Comments on: South Africa 22 — The Gardens of Babylonstoren

By: Corrine

Corrine — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 07:27:00 +0000

MM, you can replicate that place.

By: Betchay

Betchay — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:02:40 +0000

Mr. and Mrs. Scarecrow amused me! :) I love the smell of lavander and rosemary!

By: Blaise

Blaise — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 09:23:48 +0000

What a well manicured farm! Talk about incredibly good taste.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:47:12 +0000

Footloose, spot on, and EGADS to the Versace interiored buidlings. They come from the same developer that touted Missoni and Armani as well. When PH came to Manila for the first time, I hear she nearly went ballistic when she found out the “beach club” that was to be named after her and its apartment complex was in fact built beside the south super highway and had trucked in sand. Yipes. To offend PH is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

By: marilen

marilen — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:10:49 +0000

Footloose, your observations are always interesting and so diverse in scope, much to learn from this tertulia that MM has sponsored – to the delight of all of us. Thank you.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:27:01 +0000

Meanwhile, when all our attention is diverted to something else, look who’s buying luxury condos in Manila: httpss://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-asians-buy-upwardly-mobile-manilas-luxury-condominiums-052903632–finance.html
rich Asians, i.e. Chinese. What caught my attention is not the wheeling and dealing but that one of the buildings will feature designs by Versace and Paris Hilton that is sure to be condign antidote to those who despair of Chinese chintz. I have a good slogan for them, from Prof. Henry Higgins, “so deliciously low so horribly dirty.”

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:46:28 +0000

Footloose, I agree, they are the source of much of the world’s greatest inventions from thousands of years back. I think the current sinophobia is partially skewed to their expansionist stance in the South China Sea, as well as the more recent proclivities for producing much of the world’s commercial basura.

By: bagito

bagito — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:37:29 +0000

love the rooster pic. very vivid, i didn’t even know roosters have a yellow “patilla”-like thing on the side of their head. great shot!

By: Footloose

Footloose — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:53:30 +0000

Providing signs in Mandarin would theoretically cater to 1/5 of mankind. We associate cheap and poorly made items with China now but unbeknownst to the casual observer, they actually have a long tradition of aesthetic and technological accomplishments in porcelain, metal and wood that remained unrivalled in the West for over a thousand years. Their furniture design and construction alone provided inspiration and exemplars for the great craftsmen of Europe from Chippendale through to disciples of Bauhaus and down the proponents of Scandinavian modern design. Besides, their tawdry gewgaws are aimed primarily at Western consumers.

By: Ling

Ling — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:37:44 +0000

Gorgeous. Glad it isn’t Chinese-owned.