On a recent trip to Cape Town, while spending some time exploring the best of both worlds at Arabella Hotel and Spa, I popped across the Bot River Lagoon for a spot of wine tasting at Benguela Cove Wine Estate. As one does. While exploring the property, as I perchance passed their flagship Moody […]
evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n Defined by the trusty internet as the gradual development of something, evolution is a natural state of affairs. It is happening all around us, all of the time. Right now in fact. And never more so than in the world of motoring. BMW first offered their electrified vehicle range to South Africans, the […]
Exploring the other side of my Joburg border this week as My Saturday Find takes me to the small bushveld town of Hoedspruit. Just over 5 hours (450 km) from Joburg is a little piece of paradise where life carries on at its own pace. It’s a great space to take a few days […]
My Saturday Find, belated as it may be, takes me to an old favourite I discovered back in 2017 in Newtown, Joburg. Not sure about the My Saturday Find thinking, check out my first post in the series here. An avant-garde restaurant, located inside a craft beer brewery in the heart of old Joburg […]
Driving through the Joburg suburb of Auckland Park I am immediately transported back to my university days, having studied down the road at the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Joburg). I see a space that is in the process of change, for the better. New developments are taking place, the slightly grimy feel […]
Birdhaven, a small, lush, leafy suburb located in the heart of the northern suburbs of Joburg, plays home to this weeks My Saturday Find. Voodoo Lily Café is a spot I have frequented several times over the last few years, mainly to take in the “escape from the city” vibe I so enjoy while […]
In a week flavoured by intense emotions and intermittent bouts of serious self-reflection following the loss of my dear friend Meruschka Govender aka Mzansi Girl, I decided not to break my weekly search for interesting spots to satisfy my weekend wanderlust. Nope. I think that is what Mush would have done. So in […]
So, as I continue with my goal of trying something interesting each Saturday, this week I’m in the mood for a lunch spot. Not just any spot, something interesting – an experience is what I’m looking for. My Saturday Find continues. See my first post in this series for more on this concept and my thinking. […]
So picture this. You’ve just woken up, it’s a Saturday morning. You know this because you emerged from a state of joyous slumber, without being serenaded by a screaming alarm clock. That, and yesterday was Friday. But I digress. No fixed plans are in place for the weekend – which is literally your […]
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 Mobile World Congress, or to those in the know, MWC and in this incarnation #MWC2018, is a trade show which sees the who’s who of the mobile phone, tablet and other related digital devices market come together in Barcelona. Probably the biggest mobile phone show in the world, it is […]