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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 77 of Level 1, 16 December 2021

 

Thursday 16 December 2021, Day 77 of Level 1, Day of Reconciliation 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a very relaxed day; for a day starting off at a chilly 16C, reaching 19C, and falling back to 18C, blowing a storm; for the wind and cold keeping the crowds away from Camps Bay 💙, and hence minimal Litter, sadly some of it possibly having blown into the ocean 😱; for a good Status meeting for Utopia and Anatoli, my client making me laugh, a sign that he is feeling much better; for a spoil treat at Labotessa Café, needing a warm tea and their fabulous Appeltaart and cream, given the icy Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 57 of Level 1, 26 November 2021

 

Friday 26 November 2021, Day 57 of Level 1, #BlackFriday 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a day of extreme contrasts, waking up to the dreadful news of the UK putting us back on the Red List, with the rest of the world (or so it seems) banning flights from our country, the UK, Germany, and the USA bans hitting our tourism industry particularly hard, my clients and tourism players devastated today, but we’ve been through tough times before and we will survive; for a wonderful 7 hour continuous sleep, and then firing away with the work which needed to be done this morning; for the rain holding off when I was in town to attend a Brand talk hosted by Tania Olivier, meeting such lovely marketing girls sitting next to me, exchanging restaurant news, especially about Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 39 of Level 1, 8 November 2021

 

Monday 8 November 2021, Day 39 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for surviving a Blue Monday morning, which came with an overwhelming amount of work, and tension, I having to bite my Sagittarian  tongue; for getting all the admin work I was behind on out of the way today; for a surprise visit by our Sandak Lewin Portfolio Manager Vanessa Sillifant with a contractor to check our waterproofing problems, for a quote, to better the R1 million one which we received earlier this year; for getting the Blueness out of the way with a midday walk through Bakoven; for a full afternoon of work, knowing that Loadshedding was waiting for us at 18h00, being at Stages 3/4 Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Hazendal; Sour Service Award goes to EbbTide Apartments!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Hazendal, and its Guest Relations Manager Willem van der Merwe, for showing Gary Peterson and I around the wine estate for 45 minutes, the time it took the kitchen to prepare a Russian Tea Ceremony for us at short notice. Willem is a mine of information about the 300 year plus history of Hazendal. He found us in the restaurant, and offered to show us around, without us asking for it.  He is a fantastic ambassador for Hazendal. Continue reading →