Two weeks ago I did a walk through the centre of Stellenbosch, to update myself about the restaurants having opened and closed in the town since I last visited it just before the start of Lockdown.
I wanted to try Post & Pepper specifically, having seen its posts, and that it had been nominated as a Best New Restaurant in Africa by the World Culinary Awards, only a few months after opening on Plein Street, in a space that was the Post Office of the town. Continue reading →
Thursday 16 September 2021, Day 4 of Level 2 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a very quiet industrious day, as one of my clients asked to postpone the status meetings to tomorrow, making tomorrow an action packed day; being able to catch up on writing work; for a call from Stuart Bailey, such a shock to hear about his health problems but he sounds like he is on the mend again; for a challenging walk up my favorite little Bakoven lanes, a route I haven’t done in ages, and seeing such beautiful flowers on the way; and for being happy, healthy and happy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Monday 19 July 2021, Day 22 of Level 4 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a sunny start and ending in a rainy afternoon; for a peaceful sleep in total silence 🙏; for an up and down morning, doing a Bakoven walk before the rain arrived; for a demo by Nick Taylor of Nox Rentals of the Swedish Minut Noise monitor, installed for me to measure the noise level from the other apartments in the building, also measuring the number of persons in an apartment; for a Camps Bay walk, just missing the next rain; for taking action against what is happening illegally in the apartment building; and for being healthy and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Tuesday 18 May 2021, Day 79 of Level 1 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a lovely day, sunny and warm at 21C, and for feeling far more relaxed and less anxious; for a fabulous 6,5 hour continuous sleep; for being ahead of my schedule in getting my work done this morning, so much so that Stuart Bailey came to pop in, so that I could bounce the Maintenance quotation off him; for giving Sandak-Lewin stick about their inefficiency and unprofessionalism; for a meeting postponed to tomorrow giving me an hour tea time at Peppertree Café, catching up on calls and messages; for a productive meeting with my lawyer about the Maintenance quote, feeling much less stressed now; for a Camps Bay walk to Woolies at lunchtime, and a sunset one to Bakoven, with the most wonderful sunset colours; for welcoming Nicola Jowell to Camps Bay Continue reading →