You may remember I promised a longer post than usual this week – you’re in luck, here it is! Scroll through for highlights from our midweek break at the Blue Gum Country Estate in Stanford and more…
Friday, 24 May 2019: Commodore conferences and half-price cocktails
Saturday, 25 May 2019: Bean Authentic breakfast and bee stings
Sunday, 26 May 2019: Kauai and Eden on the Bay beach walks
Monday, 27 May 2019: Nutella hot chocolate and banoffee waffle at Panarotti’s
Tuesday, 28 May 2019: Roadtrip to Stanford, night at Blue Gum Country Estate
Wednesday, 29 May 2019: Milkshakes in Hermanus
That’s all, folks! May your weekend be relaxing. 🙂 Looking for more?Click here for my full review of our stay at Blue Gum Country Estate on Bizcommunity, and tune in for my next update next week – same time, same place. 🙂
*Disclaimer: Our bed and breakfast at Blue Gum Country Estate in Stanford were part of our review package. All else came from our own pockets. All enjoyed equally.
We had yet another day off work this week as it was national voting day on Wednesday – the last public holiday for a while, so we made the most of the chance to relax…
Saturday, 4 May 2019: Braai at Husband’s parents
Sunday, 5 May 2019: Kauai breakfast and honeyed lupper
Tuesday, 7 May 2019: French toast breakfast treat
Wednesday, 8 May 2019: Voting day in South Africa
That’s all, folks! Tune in next week – same time, same place for my next update…
We’ve been back at work for a week already so it seems very long ago that we were living the last week of our Summer staycation, even though it was just last week. Of course it whizzed by in a blur of sunshine, sea swims and sunset-gazing…
Thursday, 3 January 2019: Reload Flamingo Vlei breakfast, afternoon at Blouberg beach
We’ve been having quite a bit of work done around the house lately and with all the much-needed rain finally bucketing down the doggies have been quite on edge, as you’ll see from the snaps below…
Friday, 22 June 2018: Cooped up as house is painted
Saturday, 23 June 2018: Perfect winter food, gnocchi bolognese at the Italian Club
Sunday, 24 June 2018: Tin cup coffee, roast chicken and potatoes
Thursday, 28 June 2018: Office birthday doughnuts
That’s all, folks! There’s more wet weather and housework on the cards this weekend but we’ll do what we can to enjoy the small moments in between that make us smile.
This past weekend we were in Franschhoek as you’ll see from the snaps below – it was so difficult to trim them down to these favourites!
If you’re heading that way, we definitely recommend stopping in at the Wijnland Auto Museum and Butterfly World, and explore the lovely lemony Franschhoek Country House (FCH) and Monneaux…
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: Sunset dins at Doodles on the beachfront
Friday, 18 May 2018: Meltwater #BizBreakfast at Park Inn Radisson
Saturday, 19 May 2018: Stop at Wijnland Auto Museum, stay at Franschhoek Country House, dine at Monneaux
Sunday, 20 May 2018: FCH breakfast buffet; visit the animals at Butterfly World
That’s all, folks! Hope you have a relaxing weekend. Cheers!
*Disclaimer: Our meals and accommodation at Franschhoek Country House and Monneaux were part of our review package. All else came from our own pockets. All enjoyed equally.
This past week took an age to get through. Perhaps because we’re finally in February and January’s always the longest month, what with transitioning back into ‘work mode’ after the end-of-year break.
Here’s what we’ve been up to since my last update…
Friday, 26 January 2018: Meltwater webinar presentation
Saturday, 27 January 2018: Sweet treats at Sweet Loaf, brotherly dins at Catch22
Sunday, 28 January 2018: Husband’s family birthday lunch at Bossa
Monday, 29 January 2018: Husband’s 38th birthday
Tuesday, 30 January 2018: Office donuts and owlie mugs
Wednesday, 31 January 2018: Waffles on a stick at the Big Bay Summer Market
Thursday, 1 February 2018: #NespressoOnIce pop-up shop at work
We’ve successfully ticked off the first work week of the year, so there are fewer pics to scroll through than over the past few weeks, alas…
Friday, 5 January 2018: Wimpy brekkie, doggy beach walk and litchi milkshake at Black Forest Cafe
Saturday, 6 January 2018: Breakfast at Brocka, swimming in Blouberg
Sunday, 7 January 2018: Sunday lunch at Bossa, final holiday treat at Saint’s
Wednesday, 10 January 2018: Mid-week dins at the in-laws
That’s all folks, have a happy weekend! 🙂
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