After just more than two years of opening in Camps Bay alongside Pick n Pay, with a plan to open a number of Maison J outlets inside or alongside the retailer, the owners have closed down the coffee, croissant, and bagel outlet, and reopened on 1 November a completely plant-based food and beverage outlet called okja, in the same space, still selling its coffee and bagels. The French-themed music and turquoise branding and packaging has been replaced with dark blue packaging, and what sounds like Rock music. Luckily the lovely staff remains the same. Continue reading →
Saturday 31 October 2020, Day 41 of Level 1, Day 219 of Lockdown 😷
Thursday 23 July 2020, Day 53 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4. 😷
Camps Bay, thanks to the Facebook Memory, the staff overjoyed when I brought a little gift to the owner David Chait and to the Manager, for always spoiling us locals; for a peaceful afternoon at home, snoozing in the sun, feeling just like a cat, curled up and …. almost purring… 😻; for a walk through Bakoven, 2000 steps lost as I forgot to put on my tracker after charging it 😱; for calls to Stuart Bailey and Jenny Stephens; for a lovely chat to Bukeka at Absolute Pets, she and Michele teaching me so much about cats; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 