On Saturday my friend Gary Peterson and I did a road trip to the Winelands, delivering the prize of a 1 litre tube of Rio Largo Extra Virgin Olive Oil to each of the five chefs who made the 2022 Top 10 Women Chefs.
Our first stop was at Le Lude in Franschhoek, and we were lucky that Chef and owner Nicolene Barrow was in her Orangerie restaurant, as she almost always is. Continue reading →
Monday 14 March 2022, Day 165 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for another lovely day in Plettenberg Bay, starting with rain and slowly clearing at midday; for a generous Grand breakfast, offered granola, fruit and yoghurt, as well as a cooked breakfast from the Old Town Italy menu dated 2020, I choosing a Tony Soprano, with poached eggs, Béchamel sauce, and bacon, the terrace fire lit for us as it was chilly most of the day; for Sonja joining me for a walk up and then down the Main Road, popping into shops, but resisting all temptations; for a call Continue reading →
Sunday 13 March 2022, Day 164 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a lovely cool continuous rain day, welcome after yesterday’s 30C plus heat on the Garden Route; for a comfortable bed and good sleep at the Turbine Hotel (except for the Knysna Forest Marathon ending right outside the hotel, to loud cheering from 6h30 onwards); for the most delicious and spoiling 90 minute breakfast, encouraged to order from the Continental and the Hot Breakfast menu sections, all included in the room rate, with delightful service from Kamuelihle ; for Continue reading →
Friday 11 March 2022, Day 162 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a full busy day at Botlierskop, with a very early start at 6h00, surviving on 3 hours of sleep, going on a 4 hour game drive on the 5000 ha private game reserve, seeing springboks, impala, bontebok, waterbok, zebras, rhinos, eland, ostriches ….. but the lions were hiding; for a refreshment stop with hot chocolate and Amarula and rusks 💙; for surviving the game drive, feeling nauseous and fearful, it feeling like turbulence, driving in a 4 wheel drive vehicle on rough terrain, our driver Continue reading →