Sunday 13 December 2020, Day 84 of Level 1, Day 263 of Lockdown š·
Corona Gratitude š
#Grateful for a busy weekend, now being able to catch my breath again, and grateful that the Presidentās Speech has been postponed to tomorrow; for a warm day at about 22C, with glorious sunshine; for a walk through Camps Bay this morning, surprised about the protection I received from managers of businesses across the road as well as our security company, when a drunk/tikked homeless woman threatened to hit me with a brick š±; for having been invited by owner Judi Fourie to attend the opening of her wow Fideliās Deli, next door to her Pilcrow & Cleaver on Parliament Street, formerly a branch of Kleinskyās; becoming the new outletās first customer, buying an Argentinian mini cake to bring as a gift to my lunch hostess; for a lovely lunch out in Durbanville at the home of Lorraine Adam, whom I met in our Tourist Guiding class in January, meeting some of her friends; for another Camps Bay walk on my return home, shocked at the volume of litter; for a lovely online Hope @ Home concert from Berlin by Daniel Hope; for the launch of a beach clean initiative by okja, offering a free coffee for every bucket of litter picked up on Camps Bay Beach, to be launched tomorrow š; and for being happy and healthy but tired. šš Continue reading →
Saturday 13 June 2020, Day 13 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4 š·
JAN the JOURNAL has published its second volume of 2018, just before the year closed. It has taken me almost two months to look at it after buying a copy at Woolworths, the 297 page manuscript of The Jan Hendrik Group (PTY) Limited being more than intimidating in thickness, and time required to do it justice in reading it. Despite having an editor for the publication, one wonders how Chef Jan-Hendrik manages to find the time to collate such a heavy-weight Journal in his role as Editor-in-Chief, given his commitment as chef to his one Michelin star restaurant JAN in Nice, and his regular trips to Cape Town and SA.