Get into Seth's vibe

Seth Rotherham in style Photo: verstercohen.com

Kelly Wheeler
January 18th, 2009

Seth Rotherham is one of South Africa's most successful bloggers. 2oceansvibe is top of my Google Reader and was nominated for an incredible six SA Blog Awards with the ceremony due to take place next Friday in Cape Town.

From his loathing for crocs to his excellent advice on how to torture Butler's delivery guys, Seth has a loyal following who share his love for Cape Town, frivolity and saying exactly what you think. Bless the internet.

We chatted to him about holidays, Cape Town and even porn. And it's his birthday today, so we let him say pretty much anything he wanted.

GoTravel24.com: How do you live your motto "Work is a sideline, live the holiday"?

Seth: "It's not hard when you live slap bang in Camps Bay - it's all pretty much taken care of. I take a dip in the ocean as often as I can - usually first thing in the morning and hopefully later in the day, whilst lying at Beta Beach. I also try my best to wear Hawaiian shirts as much as possible. I suggest people out there do the same - this alone will give you the impression that you're on holiday. Even if you're a 9-5er, who says you can't wear Hawaiian shirts?

You seem pretty chilled, are your holidays also relaxed and spontaneous or do you like to follow an itinerary and see everything you can?

"It depends who I'm travelling with! Travelling with my folks as a kid were pretty planned (as would yours be if you had Seth to keep entertained) but my holiday plans these days just entail arrival and departure dates for each place - then take it as it comes. I usually have friends/contacts in each place and leave it up to them if it's somewhere I've never been. I'm doing my annual Strengthening Ties Tour in June and am going away for a month. First London, then South of France to chill with my folks, then a bit of Ibiza to play with Goldfish and maybe some Denmark thrown in. That's the cool thing about Europe - you really can decide those little things while you're there. Hmm, should I go to Ibiza tomorrow? Yup. Click...click...pay...sleep...leave!

What would make a holiday destination worthy of getting a mention on 2oceansvibe?

"It depends on the theme of the holiday/destination. Anything from natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, to good service and friendly locals, would all contribute. We can't exactly moan about New York's beaches, can we? That's not why we're there - but I would write about the magical energy and buzz that fills my veins every time I'm there.

What can you not travel without?

"My iPod. My laptop. A couple Vanity Fairs. My Amex card.

Best destination in South Africa?

"Cape Town. FACT.

Your favourite hangout in the Global Village is...

"God, that's difficult. So many... Bleeker Street, New York? Kings Road, London? The local bar in Cape Cod, Chatham?

Your favourite local hangout is...

"Caprice in Camps Bay (Try the 2oceansvibe cocktail).

Seth's Camps Bay view

Travelling in style is...

"First class lounges, cars/drivers waiting at airports and people carrying your luggage...

Do you have a saying or expression you tend to over use?

"‘Mmm, you like that, my baby?' Just kidding. I don't know, probably ‘What's the vibe?'

The person you'd least like to sit next to on plane would be and why?

"Randall Abrahams from Idols. I just wouldn't be stimulated, to be honest. Given all of the phrases and sayings he ballses up on the show, I just wouldn't appreciate the expected contrived nature of the conversation.

Your travel nightmare would be?

"Anything which involves the sentence ‘We don't have any record of your name here,' as the little angel ticker tacks away at the keyboard, contorting her face, wide-eyed looking at the screen as her head shakes slowly from side to side.... ‘Nope.... Can't find it anywhere...' That's when I start scrounging through my bag for the Xanors I borrowed from The Roofer...

Are you a member of the mile-high club?

"Hmm, It depends... are you keen? Do you have a plane? Actually, funny story - a friend of ours, "Boegom", is loath to admit that he hasn't tried everything sexually. So, when he came back from a trip and claimed to have joined the mile high club, we all gave him the necessary high-fives. Acutely aware of his knack for embellishment, the boys started to push him, ‘SERIOUSLY, Boegie, did you REALLY do it? Tell us more. How EXACTLY did you do it?' - he nodded, went quiet, and whispered, ‘does a blow job count?' Whaaahahaha! No, it most certainly does NOT!!! (Love you, Boegom!)

Best piece of travel advice...

"Have a contact in every town. Even if it's just an email address. Also, take a loaded credit card as backup. You always overspend and that safety net can be very handy. Also *ahem* when the sales are on.

Do you have an embarrassing travel story you are brave enough to share?

