Friday 30 October 2020, Day 40 of Level 1, Day 218 of Lockdown 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a record unbroken sleep of 8 hours 🙏; for another day of abundance; for a sunny day, slightly warmer than yesterday, but chilly now as the South Easter picks up; for a promising response to a Camps Bay Beach Clean tomorrow; for being able to get a website glitch of my new client fixed today; for tea with the always entertaining George Sax at Firefly Café; for a challenging walk, uphill to Camps Bay Drive via Geneva Drive, the 300 Discovery points well worth the huffing and puffing; for achieving 1300 points in the past week, the most in a week ever, with only 8000 points still needed to get to Diamond; for an efficient Commissioner of Oaths stamp by the Camps Bay police station; for the delivery of a new Boston Distillery Gin with Hops gift 🙏; for dancing to Kfm; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙
The Sweet Service Award went to Woolworths, and the Sour Service Award to Pick n Pay Camps Bay.
Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths; the Sour Service Award goes to Pick n Pay!
The new Boston Distillery Gin with Hops is small-batch artisanally handcrafted in Cape Town with Amarillo Hops. The gin contains five botanicals: coriander, orris root, liquorice, cardamom, and Angelica, with the zest of lemon, orange, and grapefruit. 🙏
I’ve now learnt that while I must reach the minimum number of steps to gain any Discovery points, exerting myself for one hour per day, instead of two half hours spread out over the day, earns me a minimum of 200 points, and if it is an uphill walk it goes up to 300 points. It’s taken me a long time to work out 😱👣.
My Apple phone required a software update to version 14.1. Oh my goodness, a whole new phone. Many of the Apps have disappeared from their usual location, and are now in an ‘App Library’, all on one page. Why do they need to change things that work and don’t need to change?
Early to bed to watch TrumpFlix …. 😱😂😂😂
SA Corona Status : 723682 cases 19230 deaths 😷😢
FitBit 14000 steps 14 km 👣
Lovemylife❤️
The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March and to continue until 16 April, subsequently extended to 30 April, lowered to Level 4 from 1 May, lowered to Level 3 from 1 June, lowered to Level 2 from 18 August, and lowered to Level 1 from 21 September, is an unprecedented event in my lifetime. I am posting my daily Facebook post to journal this Corona Lockdown Journey, perhaps to serve as material for a future Book.
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Three weeks ago I was privileged to experience the new Homespun by Matt Secret Supper Club, which is offered on Monday nights, a dinner of 15 courses which I was blown away by, it being of an international standard, making Homespun one of our country’s top restaurants. Last week I returned with my friend Stuart Bailey, to experience the 7-course Tasting Menu which is served from Tuesday to Saturday evenings, finding it to be a dinner at an extremely generous cost, and to be another evening of Fun Dining Fine Dining.
It has taken three days for me to get back down to earth after experiencing the Secret Supper Club at Homespun by Matt in Bloubergstrand on Monday evening, a unique Magic Music Food Wine Theatre experience which places this restaurant amongst the best in our country. Sadly it has never been recognised by Eat Out in any of its awards, and I too had never previously visited Homespun. 
Monday 5 October 2020, Day 15 of Level 1, Day 193 of Lockdown. 😷