Life, they always have awesome articles on holiday getaways, gadgets for the house, interesting interviews (Laird Hamilton was recently featured).

Men’s Health Best Life is the only magazine I buy in addition to GQ.

Seriously, go out and get it, let me know what you think. It’s nothing like the regular Men’s Health and has some very interesting articles every month.

So that was the day yesterday…chilling at the pool at Llandudno, reading Best Life, tanning, phoning chicks and getting them ready for the Hout Bay villa.

Oh yeah, we’re in Hout Bay again.

Let the fest begin!
Check out the Men’s Health Best Life website by clicking here, I guarantee you will dig this magazine.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

Ah man, I had the time of my life yesterday!

We decided to up the cool quotient at the Johnny Clegg concert at Kirstenbosch Gardens yesterday by gracing the crowd with our undeniable mind blowing presence. And did it go down well!

Mike and the crew chose a pearler of a spot directly behind, oddly enough, my future wife and mother of my kids. I know, I’m having the same problem.

It’s not the clearest picture, but we’ll post our wedding photos here later 

What DO we call our firstborn? I’m stuck between River and Storm. I will use a guys name on a chick, and a chicks name on a dude, I don’t care. But seriously, I’m stuck on a name. I suppose we’ll have two kids anyway.

But enough of that, we can decide after we marry.

So firstly, we see this doll in front of us who is in desperate need of a GHD. If that’s not bad enough, she was sporting some shades ala Tour de France 1975.Remember the shades, the Oakley Pro M Frames. Cool if you are playing sport, not cool if you are watching a concert. Even worse was the fact that these were not Oakley.

Minced 

So anyway, this chick stands for the better part of the day and then waves and a hippie comes cruising in from deep space, also in tie dye vibes and also sporting a pre-GHD hairstyle, very Knysna foresty.

This chick sits down, Mike says “Let’s kick this concert off like a dead lepers head” and this chick kicks off on the craziest trip I have ever seen.

I kid you not, this hippie sat for about 30 minutes, with her fingers IN her ears, rocking back and forth.

ABSOLUTELY MASHED!

Hippie, sitting down in the centre. Believing she is surrounded by dinosaurs. 

She was tripping tits! It was TOO funny, and everyone was just checking her out, wondering what in acids name was going on.

She was no doubt rhyming a tune in her head, “I love acid! I love salad!” I love acid!”

It was so mental, but I lost track of the events as I was wondering where my honeymoon is going to be.

I’ll have the video up sometime, it’s crazy styles!

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

I wasn’t aware of this until I was sent an e-mail with a link to the photos of the launch party for the Nova Constantia Boutique Hotel in Constantia, Cape Town.

I get invited to so many events, it’s hard to keep track of where my face is going to be next, but it seems I’m only one step away from featuring in Gwen Gills column. It’s only a matter of time. Anyway, here is a photo I found of myself looking dashing with a side parting.

I’m being serious when I say that if I were a chick, I’d totally do me!

Wick…wick…wicked!

Maxing the lifestyle

“Good Lord Sean, your skin looks amazing! What moisturiser do you wear?”

“Well actually my loving readers, I use the Trevarno Organic Mens Moisturiser. Feel free to touch me and give me a happy ending”

I love Friday!

I love crack cocaine!

I love acid!

I love schoolgirls!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Click here for the rest of the photos.

Click here for Nova Constantia Boutique Hotel.

Ahhhhh high society…you have to love it.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

You will all know about this already due to extensive coverage in all the forms of media, but just to remind you, the SA Open started yesterday and runs until the 21st of December 2008. I’m most likely going through tomorrow to watch as I found some tickets lying on my desk. I have no idea how they got onto my desk, but they are here.

Taking place in Paarl, the weather is no doubt hot, with today clocking in at a chilled 32 degrees celsius.

Click here for the SA Open website where you can find out all you need to know about the event, check up on the leaders and generally learn something new. Because apparently you learn something new every day. For the past two years I have found this to be an outright lie! I have learnt nothing!

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

As you know, a little while back I was in attendance and drunkenness at the Nokia launch, and as these guys were not from Cape Town, we treated them to some of the best of what Cape Town has to offer.

Until the day, I actually never knew about a company called Cape Sidecar Adventures. I had seen sidecars cruising around Cape Town before, but I thought it was a handful of enthusiasts just taking the bikes out for a little shmishmortion. Or toboggan.

The crew: No economic recession in sight

Another day at work for me

Well lo and behold, Cape Sidecar Adventures will pretty much take you anywhere on a sidecar! You don’t have to do anything, they pick you up at a designated point and you just hop into the sidecar, and get driven around on a tour of this AMA-ZING city! I can honestly tell you that this is the most fun you can have with your clothes on in Cape Town.

It’s so insane, these bikes are like pieces of art and there was even the military style one which suited me because I’m such a tough character. Except that I drink champagne. And moisturise. And I listen to Modern Talking. And I burn incense. Ok…maybe I’m not quite as tough as I think. But I do own a Swiss Army Knife and a Bear Grylls fire starting tool, so there is a bit of outdoorsman side to me.

I was smashing about the Cape Sidecar Adventures website now and good Lord, you can actually buy a sidecar! Everyone is into cruising to the shops on their scooters, now imagine how cool and old school it would be to rock up at the corner cafe on a sidecar. Cool has a name, and it’s sidecar! Rolling anywhere on one of these is way cooler than rolling in on your Vespa. Chicks will dig it, you will dig it and Cape Town will surely be better off with loads of sidecars rather than actual cars.