"This is my dad's favourite story, which I thought had been buried, but it seems to be reappearing at dinner parties of late. I was 12 or something and it was our first trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. For me the trip to The States meant something more than Mickey Mouse - that's right, Playboy Magazine! Obviously those were the days of Scope (with stars on the nipples) and the blinkers-on life that we used to have in South Africa and the chance of getting my filthy mits on a proper ‘porno' was almost too much to comprehend. My dad and I went to the shops and he secretly bought me a Penthouse Magazine (even better for a youngster!) as long as I promised not to tell my mother. He also told me that if I DARE try and smuggle the magazine back into South Africa, he wouldn't be helping me if customs arrested me. (He was genuinely worried about that - that's how bad it used to be.) I promised.

We came back home and went through customs smoothly (my folks could have been spies if they wanted - they knew customs backwards, packed their bags like smugglers and never got caught with their astounding levels of shopping. Our luggage was ALWAYS disgustingly overweight on the way home). Once we got home and off-loaded all the bags, my dad got suspicious as I was surprisingly quiet (as a spoilt only-child I would usually be rummaging through my folks bags at this point, to get the multitude of toys that were bought overseas). He took a walk through to my room where he caught me on the floor with my shoes off, close to tears.

He looked at the shoes and saw some kind of moist glue coming out of them. Confused, he ventured nearer and, on closer inspection, he realised it was a sodden mash of paper pulp. ‘What is that?' he asked. I burst into tears. He got some of it in his hands and, although completely saturated and barely decipherable, he noticed a woman's breast.

I had spent the last night in the US, cutting out all of the breasts (JUST the breasts! No faces!) from the Penthouse magazine and put them inside my shoes. The nervousness and mild panic experienced at customs had resulted in me sweating like a pig, (especially through my feet it seemed) completely destroying my smuggled merchandise!

How blind is that? But how cool of me at 12-years-old to risk all with the old regime South African Customs and make it through alive?!!!

Photo courtesy of www.verstercohen.com

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Toss

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 14:49.

His real name is William Mellor.
He is the biggest try hard i have ever met. He is also a closet homo..and thats a fact.

He would be able to "giev it the large" if he werent hiding as Seth R.

CT is small...sure you'll bump into him and see what a wet he his.

Seth Rotherham is a great

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 16:44.

Seth Rotherham is a great blogger! I'm very fond of his open, funny, smart and ironic style. I first read an article of his on some Blu-ray Porn he reviewed and I fell in love with his blog right then and there.

Seth

Submitted by ATG on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 09:19.

Worked with this oke at Butlers in the early 90's when at varsity. Okes at work used to laugh at this tiny, little awkward guy who tried so so hard to be cool. But the harder you try ... Seems nothing has changed.

Shamefull

Submitted by CleverPete on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 08:43.

He is a shamefull front for(and owned by) a list of sponsors, this blog is as empty as ...well as empty as an empty sardine can.

seth

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 08:28.

Is he not the guy running around Camps Bay in lycra cycling kit drinking coffee at populat coffee shops posing to be a cyclist?

Seth's birthday???

Submitted by ps in CT on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 08:11.

NOT today sorry, only in March......

This is old

Submitted by Adams on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 14:34.

Why you rehashing old stories, rather dont do anything.

Go Seth! So many jealous

Submitted by Joe on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 11:22.

Go Seth!

So many jealous people out there! Live the lifestyle. Why are all you jealous folk so keen to know how much money he makes? Just so you have some more to complain about?

Have an original idea, and run with it. Or, accept your mediocrity, and shut up!

Who wouldn't want to live

Submitted by Jonty on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 22:17.

Who wouldn't want to live the vibe and make money at the same time. Someone once told me to work smart not hard. Bring it!

Feedback

Submitted by gt24.editor.kelly on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 16:36.

Thanks for all the comments everyone - who knew one interview would garner so many opinions?

Our interview was not designed to be an in-depth look into Seth's life, or a critical analysis of his chosen lifestyle. It is a fun piece in our Famous Faces series that looks into the travels of local celebs and people of note.

We fully believe in both our and your freedom of speech, so feel free to say what you feel, but remember, we reserve the right to do the same and to moderate comments that use profanity or directly attack another person.

May the debate rage on!

Kelly :)

Wow. I have to agree with

Submitted by Lyndi on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 16:25.

