The Food Barn in Noordhoek is one of those places where you can’t go wrong. So when I was invited for my friend’s birthday lunch, I was very much looking forward to it. I don’t go to Noordhoek often enough but it is such a beautiful part of the Cape. If I would have a [...]
Last weekend was one of those glorious Autumn weekends in Cape Town. OMW it was SO beautiful! We had planned to spend the afternoon in the wine lands. We would hit it off with a Bubbly tasting at Villiera and then swiftly move to Warwick to taste their new tapas menu and of course have [...]
I don’t often visit the wine lands of Durbanville and I’m not exactly sure why that is because they’re very close to Cape Town and the area (once off the N7 and past the refinery) is quite beautiful. Last weekend I ended up in Durbanville on Saturday AND on Sunday. Sunday was the Champagne & [...]
hm, 1 of the nice things of living in Cape Town is that you never ever need to get bored. Last weekend we had to improvise a bit because suddenly the weather let us down a bit. But hey, how difficult can it be to make a plan B when you have about 300 wineries [...]
Can you believe it?? I couldn’t when I got a text message from my friend on Thursday night: Wanna go cycling at 9pm this evening? Sure, I said… thinking his was a joke but at the same time very excited to cycle again. I’ve been looking at my bicycle for the last 2 years. Have [...]
Last weekend was such a relaxed spontaneous weekend and I really enjoyed all the beautiful spots around Cape Town.. We started off with after work Sundowners at Wakame (www.wakame.co.za, 021 433 2240). It is one of the best places in Cape Town for sundowners on the rooftop terrace overlooking Table Bay. We also had some [...]
Yesterday evening we were invited by Southern Sun to go see the Phantom of the Opera. We started off with drinks and snacks at the Southern Sun Waterfront. Only last week I went to this hotel for the first time. Since my appointment as an Associate with www.helmsbriscoe.com I have to know a lot of [...]
It’s been a loooong time since I wrote my last blog. Jeez, I really was completely out of it. I’ve just been very busy setting up a new business and before that I was traveling extensively. I still owe you a blog on my trip through Swaziland and Mozambique but I can’t promise when that [...]
On the 25th of July I made a booking for the 20th of August to have lunch at Babylonstoren in the Cape Wine lands. For w-ends you would need to book 3 to 4 weeks in advance. I had never experienced this before in any restaurant in Cape Town or the wine lands. Expectations were [...]
What I love about my life as an entrepreneur is the fact that I’m allowed to be curious all the time. I never realized that I enjoy being ‘curious’ until I moved to South Africa and became a professional Tour Designer. I just LOOOOVE to walk into a place and ask if I ‘may have [...]
NOTE: I don’t like writing negative blogs.. I find it very difficult. But I do feel that this time, I’m obliged to write about my experience because I think it’s such a pity that such awesome premises just don’t get anything right. We felt we had ended up in an episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’. Santé [...]
Doesn’t this look delicious? Some time ago I was supposed to have a morning meeting at Haas Coffee. Because I work from home it’s nice to have all my meetings outside and try new and interesting places. The person didn’t show up for the meeting but I still decided to order a flat white and [...]
Last week Saturday, 1 of those incredibly beautiful days that we seemed to be spoiled with this Cape Winter, we ended up having a late lunch at Salt at the Ambassador Hotel in Bantry Bay, Cape Town. I’ve had lunch here before and it was absolutely divine. This time we had a weird experience which [...]
Just a short and sweet blog about my breakfast experience last Saturday at Superette, about 500 meters down the road from the biscuit mill market in Woodstock. I felt like I was in Amsterdam again. That’s what the place looks like. All very relaxed and chilled, fresh produce and lots of artie designer details. I [...]
Yes, we have ANOTHER culinary highlight in Cape Town. It’s a bit tucked away in the Waterfront but once you have found it, I’m sure you want to keep coming back. Dash is situated in the 35-bedroom Queen Victoria Hotel, behind the Commodore Hotel. I made a booking for last Friday night at 7pm. I [...]
Yesterday was one of those days that you’re not really looking forward to. There would be no electricity in my building because of maintenance reasons so I decided to do all those queue-ing things that don’t make you happy: queue at the post office to re-direct mail because the Green Point post office is suddenly [...]
Sometimes you do things and while doing them you wonder: What was I thinking? This is way to challenging for me. However, afterwards you feel exhausted but very pleased that you did it. Last Sunday I hiked Myburgh Waterfall Ravine for the 2nd time. When I hiked it the first time, I was quite fit. [...]
Not sure if this makes an interesting subject for a blog but hey, that’s up for you to decide. Today my building is without electricity because of maintenance. My car is in repairs as well. So this morning, after dropping off my car at the garage I first went to Café Neo in Mouille Point. [...]
Last Saturday it was such AWESOME weather in Cape Town so I decided it would be nice to drive around the Cape Peninsula and look at all the beautiful scenery. A friend of mine had just moved from Jo’burg to Cape Town and she had never been to Cape Point and dreamed of seeing the [...]
It’s not often that one is impressed with nearly everything in a restaurant but yesterday we were. Wow!! What’s On Eatery, situated in a little side street between Bree & Loop Street certainly knows how to get things right. First of all the interior is beautiful without being too fancy, posh or over the top [...]
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