We have so many lemons at the moment that I am always looking for recipes to use up the lemons. I have never had key lime pie before. I decided to bake the pie substituting the limes with lemons. Here is my recipe: 300g Tennis biscuits 150g butter, melted 1 x tin of condensed milk…
As I am writing, it is drizzling outside. I love winters in Cape Town but saying that, rain has been forecast for the rest of the week and by then, I might have changed my mind. Camps Bay is a great place to be in winter. There is no traffic, you can always get a…
Last night, Deanne and I went to try NV-80. It is in the shopping centre above the newly revamped Checkers at the end of Seapoint. The restaurant is owned by Naldo and Victor Conçalves from the Pigalle group. The NV-80 reminds me of an old fashioned New York style restaurant. There is a very large…
Bali Place is available at this moment @ a winter special rate of R5900 per night, a large four en suite bedroom, four storey villa situated opposite the sea and 600 meters to the beach and Camps Bay Village. Offering breath-taking views, a cellar, double garage, unlimited free wireless internet (line speed 2 Mb/s), jacuzzi, private…
My favourite event this week is the Robertson Winery Mountain Bike Challenge. It is held at the Paru Farm in McGregor Road. Robertson is 1.5 to 2 hours drive from Cape Town. The mountain bike race is held on Saturday and has a long route of 57 km’s that start at 07:30, a 42 km,…
We Are One – Ole Ola – The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Song
Following the success of Downtown Abbey – period dramas are very popular at the moment. The lead actress Gugu Mbatha Raw is half South African. Her mother is British and her father was from South Africa. The film was inspired by a true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle the illegitimate mixed race girl. Raised by her…
A great way to make holidays abroad more affordable is to do a house swop or home exchange. Instead of renting a villa or an apartment you can offer your house in exchange for someone else’s. There are quite a few website where you can list your holiday home. Obviously you will need to live…
Back in England, we met up with Mike’s family in York, we all stayed in a house in Osbaldwick. The village has been in existence since the 11th century, and was declared a conservation area in 1978. Yorkshire has recently been chosen as the best place to visit in Europe. They call it God’s Own…
Travelling on the Eurostar is definitely the way to travel between London and Paris. You only need to arrive 45 minutes before and security and customs are as calm as can be hoped for with international travel. I took a my Italian friends booked in Le Marais. We immediately set off for coffee and sandwiches…
After touching down in England, I took the train to Grantham where Mike’s dad came to collect me. We drove down tiny country lanes to their house which is near the tiny village of Pickworth. The village consists of a church, graveyard and a few beautiful large old stone houses complete with gravel driveways. His…
I flew to Johannesburg to see my mum for a couple of days and then met Mike at the Tsogo Sun Hotel at Oliver Tambo as he was flying in from Kenya. I have stayed at the airport hotel a few times and I am always amazed how well the hotel is built to block…
Last weekend we decided to cycle from Worcester to McGregor. The plan was to leave the car and cycle to McGregor, sleep over for the evening and cycle back the next morning. Luckily our friend, Michel decided to join us and drove the car to McGregor and therefore we didn’t need to cycle back. Cycling…
So why not spoil your mother and spend the weekend in a villa or apartment in Camps Bay? On Mother’s Day, you can either cook her favourite meal in the privacy of your rented luxury home or take her out to a great restaurant. If you are staying in one of the Camps Bay Apartments…
If you missed out on an Easter breakaway, don’t despair, there are a few more public holidays coming up in the next few days. On the 27th of April it is Freedom Day which makes the 28th a public holiday. On the 1st of May it’s Workers Day. The end of April and beginning of…
On Friday evening we decided to try The Long Table Restaurant at Haskell Vineyards on Cobie’s recommendation. The drive there was spectacular with a tinge of excitement and mystery as we passed the gates of wine farms like Rust & Vrede and kept on going towards the foot of the mountains while the sun was…
I wrote a blog a month or two ago about a couple who was under the impression they were booking the www.lionsview.co.za penthouse apartment with an agent for a low budget rate and when they arrived in Camps Bay we had never heard of their booking. On Tuesday, I heard on the radio of a…
On Saturday, Cobie and I visited OmmiBerg Round the Rock Nouweau Wine Festival. To drive to Paarl from Cape Town takes under an hour. We started off at Perdeberg Winery where the Marketing Manager, Fergill poured us each a glass of Cap Classique Pinot Noir to kick start the day. We then visited Windmeul where…