Less petrol being burnt, less pollution and more fun.

Anyway the Nokia guys cruised along the beautiful Cape coastline and took a breather at the stunning Chapmans Peak where they stopped off at one of the picnic spots to take in the view.

Kaka view

While everyone savoured the view I savoured more important things like champagne and also the hilarious names of some of the sidecars.Check these two out:

Gypsey, let me harvest 2 litre Coke bottle of your tears!

Yeah! Gonna get some, gonna ride it!

I really would recommend anyone visiting Cape Town, or even living in Cape Town, to take a sidecar adventure with Cape Sidecars. It’s something so different and offers you a totally unique way of seeing this beautiful city and is something not often spoken about. Many of my friends don’t even know about it, but it’s definitely something that I personally recommend and will be promoting amongst the Cape Town crowd and to visitors to this city. What good times!

Click here to check out all you need to know about Cape Sidecar Adventures as well as to book and even BUY a sidecar.

Radical!

Sean Lloyd

Editor

It was decided that I needed to be more active and so break out some of the golf clubs that have been collecting dust in the garage where I store all my dead bodies.

What?

We all do store the bodies of our victims don’t we? Oh you eat them? Well, each to their own.

So I kicked some of the bodies out of the way and eventually made my way to my golf clubs. Clubs. Like what you club baby seals with.

What? We all do club baby seals don’t we?

I mangled my way through the bag and just took out a few irons, leaving the Greatest Biggest Meanest Enormous Massive Bertha in the bag. That’s a lie, I did take it out to have a little caress of its features.

So long

So big

So smooth

So…broken…

When we first got the Big Bertha is seemed massive, but rolling around the Pro Shop the other day, there are drivers there that could easily take down a battleship. I don’t know what the point is of having a turret on the end of the golf shaft, but anyway.

As I was saying, hitting golf balls is like buying toilet paper. When buying manly things like jerry cans,screwdrivers and hammers, you will no doubt be surrounded by old or ugly people, perhaps both. But when buying toilet paper, it’s always funny how a supermodel ends up standing in front or behind you in the line. It’s SO mental! Or in school you are buying condoms at the corner cafe near the school when a teacher strolls in behind you.

The teacher you have been thinking of since you first saw her in a g-string in Biology in Standard 7 (Ahem…cough cough…Standard 7…Rondebosch High School…Ms Venter…bending over to put a tape in the VCR…)

And the worst thing about hitting a good shot in golf is that no one ever sees it. They do see the kak ones though, and they also see the after effects of a poor shot. I hit such a massive divot, the River Club is probably going to look at getting a grass sponsorship to cater for golfers like me.

I know…

Seeing as though the Warbird was broken though we took out the Nicklaus and the Burner, now that’s more like it!

If you are in Cape Town and want to practise your game, I suggest the River Club. If it all goes pear shaped, as gold does, you can always chill out at the restaurant and eat and drink away your sorrows.

Prost!

Sean Lloyd

Editor

You would have noticed that the world is turning back to the old school. From people buying record players, to wearing old school watches, shoes and Ray Ban Wayfarers, we are going back to the days of old.

Remember the days when you were a kid and used to own all that lumo clothing?

Well it’s baaaaaaaaack!

You may have noticed lumo shirts being sported around town this summer and the surf brands have kicked it off. I went to Quiksilver on Saturday in Canal Walk to grab myself some new shirts to add to the funky summer vibe that is being kicked around Cape Town.

Check it:

Rad!

Quiksilver are selling them at R169, and they are called “Fluoro”

It’s so sick!

Oh and that is “Quiksilver” not “Quiktits” or “Quikcock”

I can see how easily some of you might mistake that. But I’m here to correct you before you make those mistakes.

All the good surf stores and surf brands are stocking the luminous shirts this summer, and I suggest you go grab a few. It makes me feel young again!

Sean Lloyd

Editor

We spent a bit of time at Villa Lara in Cape Town on Friday.

The balcony view

Struggling during the recession

Good times!

I still rate Villa Lara as one of my top 5 villas in Cape Town for it’s simplistic design, and as always…location. Located in Llandudno, it offers some of the most spectacular views in Cape Town. It also offers easy living and the place feels as though you could live in it, and trust me, you can. I despise places where everything is too picture perfect to the touch…where you feel living in the place would break it. Villa Lara is tailored towards the easy going, simple living beach lifestyle where the pool, the sunlight and the ocean are the centre of the holiday.
From summer days and summer sunsets, to rainstorms lashing the ocean in winter, Villa Lara offers a visual spectacular rarely seen.

Villa Lara is not only available to rent as a Cape Town holiday villa, but can also be used for functions. So if you are having a product launch, or a dinner or work function, Villa Lara can cater for all your needs in spectacular style.

Check it out by clicking here.

And book your stay at Villa Lara by clicking here.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

“I’m overworked and underfucked”

I can’t remember who said that, but I heard it a while back. Many might concur.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

Ok I’m off for the day, cruising with some “employers” but I will write on the weekend instead.

Don’t forget, there is Summer Elegance tomorrow afternoon and Dubfire from Deep Dish tomorrow evening.

See you out on the town this weekend, and chat soon.

Much love!

Me

Sean Lloyd

Editor