There are not that many public places where I can spend a leisurely 5 hours relaxing and not start twitching to leave or move around. Polana in Kalk Bay is one of the few places where I have spent many an entire afternoon quite happily. It was a stunning sunny warm day on Sunday so …
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Ducks and Launches
Last weekend was a 3 day weekend, Monday was Youth Day in SA a day to remember the Soweto Uprising and the lives lost that day. We have had so little time together that Norm and I decided to hibernate. The weather was cold and wet so it was conducive to snuggling up and being …
Pop Goes The Kitten
When I meet new people they often ask me do I not miss the US. I don't miss anything except the people, but one thing I do wish we had the equivalent of in SA is shopping. The UK and the US have such great sales and a better quality of merchandise generally. I miss …
Party to the Mex
I had my minor procedure last Wednesday. I was such a bag of nerves and in a state of panic. Luckily I had Lily with me to distract me with silliness like photos. When we arrived at the clinic it was raining and we had to park miles away. But as we started trotting in, …
Chameleons
Last night I went to Peddlar's on the Bend in Constantia for dinner. It was planned as a book club get together with the George escapees, but most couldn't make it so there were only 3 of us who were there. Cait dropped me so I didn't have to drive as I intended to have …
The Bare Facts
Like so many things which go viral, the no makeup selfie trend went a bit awry. In many cases it lost it's meaning completely as most never donated. It was so easy - just SMS 'PinkDrive' to 40158 (in South Africa) to donate R20. In the UK millions were mistakenly donated to UNICEF due to …
Riding Into The Wind
I had such a fabulous weekend but this week has rattled along and I have been neglectful in sharing the fabulousness.We had a busy week last week and a busy weekend planned so on last Friday night we just had a quiet family night in and Norm cooked for us girls and made my fave, …
He Ain’t Heavy – It’s Time to Shed That Load
There has been a lot of rain and flooding in the northern areas of South Africa. We have had some temperamental weather down at the coast but nothing like they are dealing with in the north.The impact of this nationally is that we are having load shedding again. For those non-SA peeps, this is where …
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
I love Africa. I love the melting pot of many cultures, the beauty of both the rolling grasslands and the rocky mountains. Africa is a beautiful continent. It is also a place of violence and kindness. Africa is a place of vast dichotomies. Chasms so wide they cannot always be breached.Yesterday my domestic goddess Cordelia …
School Night
Our dinner for the new George Escapee Book Club was held at Ragafellows last Tuesday night. We were supposed to be 7 in total, but only 5 of us could make it – but the noise we made was enough for a dozen. We had a late kick off, and the owner, the lovely Julie …
Kitten in the City 