About Eve
My full name is Eve Dmochowska. I was born in Poland, and emigrated with my parents and my sister via Austria to South Africa in early 1980s. Two weeks before my matric exams I left SA to attend a private American high school, on a scholarship. I then studied economics and international relations in Boston, MA (one of my favourite places in the world). I eventually moved back to SA, where I have been heavily ingrained in the online space, in one way or another. I am a single full time mother mother to 2 fab kids and one equally fab dog (see below), and now also have one foot in Switzerland.
I am a frustrated creative-type, a wanna-be writer, a gardener-to-be, a perpetual student, and a soon-to-be-expat. I have too much work, not enough time, but am no longer bothered by this imbalance. I procrastinate. I hate to have to cook, but I often love to cook for the fun of it. I look for shortcuts to an easier life. I’d rather be the dumbest person in a room than the smartest. I overthink everything, I read everything. I am a grammar bully (apostrophes and its vs it’s) but make my own mistakes all the time. I don’t know actors, directors, musicians, artists by name but do enjoy their work. I laugh at myself. I’m an optimist. I’m a tough critic. I don’t suffer fools. People who drive slower than me are idiots. Also people who drive faster than me are idiots. I am an extroverted introvert. I’m a loyal friend and girlfriend. It’s easy for me to close my eyes and imagine I have a wildly popular Youtube lifestyle channel, but in reality I run from the camera at the speed of light. I have face blindness, which is…interesting. I can sit around a dinner table and discuss the impact of rising interest rates on the geopolitical landscape with one side of the table and the latest Hollywood gossip with the other side, and immensely enjoy doing both. I am the type of person who understands confirmation bias, but who also reads her horoscope daily, and marvels at the accuracy. Like I said, I laugh at myself. Often.
Always happy to connect with new people! Please email me at hello@eved.co.za
About Micole
She’s 22, in her final year of studying actuarial science. Micole is the kindest and gentlest person you will meet, was never that “typical teenager” and I cannot believe she is now an adult! One of her defining life stories is that she was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor when she was just 2 years old. Needless to say, she beat all the odds. She knows everyone’s birthday, beats us at Letterbox and Scrabble every single time, is addicted to medical dramas and thinks she’s Lisa’s favourite (she isn’t!). She laughs at me all the time, but never more so than when I tell her I could have a wildly popular Youtube lifestyle channel if I wanted to.
About Zac
Zac Blumenow…mine and Craig’s son. Remember that name, because apparently he is soon to be a wildly popular gaming YouTuber (Micole laughs at that too). Ah, my Zac is the apple of my eye. He’s 13, and is a rather precious young man who melts my heart. He’s into space, and physics, and the stock market, and cars. And Fortnite. And YouTube. He likes to be right, hates to be wrong, and mansplains things to me all the time. Glued to his PC! He transitioned smoothly into homeschooling during Covid, and is still enjoying an unstructured day. He really is smart, though. And cute. And kind. And funny.
About Lisa
The Boston Terrier. A cuter dog you have never seen. A bit crazy, true that. But so loveable. She is by far the most important member of this family.
