27th February 2019
Deep in the Cecilia Forest on southern Cape Town’s Constantia Nek, through a series of leafy twists and turns, you’ll eventually find yourself stood before a surprisingly large boutique hotel. So large in fact, you’ll wonder how you’ve never seen it before. The answer to that is twofold: firstly, there’s an impossibly dense forest in the way, and secondly, the hotel is brand new!
6th December 2018
Recently I was invited to sample the newly opened Charango Barbacoa menu and, being that their specialty is steak and I am a non-red meat eater, I was intrigued. I often judge a restaurant based on how they cater to vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians like myself (mostly veggie, sometimes chicken and fish). And well, Charango did not disappoint.
3rd December 2018
Where has the time gone??!! It’s been months since my last post (shameful excuse for a blogger, I am) but it hasn’t been all lying around watching series. I have, in fact, (drumroll please…) started my own business! Let me introduce you to my little labour of love (and sweat and tears and really reeeaallyy dry hands), Calico Ceramics!
17th September 2018
So you remember when we went feasting at Waverley Hills? Well, as if their hospitality weren’t enough, we were kindly offered a place to stay for the night – travelling with a little one is not easy (if you guys have tips for a newbie mama, please dish them here!), but we weren’t expecting to be blown away by their recommended accommodation, Orchard Stay; just a nice, comfortable place to lay our heads for the night before driving back to Cape Town the next day. WELL – IT. IS. STUNNING. To the point that a) we couldn’t bare staying only one night, and b) we’re already planning our return with friends in tow.
29th August 2018
Nestled in the verdant Wolseley hills between Tulbagh and Ceres in the Western Cape is a hidden little gem that is well worth the drive. After a picturesque meander some 90 minutes from Cape Town, Waverley Hills stands proudly on the slopes and though eye-catching it may be, it’s what’s inside that truly counts.
3rd August 2018
I know, vodka and pooches aren’t two things that you’d ordinarily see together, right? But tomorrow night, Saturday August the 4th from 4pm – 8pm, they will be! Capetonians, you’re invited to an all out fundraising Pop-Pup evening of divine cocktails at Orphanage with Tito’s Handmade Vodka in aid of Cape Dachshund Rescue and you know I am anywhere there are cute pups and some good drinks.
I have been dying to do this project ever since I was still pregnant and readying the nursery (I still need to do a reveal of our little girl’s room!). After struggling for an age to find a foam playmat that wasn’t entirely hideous, I sought an alternative method to paint one myself. But then I got sick and the project just ended up on the enormous pile of discarded things to do. So since I am finally well enough and since Gia is really starting to become mobile, I decided now was a good time to get cracking on my DIY Playmat at last!