A decade since *that* date...

Fast approaching 9/11 and this year 11/9/11, this is the topic of many documentaries and news briefs. Ten years on from the Twin Towers attack that shocked the world! 

Its one of those days where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing...

I was watching Blade, with Wesley Snipes, a slightly gruesome blood 'n guts type film, and with lots of action. We paused the film so I could top us up on supplies of coffee and popcorn. I came back to a building billowing with smoke, and remember saying to my friend "why did you continue the movie without waiting..." If only it was just a movie!

But here at ZAmmm! headquarters, we are not celebrating 10 years of heartache, but rather ten years of happiness! And so it is with delight, that this September it is 10 years since Madame Zingara first released their magic on the mother city! And now they're back with shows from September to January 2012!

Also boasting 10 years of wonderful life, is Vida e Caffe - roasting fabulous coffee, and singing joyously while doing so! Yip, its been 10 years this week since the first Vida opened its doors on Kloof Street in Cape Town!

And as if by magic coincidence of synergetic decade-ness - both of these local SA brands that I love so much - each have a separate, but connected side project on the go. And both of which, ironically, have used the concept of 'hood'. As in neighbourhood.

Because in this week of all things Creative Week Cape Town, and with a name like the mother city, how can it not be the nurturer of all creative talent!

• Madame Zingara's latest project - "I (heart) my hood Available at "This is not a post office". Who knows what you might find inside the latest MZ venture - both at the physical venue and on the holding page of the site (go see if you remember the theme tune being played ;) So yes, you will just have to make sure you visit when next you're on Kloof Street (next to Cafe Paradiso). But one thing you will find for sure, are hoodies, t-shirts and stickers with this simple, yet super "I (heart) my hood" brand!

• Vida e Caffe's latest staff t-shirts - "Name your hood" Check it out online. Join in. Get creative. Or get voting! Its your city, contribute!

And in keeping with all things ZAmmm! let's also send some love out to London-based Joburg-born rockers, Starseed. This being their 10th year since the band began. Same goes for self-named drunk punkers Half Price, as well as the well travelled piano-ballad bunch of Watershed!

Rock on 10 years of celebrations and innovations,

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