For the first time since his regular ‘Family Meetings’ during Lockdown, President Ramaphosa addressed the nation via Livestream on YouTube. His topic was the ‘Energy Crisis’.
The ultimate goal of the measures announced is to never have to experience energy shortages again, the President said.
The Sweet Service Award goes to Stepbrothers in Bantry Bay, for its very prompt service when a friend and I went there for tea and cake earlier this week.
The Sweet Service Award goes to the City of Cape Town, which does its best to keep Cape Town electricity users at a stage below that of ESKOM users. While it could not prevent us experiencing Stage 6 last night, it is able to lighten our power load on most Loadshedding days. Continue reading →
Saturday 12 March 2022, Day 163 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a smooth flowing day; for a good breakfast at Botlierskop, with a beautiful yellow free range egg cheese omelet; for a careful drive to Knysna, with so many speed cameras and traps; for checking in at Turbine Hotel on Thesen Hotel, but our rooms taking another two hours to become available, so we went on a little walk on the island, the shops not much different to what I remember from a last visit at least 5 years ago; for bumping into Markus Färbinger, former owner of Ile de Pain Continue reading →
Tuesday 8 March 2022, Day 159 of Level 1, International Women’s Day 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a fabulous 27C day, with no wind; for a day of working, working, and working, having to catch up for yesterday and work ahead for the rest of the week; for a sunset walk to Camps Bay; for not being affected by Loadshedding today 💙; for the end of eye drops three times a day for four weeks; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Monday 7 March 2022, Day 158 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a busy day, getting my client work done by 9h30, to leave for the City; for a 12 hour tour with my lovely young German client Josua, covering Bo-Kaap, Woodstock, Steenberg, Muizenberg, Boulder’s Beach, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak, Camps Bay, Clifton, Signal Hill, and ending off the day with a lovely Tasting Menu dinner at Zest, Marlene Du Plessis-Zoetl eating there too; for surviving a very strong South Easter, especially in the deep south and at Signal Continue reading →
Saturday 25 December 2021, Christmas Day 🎄⭐️, Day 86 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a lovely Christmas Day, after a quiet Christmas Eve at home last night; for posting Christmas messages for each of my clients; for sharing the Christmas joy with the diners at Utopia, taking photographs of the full house today, with a lovely special Christmas Menu served, and for being invited to share the table with Maki Chase, her husband Steve Chase and Maki’s children, so kind and generous, served an egg nog (made with Amarula, rum, and Crème anglaise…. Mmmmmm) which the guests had received as a welcome drink, and for being able to buy a main course portion Continue reading →
Tuesday 21 December 2021, Day 82 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a challenge of a day, with no power in Camps Bay for 21 hours, affecting the whole Atlantic Seaboard, City centre and Bowl, and Woodstock, not knowing how long it would take to be fixed, not sure if I should sleep more, or get up and walk, my phone battery being flat already, so the first start was to get up and get my power bank from the car, so while it was charging the phone, no messages were going out and I couldn’t make calls; I fetched a gift of a shirt, biscuits and a donation Continue reading →
Monday 20 December 2021, Day 81 of Level 1, My Birthday 🎉
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a fabulous birthday, literally overwhelmed by the volume of messages on Whats App and in Groups, on Facebook and calls, not having got to see them all yet, starting from 6h00 ❤️❤️❤️; for getting some work done this morning; for the most amazing Birthday gift from the Camps Bay community today (see below); for seeing Barbara Lenhard and Flo Gast, who flew in from Germany this morning, not having seen them for 8 months, their Smart having stood in my garage, catching up quickly on our news and nibbling left over Christmas biscuits; for Hennie Kriel sending Continue reading →
Wednesday 24 November 2021, Day 55 of Level 1 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a day starting off with lots of insecurities and ending off on a high note; for two Discovery Gameboard plays; for being able to speak to Stuart Bailey for the first time in weeks, being able to congratulate him on his birthday ; for a lovely 23C day, but windy throughout, especially in Camps Bay this evening; for preparing for meetings today and tomorrow today, feeling very organized; for a Bakoven walk; for good client meetings; for tasting and photographing the new Anatoli Tasting Menu which launches on 1 December; for a lovely dinner at the home of Gary Continue reading →