This is the original version of a story I wrote on LANGA that was in the June 2019 issue of Khuluma inflight magazine Take the N2 The N2 out of Cape Town takes you places. To tourist hotspots like Stellenbosch, Hermanus and Ceres to name a few, synonymous with…
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“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy’. ” Sylvia Plath’s words, and a perfect descriptor for my staycation at La Petite Ferme. The blue chip property with its prime position against the Franschhoek mountains…
The article first ran in The Cape Times on 15 February 2019 Annual street art event Each February since 2017, Salt River undergoes a hue revolution as street artists from South Africa and the World gather under the auspices of the International Public Art Festival (IPAF) to inject a fresh…
This article first appeared in the Sunday Times SA on 9 September 2018 Julia Hattingh is a conversation ambassador and all in the name of food, glorious food. At Reverie Social Table, the d’hôte style dining concept she introduced in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory three years ago, it’s…
This article is in today’s Cape Times SA, Mon 4 Sept, 2018 On Sunday 22 September, the South African leg of the World AeroPress Championship took place at the Bello Studio at the Old Biscuit Mill in Salt River hosted by Espresso Lab Microroasters in front of a lively audience of…
This article first appeared in The Times newspaper in South Africa, on 22 February 2017. I wrote it to coincide with the UN’s Year of Sustainable Travel for Development. You’ll notice that as often as possible, my features will draive awareness about environmental consideration and sustainability. I’m passionate about the topic and…
The original version of this interview- written to coincide with Women’s Month- first appeared in the Sunday Times SA on 19 August 2018 In a male dominated arena, female chefs are owning the culinary space in fierce fashion. Meet Vanie Padayachee of Marigold in Franschhoek, cooking in the Cape with…
This post first appeared in the Sunday Times SA on 12 August 2018 The stand-up coffee bar is here, SA’s first. Pauline’s has opened in Sea Point, introduced to the vibrant seaboard neighborhood by one Jon-Paul (JP) Bolus of Loading Bay fame. Fairly commonplace in cities like Rome, Melbourne and Manhattan, the concept…
16 January 2019 – The call to South African restaurants for participation in Gout de France 2019 has gone out. Every restaurant can participate, the aim being for them to cook “French” cuisine for one day or the whole week. It’s a celebration of French and South African cuisine innovation!…
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Reduce, reuse & recycle – there is no planet B
The 1950’s were a noteworthy decade. Amongst a myriad of other things, Walt Disney released Cinderella, Charles M Schultz launched his Peanuts comic strip and Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British throne. It was also the genesis of the mass production of plastic and, sixty years later, Earth is heaving…
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