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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 120 of Level 1, 28 January 2022

 

Friday 28 January 2022, Day 120 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for experiencing more up than down today; forcearly morning rain; for doing my first PCR Test for my Eye op on Tuesday, done so nicely and quickly with a nurse at Pathcare at Mediclinic in Gardens, in what was previously parking bays; for popping into RG Jack on Bree Street to buy light bulbs; for buying the boys droë wors at Hartlief to take back with them to the UK; for a last quick dinner with the boys at Zest, Gary Peterson joining us, before heading to the airport to drop them off; for a lovely woven Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to I Know a Guy Recycling; Sour Service Award goes to Himitsu!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to I Know a Guy Recycling, who have sent a team of staff to help collect litter on extremely busy days at the Camps Bay Tidal Pool area,  assisting Camps Bay resident volunteers to fill between 50 – 75 bags  per day of getting involved. They also take all the filled bags with them to their factory in Killarney, sort the content, compress the plastic, and send it to Switzerland, so that garden furniture can be made from it.

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Corona Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 113 of Level 1, 21 January 2022

 

Friday 21 January 2022 Day 113 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a more relaxed day, giving myself some me-time; for a beautiful day, with no wind, at 29C; for starting the day with a Breakfast for the committee of the Camps Bay & Clifton Ratepayers Association at Himitsu at the Camps Bay Retreat; for getting work done; for a lovely slow drive to Hout Bay on this beautiful day, meeting the very gentle Renate there, a Pearl restringer, with 6 bracelets to be done (accumulated over Lockdown to date) and a ring to be fixed, a great discovery Continue reading →

South African Restaurants make the World Culinary Awards shortlist, including Utopia Cape Town!

 

For the second year running the World Culinary Awards are being held, celebrating and rewarding excellence. It is a sister event of World Travel Awards.

The 2021 finalists of the World’s Culinary Awards for the African and all other Continents have been announced, an award program which has stretched over the year, culminating in the announcement of the winners on 7 November.

Some of South Africa’s Best restaurants have been nominated, competing against the top Restaurants in Africa. These include Utopia Cape Town,  Wolfgat in Paternoster, Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic, Himitsu at Camps Bay Retreat, and Life Grand Café, all from the Western Cape. Continue reading →