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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 43 of Level 1, 12 November 2021

 

Friday 12 November 2021, Day 43 of Level 1 đŸ˜·

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a busy busy day, phew đŸ˜±; for the day starting with the technical and organizational challenge of getting our apartment garage door fixed, a spring and a lever having broken and it not being able to open, but finding an amazing door specialist Tom from Doormac whose number I had in my phone from two years ago, and he came to our rescue, first helping to get my car out of the garage as I had to get to Utopia this evening, and then doing a temporary repair, which enabled us to get the door open and closed again, what a relief 🙏🙏🙏🙏; for Portfolio Manager Vanessa of Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Atlas Trading; Sour Service Award goes to ESKOM!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Atlas Trading in Bo-Kaap, for its well-priced coarse salt and peppercorns, all clearly marked with its content, expiry date, and the price on the shelf. I have always tried to buy refills for these products at Pick n Pay, never having the correct product, or only selling them in expensive non-opening pepper or salt grinders. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 30 of Level 1, 30 October 2021.

 

Saturday 30 October 2021, Day 30 of Level 1 đŸ˜·

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a lovely relaxed carefree day, despite not starting off well due to a very restless sleep, worried about Minsky gallivanting elsewhere until 7h00 this morning, getting up regularly to see if she had returned; for a busy start to the day, doing a Spring clean, adding a good number of steps to my count today; happy to see Gary Peterson when he arrived early, amazing that he offered to take over the vacuuming of the lounge, the last task I had to do before Rose Klein and Hans-Werner Klein Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Labotessa Café ; Sour Service Award goes to ESKOM!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Labotessa CafĂ©, and its owner Johan du Plessis, for comping the Appeltaart and cream when I went there on Monday to celebrate the City of Cape Town Mayoral Civic Award which was handed over on Wale Street, not far from the Labotessa Hotel. An even bigger treat was having Johan sit at the table for a catch-up chat. Continue reading →