December 2010
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Sunset Over Clifton And An End To 2010!
Sundowners are a fabulous thing, especially in Africa. They are more than just a drink to end the day, they are a social gathering, a stop in time, a taking in of the scenery be it beach or bush, a laugh with friends, and a chance to breath in the last moments of the day. This is where I was for sundowners last night, Clifton in the Town that I love. Today we’ll have the last sunset...
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Babel Pleases With Colour Coded Salads And Fresh...
Babel Restaurant at Babylonstoren between Franschhoek and Paarl is pretty hot as a lunch spot right now, and I visited with friends to find out why. Easy to see …. Under new ownership, the Bekker family have done much to renovate, restore and enhance this beautiful historic farm, the development of Babel with it’s feeding troughs and old walls, one of the delightful additions.
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Kirstenbosch Rocks As Local Civil Twilight Boys...
On Sunday we were treated to a fabulous performance by Civil Twilight at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens! Steven and Andrew McKellar with Richard Wouter make up the trio that are originally from Hout Bay, but headed to the States in a bid to make it big. And these friends-brothers that have been playing together since they were boys, have done just that.
Their sound is distinctive, the range of...
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Let's Love and Protect Our Fish! →
Our oceans are being over fished and it’s not just our dinner at stake. Overfishing affects the marine environment and the livelihoods that depend on it. The Marine Stewardship Council runs the world’s leading sustainability certification for wild-caught fish. Choosing seafood with the MSC eco-label rewards well-managed fisheries and creates incentives for others to improve their...
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“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L....”
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Travel Concept's Blog Post, Only Time To Visit One... →
The Incidental Tourist, yes that’s me, was privileged enough to feature on Travel Concepts’s Only Time For One Wine Estate blog post. As below, and click on the link to see other’s guests recommendations:
“First and foremost I’m a bubbly girl, so when recommending a favourite wine estate I do find this swaying my choice. That and the fact that I live in Wellington, and take any...
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Walking The Road, The Little Girl And The...
I walked the Sea Point Promenade, to take in the story of The Little Girl and the Dragonfly, consisting of twelve sculptures that make up the temporary public art project by Marieke Prinsloo Rowe. Inspiring.
The Little Girl is walking with her arms stretched out, dreaming that she could fly.
Looking up into the sky she stretches her arms out even wider, knowing that there must be a way to...
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Baby African Hoopoe In My Tree!
African Hoopoe {Upapa Africana} - The oak tree outside my office has a baby African Hoopoe in it, nesting, bravely looking about every now and then, being fed by the beautiful parents who are never far away. What a treat!
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Karoo's Seweweekspoort - Well Worth The Drive!
If you’re a lover of Off The Beaten Track, and are in the Karoo this holiday season, do find the time to drive the Seweweekspoort Pass. The pass can serve as an alternate route between the rather busy N1 highway at Lainsburg and Route 62 near Ladismith.
Some info on the actual Seweweekspoort Pass - It’s 17 km in length, is beautifully rugged and wild with slopes and mountain...
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Nine Month Old Rhino Left Orphaned After Mother... →
NEWS from The Telegraph - “Bewildered, hungry and confused, this nine-month old calf was found staggering through the scrub a few hundred yards from the mutilated corpse of its mother at the Krugersdorp Nature Reserve. The poachers drugged rather than killed the beast because that is a more efficient way of incapacitating it before removing the horn. It then bled to death, its calf...
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The Stone Kitchen Opens At Dunstone Wines,...
The incredibly talented and charming Johan van Schalkwyk (pictured above with one of his waitresses) has opened The Stone Kitchen on Dunstone in Wellington. I enjoyed lunch here last weekend and can’t speak enough of how fresh, delicious and beautifully presented his food is.
The setting of Dunstone Wines is wonderful with the Hawekwa mountains as a back drop. The restaurant seating is...
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Food Wine Design Colours Sights Tastes Sounds...
Tasty offerings were found at the Food Wine Design Fair in Johannesburg, there is so much fabulous work being done by interesting and inspired people, felt good to be a part of it all. My favourites:
Incredible hand crafted furniture from Luke Pedersen of Pedersen Lennard who’s philosphy states - Design + Fabricate + Deliver. Here he is between two of his fabulous tables, with his bicycle...
