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Category Archives: Eating out
fine art of Creation…
Whilst I have a love-hate relationship with Franshhoek (love good food and fine wine but loathe the pretentious fake French facade and canned romantic ambience. And there’s that little issue of the Grande Provence fountain with my name on it…) … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, Out and About, What's in a glass...
Tagged bobotie spring rolls, chardonnay, chorizo espanadita, Creation, duck and sour cherry pie, fountain, Franshhoek, French, Grande Provence, Hemel-en-Aarde, Mensa, merlot, Overberg, Plaisir de Merle, Riedel, roasted springbok pie, Syrah, tapas, Vick’s Medinite, winelands
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west coast pearl…
Once upon a not-so-long ago, I took a little trip up the west coast to the quaint former fishing village of Paternoster. Now, it bears noting Ma Ngnui almost moved there 15 years ago – but didn’t (the real estate … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, Out and About
Tagged Darling Brew, Dax, Hemmingway, Hout Bay, Karl, Ma Ngnui, Mazda, Paternoster, Scarborough, sunset, The Bee Whisperer, The Noisy Oyster, Voorstandt, Zero Nine Three Two
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how to: (score) first date…
* background * Typical Scarlet, I took 1 x proverbial bull by said horns and arranged the first formal date post prequel preparation (warning: do not try this at home!). Dax and I’d already spent a good couple of evenings … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, On screen..., Relationships and new hope
Tagged Best Luxury Hotel, Chapman's Peak, chappies, CNN Traveller, date, Dax, hamper, Hartenberg, Hout Bay, How To Tame Your Dragon, jelly-tot, Kitima, maître d’, mazah balls, Odeon, Ondine Sauvignon Blanc, Pepper Club, Scarborough, score, Sinatra, spa, Sunday, Wicount
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ek hart Hartenberg…
I apologise for the silence - this post is two days late, waiting in the wings while I battled some very real issues and finally grew up. My bright idea to host a competition was met by an overwhelmingly underwhelming response … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, What's in a glass...
Tagged Benchmarks, Boekenhoutskloof, Boschkloof, cappuccino, chocolate, Clover, competition, Dax, De Trafford, Eagles’ Nest, Festival, grace, Hartenberg, Haskell, Jeff Foxworthy, Kleinood, La Motte, Laurie Anderson, Liezl de Kock, Luddite, magic, Main, Nico van der Merwe, Ou Kaapse Weg, Raka, redneck, Shiraz, Stellenbosch, Strange Angels, Syrah, Toyota, Wijnhuis, winelands, Zip Zap
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bodies don’t lie…
Well, they don’t. Even the best liars are let down by their body language, the little micro expressions that lodge in the subconscious and fester. How many times has someone sworn blind (a-ha! another sign – ‘see no evil’) they’re telling you … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, On screen...
Tagged Body Language, F1, Grahamstown, Kalk Bay Theatre, Kalky's, laugh, marula, McLaren, Morpheus, Mother City, Oprah, possum
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‘you got to know when to hold ‘em…’
…lyrics from Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” I’m sitting in a lovely little café in Constantia called Pastis, nibbling a club sandwich and sipping one strong espresso in a cup which wryly reads “some like it black”. TH is at home, it … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, Retail therapy
Tagged Argus, B+D, cafe, competition, Constantia, home, Kenny Rogers, Kindle, Lana, Leatherman, Llundudno, Pastis, Sandy Bay, TH (the Hag), Virgin Active
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