Wow. I have to agree with Kat - this is a light-hearted interview with a guy who whether you like it or not, is massively successful. While I'm never sure whether I'll condone the lifestyle, I always love a controversial guy and if he can live the high life and make his fortune at the same time, well, good on him I guess.

What the editor did to deserve that tirade, I'm not sure. Clearly some of you are lacking that little alarm that goes off in one's head and warns you when you have nothing of value to contribute to a conversation. "Sleeping her way to the top..?" Really now - do people still stay things like that? Not only is a tired insult, but it is a pathetic attempt to hurt the feelings of someone who I would guess has enough good sense to see it for what it is (or alternatively is not): not clever, not funny, not constructive, not interesting, not relevant. Fail.

Amazed at how rude you guys are

Submitted by Kat on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 16:10.

The interview wasn't presented as anything but a look into the travel likes and thoughts of one of South Africa's BIGGEST bloggers. (35 000 unique visitors a month!) He has a huge following and group of people who would be interested in reading this. Comments about the editor "sleeping her way to the top" - seriously? Grow up and stop being a douchebag. Or realise the nature of the interview once you read the intro and take your attention elsewhere.

Why doesn't someone do a

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 15:55.

Why doesn't someone do a proper investigative interview with these bloggers? Get their backgrounds and let's see if "Seth Rotherham" will give his real name and why he chose "Seth".
Let's get some feedback from the people who were at school with him.. that would be more interesting than this steaming pile.
What is driving him to do this, what is his day job - give the interview some substance.
We all know he's a trust fund kid so why not delve deeper than this!

i reckon 2oceans must earn

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 14:20.

i reckon 2oceans must earn between R50k-R75k (conservatively) a month on advertsisnig...and i reckon the businesses expenses are minimal....how much does it cost to run a blog??

do the math you douche bag. he has one heealvu business going on. i think that expalins why as a rich white kid he can continue u living the dream

The Vibe

Submitted by Eric on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 14:10.

*YAWN*

there are way too many of you haters out there, i am willing to bet that every single one of you is jealous because you aren't living the vibe. As a former resident of Cape Town i read the vibe every single day without fail as it is a reminder of what i am working for!

The fact that Seth has been successful doing what he loves should be admired and not scorned. I for one will continue to read and support the blog as well as try to live the vibe, its the only way.

PS. If all of you hate the blog so much, why read it? Ignore it and let those of us who do enjoy it read it and live it in peace.

Live the holiday!!!

Hahaha you sad jealous

Submitted by Seth fan on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 14:08.

Hahaha you sad jealous LOSERS!!! You really have no clue, do you? I have known Seth for 13 years and trust me when I say that none of you could even dream of being as amazing a person as he is. Now best you get back to your boring day jobs and sad lives. Hahah!

Thanks for the comments

Submitted by gt24.editor.kelly on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 08:08.

Thanks for the feedback everyone - wow, seems like whether you love him or hate him, Seth makes a splash.

Like it or not, Seth is one of the country's top bloggers and therefore an important figure in the online world and we are thrilled that he took the time out of his busy Camps Bay schedule to talk to us.

If you have any suggestions for other famous faces you would like interviewed on GoTravel24, please let us know in this comment section or by emailing us.

info@gotravel24.com

Or, if you think you can do better - start your own blog.

http://gotravelblogs.24.com/

Ps - please keep the language in the comments clean - we don't want to have to edit what you have to say.

IDIOT

Submitted by Fandash on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 07:56.

What an idiot. Obviously this d**k has never had to work for anything in life and taking his answers into consideration, he seems to be rather full of himself and the fact that he may have money. Money does not make you anything in life Seth, and the sooner you get off your sorry arse and start being productive the sooner you will realise that you end up as worm food like the rest of us. I suppose you are one of those that turns their noses up at anyone who does not have a cruiser moored at the V&A. Idiot!!!!

seth you are a boring and

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 06:39.

seth you are a boring and self indulgent little pr**k. what a shame that all the travel your parents took you on was not of any intellectual nature and did nothing for your IQ. no woman would want anything more than a blow job with you once she dicovered the lack of depth (and probably length)

wtf??...

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 17:09.

wtf, another spoilt rich kid, the real question to ask is what is his turnover or total cost of ownership of his blogs. He must b pumping serious cash in2 his blog to keep it on top. True bloggers make profits from their "hobbies".
And wtf does the mile high club got to do with anything? Seems the G24 editor certainly knows how to sleep her way to the top of the clouds, judging from this and other posts and comments!