Tag Archives: Hartlief

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journey, Day 16 of Level 3, 11 August 2021!

 

Wednesday 11 August 2021, Day 16 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a busy busy day, starting with a 10h15 meeting, and spending about 6 hours at Zest and newkings boutique hotel, meeting Nicky Greeff-Chait from Camps Bay, and later Roman Retreat guest house owners at Zest, enjoying chatting to them; for receiving a July payment today 😱🙏; making my Thursday shopping routine a Wednesday one, collecting my Dinkel rolls, and my German coldmeats at Hartlief at Garden Centre; for a Bakoven walk, it getting chilly with rain arriving this evening; for 2 Discovery Gameboard plays, promptly spending a R100 voucher at Woolworths 💙; and for being happy, healthy, and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 20 of Level 4, 17 July 2021.

 

Saturday 17 July 2021, Day 20 of Level 4😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a peaceful night’s sleep; for a beautiful day, at 18C and sunny, and feeling the love from good friends; for getting my client work done so that I could leave home with a clear conscience, after a Bakoven walk; for picking up an order at Hartlief at High Constantia, the service sadly not matching that of the Garden’s Centre branch; for exceptional service at Woolworths and Checkers at Constantia Emporium 👏👏👏; for a lovely afternoon at the home of Rose Klein and Werner, spoilt with the lovely lunch of Gulasch; Kartoffelknödel (dumplings) and red cabbage, evoking memories Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 12 of Level 3, 26 June 2021.

 

Saturday 26 June 2021, Day 12 of Level 3. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a long working day, but a fun and food-filled one; for a good Status meeting at Harvest Culture Eaterie, with Dilmah Tea and a slice of carrot cake baked by Chef Marc Redman, served with Vegan meringues filled with cherry gel, a wow; for a quick shopping visit to Hartlief at Garden’s Cente, luckily with no roadworks on the N1 incoming; for getting to Zest Restaurant ahead of a meeting, interviewing owner Chef Pavel for the Home Improver magazine; for meeting Instagrammer Kim Jacobs for a drink and a light bite at Zest, she teaching me some Instagram tricks, Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 11 of Adjusted Level 2, 10 June 2021.

 

Thursday 10 June 2021, Day 11 of Adjusted Level 2 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a wonderful day; for a busy writing morning, bringing the good news that our Sandak-Lewin Portfolio Manager Greg Anderson will soon be moved off our account, after I have lodged complaints about him for more than a year; for a quick walk through Bakoven; for collecting my Dinkel rolls; for finding the new Paris Cape Town Boulangerie and Pâtisserie on Main Road in Sea Point which opened yesterday; for an unusual Utopia Status meeting, winemaker Ken Forrester popping in to see my client, and for finally meeting Rene Hurwitz who I know from Facebook, celebrating her 48th wedding anniversary with lunch at Utopia, and for a spoil glass of Bottega Continue reading →