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    Best Places to MTB in the Western Cape

    7 June 2022 - By 

    If you live in the Western Cape, chances are you are either an avid mountain biking (MTB) enthusiast – or you know someone who is. It’s a fact of life. And it’s no wonder because the Western Cape offers some of the best places to MTB in South Africa. With so many gorgeous reserves, country spaces and even city cycle spots, we are spoilt for choice. So, for this post, I am sharing a few of the best places to MTB around the Western Cape. Because, although it’s been many moons since I last rode about our farm on a…

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    Market Review: Oranjezicht City Farm Market Day, Granger Bay

    3 January 2022 - By 

    2025 Update: Please note, as of 6 December 2025, the market is now situated at the following address, 100 metres from its old Waterfront location: Breakwater Deck, Corner of Granger Bay Boulevard and Dock Road, V&A Waterfront. As the Oranjezicht City Farm Market Day is ideal for all ages – and even well-behaved, leashed pups – it makes for an excellent outing. In this post, I share a bit about my previous visits to the beloved OZCF market. Since June 2015, the Oranjezicht City Farm (OZCF) Market, a popular local market in the Mother City, has called Granger Bay home.…

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    Solo Travel Inspiration in the Western Cape

    21 May 2021 - By 

    When I first moved to Cape Town, I often had to travel alone. Sometimes, it was a choice – other times, it wasn’t. Regardless, solo travel has shaped me as a traveller – and as an adult. Weirdly enough, solo travel has even made me more confident, especially when it comes to social interactions. I am naturally reserved – but when it comes to travelling, I almost turn into a different person. When I first started doing reviews, I did them alone. This taught me which questions to ask. It also showed me how to engage naturally with others, even…

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    Cause | Effect: Home of Experiential Cocktails, Cape Brandy and Creative Cuisine

    22 January 2020 - By 

    Since its opening in late 2017 on Kloof Street, Cause | Effect Cocktail Kitchen and Cape Brandy Bar has been making serious waves in Cape Town. It now calls the V&A Waterfront home – and while the scenery has changed, the core values and appeal are the same. With its unique offerings, cocktail creativity and focus on the natural elements surrounding our city, this award-winning bar wows on so many levels… Specialising in creative cocktails, Cape potstill brandies and small plate cuisine, it is a wholly unique experience. Everything here incorporates a heady measure of flair and creativity. It is…

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    Whimsical and Captivating: Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town

    27 October 2018 - By 

    One of the latest, most interesting additions to Cape Town has undoubtedly got to be the trendy, opulent and all-round interesting Silo District. Aside from the easy access and close proximity this area offers to the ever-popular V&A Waterfront, it is also brimming with a wealth of its own exciting things for the whole family to see and enjoy. There is a plethora of art galleries, restaurants, chic cafes and more to be found here. But it is perhaps the impressive likes of Radisson RED, The Silo and of course, the world-famous, new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA)…

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    Accommodation Review: Feel at Home in Molo Lolo Lodge, Cape Town

    25 September 2018 - By 

    Update: As of 2022, Molo Lolo Lodge has changed management and relaunched as Casa Del Sonder. My review was written when the establishment was still trading as Molo Lolo Lodge. Molo Lolo Lodge is, in many ways, a somewhat secluded gem in the Mother City. With its unassuming, almost aristocrat David-Livingstone-in-Africa-type exterior and lovely location in the cosy suburb of De Waterkant (one of my personal favourites), if you blink twice from the street, you might just miss it. But for those who hold the pleasure of having experienced it, they will know that this might just be one of the…

  • Travel Review: Experiencing the Lindt Difference with Lindt Cape Town Outstanding Classes

    12 December 2017 - By 

    Update: Regrettably, the Silo District branch has since permanently closed; however, Lindt still has stores at the V&A Waterfront, Canal Walk and Tyger Valley. Recently, we were fortunate to experience first-hand the Lindt difference, when we joined a full, excited class of adults and one child (a rarity – because Lindt offers separate children’s classes) for a fun baking class at the trendy, hot-and-happening Silo District, V&A Waterfront. Trust me, if you loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a child, then Lindt Cape Town’s outstanding range of baking classes will provide you with an authentic, fun dip into the delicious world…

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    Travel Review: A Hasty Hop On, Hop Off Cape Town’s CitySightseeing Buses

    18 June 2016 - By 

    In  April,  I  finally  had  the  chance  to  ‘hop  on,  hop  off’  one  of  the  Mother  City’s  most  familiar  sights:  the bright  red,  open  top  CitySightseeing  Cape  Town  buses.  These  buses  exist  in  cities  worldwide  –  and  ever since  I  first  discovered  the  sightseeing  tours  on  offer,  I  have  felt  we  are  strangely  blessed  to  be  among one  of  these  global  cities,  which  CitySightseeing  and  their  characteristically  colourful  buses  frequent, granting  even the stoutest  local  the  chance  of  a unique,  almost  international  experience. Although  originally  brought  to  us  from  overseas  (where  their  global  reach  ever  increases;  you can view the…

  • Expo Review: The Power of Poison Exhibition, Cape Town

    22 April 2016 - By 

    After my Titanic Expo experience and subsequent reviews, I was kindly invited back to explore the Power of Poision Expo, which was set to arrive on South African shores in April 2016. A quick bit of research revealed that the Power of Poison Exhibition, offered by none other than the esteemed American Museum of Natural History, is a hugely interactive, fun and immensely popular exhibition that looks at both the good and bad aspects of poison, as it is found in: nature, history, literature, medicine and even fairy tales! I was instantly intrigued by this and my guest visit was…

  • Expo Review: Titanic Artifact Exhibition, Cape Town – Part 2

    26 February 2016 - By 

    When you step into the upstairs level of the Watershed, where the second part of the Titanic Artifact Exhibition (running till March 13th) is housed, you instantly feel the change as the temperature drops, the spotlights seem to alter and even the music soundtrack makes a more dramatic shift as you are warned of an iceberg ahead. There you will learn about the brave and hard-working men, who worked in the bowels of the Titanic’s Boiler rooms, where 159 coal-fired furnaces and 29 boilers would consume 825 tons of coal per day, as engineers – known as the ‘Black Gang’…