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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 97 of Level 1, 5 January 2021

 

Wednesday 5 January 2022, Day 97 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a lovely day, combining work with leisure; for a longer sleep than usual, just over 7 hours; for getting my client work completed; for meeting Gary at the newly opened Cabo Beach Club , the former Shimmy, having been so badly destroyed that its interior was completely redone, but it still looks familiar, having a second birthday lunch, Gary Peterson insisting that I should be spoilt with such a generous treat 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏; for a shorter meeting today, only meeting with Zest as my newkings hotel client was ill; for fabulous service from Jared of Camps Bay Hardware, having a Continue reading →

Is lifting of the Curfew a good omen for the Restaurant Industry? Restaurant Update January 2022!

 

The lifting of the Curfew late on 30 December was the best gift that the Restaurant industry has received in the past 21 months. It meant that restaurants could remain open late on New Year’s Eve, and that income was boosted by the longer trading, and better bookings for the evening, one which saw bookings sluggish until the announcement was made.  One hopes that it is a good omen for the restaurant industry for the year ahead, coupled with the recent reversal of the travel bans instituted by the UK, the USA and Germany, being our major tourism source markets.

For the first time the number of restaurant openings exceeds restaurant closures.
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 90 of Level 1, 29 December 2021

 

Wednesday 29 December 2021, Day 90 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a bizarre high and low day today, waking up from a horrid nightmare, almost never dreaming 😱; for a working morning; for meeting Florian Gast and Barbara Lenhard for lunch at Zest, spoilt with the gift of a cellphone holder ‘sling bag’, all the rage in Europe, catching up on more news and enjoying the sunshine and lunch #vielendank; for both my newkings and Zest Status meetings falling away, but meeting with staff of both clients, spending four hours there in total; for two Discovery Gameboard plays today; for putting in almost a full tank of petrol, at R900 😱; for a Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 85 of Level 1, 24 December 2021

 

Friday 24 December 2021, Day 85 of Level 1, Christmas Eve 🎄😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for no enhanced Lockdown restrictions over the Festive days 🙏; for the excellent news that the USA is dropping its travel ban from 31 December, and that Belgium too has reduced its restrictions relative to the southern African countries; for getting up early to finish most of my work by lunchtime; for a Bakoven walk; for taking Henry for Christmas Lunch at Zest, his first visit there, my Christmas Feast for today, and lucky to be served by the bubbly Josie Milner 🌹 ; for the efficient Continue reading →