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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 31 of Level 3, 26 August 2021Chef

 

Thursday 26 August 2021, Day 31 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for rain for most of the day, the weather not as wild as predicted; for an organized working morning; for my rolls waiting for me at Dinkel Bakery, the lovely Cain telling me that Gary Peterson had been there for coffee this morning; for stocking up on good old German Maggi liquid at the German Food Shop above Dinkel; for a quick shop at Continental Butchery on Kloof Street; for good Utopia and Anatoli status meetings, so good to see how well the bookings are looking for September, and how amazing the growth in Facebook and Instagram followers has been in the past week, due to Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 88 of Level 1, 27 May 2021

 

Thursday 27 May 2021, Day 88 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Gratitude for an organized day; for surviving on only 4 hours of sleep, feeling energized because it was so busy; for a walk up the 100 Houghton Steps and down Houghton Road; for a wonderful afternoon, doing a quick shop at the German shop and then at Hartlief, for fetching my rolls at Dinkel and buying mustard at the upstairs German shop, for a short and sweet Status meeting at Utopia, and photographing the range of Chardonnays it stocks, for International Chardonnay Day Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Dinkel Bakery; Sour Service Award goes to Vodacom!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Dinkel Bakery, and its Cain, who kindly assisted me in getting my poppyseed rolls yesterday when I ran out of time to collect them before he closed the Deli and coffee shop. He left them at the nearby superette, and said that I could pay for them when I collect my weekly order next week, when I called him.  Cain is a fantastic service ambassador for Dinkel Bakery. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 18 of Level 1, 18 March 2021

 

Thursday 18 March 2021, Day 18 of Level 1, Day 358 of Lockdown

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a day that looked like rain initially and was chilly, but cleared up to become sunny, at 21C; for a most lucky day of generosity bestowed upon me, receiving a delivery of Wagyu burger patties and a steak from Garth Angus of Wagyu Direct, for a tea treat and tons of info about joining Discovery Bank from Maki Chase at Schoon in Sea Point, for receiving a bottle of Merlot from Gary Peterson when I dropped off some of the patties, for a treat of a winetasting at Utopia Cape Town, loving The Valley Chardonnay, and for Utopia Chef Pavel asking me which dish I would like to eat….. choosing the kabeljou and scallops ❤️, making it a lovely Status meeting ; for collecting my Dinkel rolls; for a fabulous walk combining Camps Bay and Bakoven, and blessed with the most beautiful sunset, and for crossing over into 20300 Discovery points🙏; for managing to finish this post just in time, before we are Loadshedding at 20h00; for Minsky getting back safely after being out the whole night; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →