Urban Edge: Escape the 'burbs, hit the city

29 April 2015 - 02:02 By Rea Khoabane

The idea for The WKND Social was sparked when a group of South African friends took a summer holiday in New York City. While there they went to an event called ''Everyday People" - an all-day Sunday get-together at which food lovers enjoy brunch and a day party at venues across the Lower East Side of New York.The WKND Social is a monthly event that brings together great food, music and people from Jozi.At interesting venues around the city, such as the former women's prison at Constitution Hill, the Bullion Bar on the 10th floor of a building in Braamfontein and the KingKong rooftop venue in Troyeville, hosts ''The Other Girls" try hard to give Joburgers an unforgettable day out of networking and fun."The Other Girls" is a collective made up of fashion and lifestyle blogger Thithi Nteta; Nandi Dlepu, an account director at T&W; entrepreneur Tumi Mohale; and the marketing and sales director of online African fashion boutique KISUA, Vuyiswa Mutshekwan e.''We always host our events at places where our guests can take in great views of the city and experience the urban lifestyle," says Dlepu."Most of us live in the suburbs and want to escape into the city on weekends to enjoy edgy metropolitan spaces with good friends and good food."The invitation-only event starts at midday with a brunch and the guest list is limited to 120 people.A long meal is followed by an after-party starting at 4pm and ending at midnight.For their April edition, which took place last weekend, "The Other Girls" introduced a new food partner, The Bowery.This gourmet catering company served a three-course meal, starting with cheese, followed by a folded beef burger and potato wedges for the meat eaters and folded veg burger for grazers. Dessert was lemon cheesecake pots, served with refreshing cocktails.The event attracts celebrities like radio and TV personality Siyabonga Ngwekazi, actress and musician Samkelo Ndlovu, the founder of Skinny Sbu Socks, Sibusiso Ngwenya, and fashion blogger Trevor Stuurman.Says Dlepu: "The three of us founders of WKND Social work in the creative industry, where we meet lots of different, cool people. We believe that's what makes our guests such an interesting crowd."The diverse line-up of DJs encourages people from many musical persuasions to put on their dancing shoes. From old-school kwaito fans to new-school hip-hop aficionados, everyone inevitably ends up on the dance floor.For more info on The WKND Social's coming events see Facebook event: http://www. facebook.com/events/..

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