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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 2 of Level 3, 27 July 2021.

 

Tuesday 27 July 2021, Day 2 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a good working day, loving the adrenaline and buzz of spending the whole afternoon at Zest Restaurant and newkings boutique hotel, Zest reopenimg tomorrow, and serving Breakfast for the first time, open to hotel guests as well as locals, from 7h00 – 11h00; for a lovely team spirit at Zest, after 4 weeks of not seeing each other, I feeling part of the family, thanks to the amazing kind owner Chef Pavel; for bumping into Jayme at Zest, the best buddy of #BananaBoy, the second time we’ve seen each other by coincidence in a month 🍌; for kind Charlene Shapiro of CNC Products, dropping off an order for me at Zest, so we had coffee/tea and a chat first; for finding new Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 86 of Level 1, 15 December 2020.

 

Tuesday 15 December 2020, Day 86 of Level 1, Day 265 of Lockdown😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a sunny day, at 21 C, with a South Easter building up, getting us ready for 10 days or more of wind; for being taken a step closer to my promising Horoscope for today, when a headhunter for a (different) German Amazon job did a telephonic interview with me; for the honour of being invited to join the international Tourist Guiding committee of my Canadian Tour Operator, having our first Skype meeting on Saturday; for a good walk through Camps Bay, with barely any litter; for a quick call with Jenny Stephens; for a winetasting followed by a cocktail tasting at Utopia, so happy to hear that they are fully booked tonight, so much so that Vivian Warby and I couldn’t get a table for tonight, booking for next week instead; for dancing to Kfm’s Dansdag; and for being happy and healthy. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 8 of Level 2, 25 August 2020.

 

Tuesday 25 August 2020, Day 8 of Level 2, 152 days of Lockdown. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the rain we are having today, more than was forecast ☔️; for being lucky to walk to Camps Bay in a sunny window, before more rain arrived, raining now again ☔️; for 8 hours of sleep in total, even though it was in batches, after Miss Minsky had a sociable evening and came back home in the early hours of this morning 🙀; for a restaurant information scoop which became my Blogpost today; for my resting heart rate steadily dropping after it was alarmingly climbing until this weekend; for finding my shopping bag on the Camps Bay Promenade, where I had left it after sitting on it for a short walking break, giving me extra steps to have to walk back when I needed it for my Woolies’s shopping 👣😱; for dancing to Kfm Dansdag; for a chat to Jenny Stephens and Stuart Bailey; for seeing how beautiful the new Firefly Café in Camps Bay will be when it opens next week, with planters done today; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 72 at Level 3, 11 August 2020.

 

Tuesday 11 August 2020, Day 72 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a productive day work-wise; for the rain just starting to fall now ☔️, after a dry and cloudy day, not too cold at 16C; for a walk through Camps Bay, linked to a shop at Pick n Pay; for fabulous support from Michele Antelme about my review of Quince Restaurant, receiving a barrage of hate comments, having to switch off the Comment facility eventually, even my doctor’s wife giving me an earful… 😂; for a shorter walk through Bakoven; for chatting to Colleen de Villiers; for my fabulous warm bed with its electric blanket, making me sleep like a baby; for dancing to Kfm Dansdag, so happy that Carl and Zoe are back in their usual slot; for a call from Stuart Bailey; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →