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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 153 of Level 1, 2 March 2022

 

Wednesday 2 March 2022, Day 153 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a Wednesday with a difference; for feeling right as rain again this morning, getting a little more sleep than in the past week; for rain this morning; for getting my work done calmly and efficiently, despite a little explosion Camps Bay related; for the excellent news that Rhode Snyman our very non-efficient ‘Chairman’ of EbbTide is selling her apartment – hallelujah – illegally having a For Sale sign erected on Body Corporate property; for preparing for the status meetings this morning; for bravely sticking my neck out in asking Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Facebook why no Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 130 of Level 1, 7 February 2022

 

Monday 7 February 2022, Day 130 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for surviving the day on 3,5 hours of sleep, wide awake for 2 hours after watching ‘The Tinder Swindler’, memories coming about how I nearly was swindled on Tinder 😱😡; for a day of work, work, work; for Henry finding my sliding door lock key in the most unusual place; for our garage door working perfectly today, Henry now being back at work after his leave and exams; for a chat with Stuart Bailey, needing some advice; Continue reading →

Restaurant Review : New Shoreditch House restaurant at the refurbished The Winchester Boutique Hotel is not yet ready to receive diners!

 

On Saturday I met Gary Peterson at The Winchester Boutique Hotel (they have dropped the ‘Mansions’ out of the branding) to explore the refurbished 99 year old lady, which reopened last Monday, it being my first home for 9 months when my parents and I arrived in Cape Town from Germany, when I was 3 months old, an apartment block at the time.

Winchester Mansions also was where I got engaged, in its fabulous Orangerie Restaurant, one of few exceptional restaurants in Cape Town at the time, and also where my sisters and I and our families celebrated the life of both my parents.

While we had a lovely relaxed time exploring the hotel and having lunch, I was shocked at how unready the restaurant is to have opened and receive diners. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 9 of Level 3, 24 June 2021

 

Thursday 24 June 2021, Day 9 of Level 3😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for an amazing day, how lucky l am; for a beautiful sunny day, warm in the sun but chilly in the shade, at 17C, ahead of a crazy storm day expected tomorrow; for getting all my writing finished in time, to fit in a Houghton Drive/Steps walk; for fetching poppyseed baguettes at Paris Cape Town just after 2 pm, their closing time too early for me, but they were still open, and owner Laurent was generous in gifting these to me as a thank you for my blogpost about his bakery which I posted yesterday; for a lovely status meeting at Utopia, which turned into a wine tasting when the Siris Continue reading →