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    Fun Dining at Granny Mouse

    October 17, 2016January 11, 2018

    What goes through your mind when you receive an invitation to a 5 course wine pairing dinner? Do you expect to sit round a table and listen to the wine maker drone on and on about how he/she made the wine? Do you expect to sit next to serious wine drinkers who make notes on the taste and

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    Did you know that @bluebirdcoffeeroastery have mov Did you know that @bluebirdcoffeeroastery have moved into their own premises?
Where : 36 Main Street, Howick
Days : Monday - Sunday
Times : 7:30am - 4pm
What's to drink? Coffee, coffee, coffee and other drink options
Food : Toasties and pastries
Retail : Coffee beans, coffee merchandise and coffee equipment
Affected by loadshedding : Nope
Make a note to stop and have coffee when you go Midlands Meander-ing. 
#lovecoffee #bluebirdcoffee #coffeeshop #coffeeroastery #Howick #MidlandsMagic #KZN #KwaZuluNatal #SouthAfrica #runoncoffee
    "Construction work began on Midmar Dam in July 196 "Construction work began on Midmar Dam in July 1961, submerging 5 000 acres of land. The dam cost R4.5 million to build.
Official name : Midmar Dam, South Africa
Location : Howick, KwaZulu-Natal
Purpose : Municipal and industrial use
Opening date : 1965
Owner : Department of Water Affairs
Type of dam : Combination gravity and earth fill dam
Impounds : Umgeni River
Height : 30 metres
Length : 1,423 metres
Reservoir : Creates Midmar Dam Reservoir
Total capacity : 235,000 megalitres
Surface area : 1,788 hectares (4,420 acres)
Recreational activities : Boating, swimming, waterskiing, fishing, windsurfing , canoeing, mountain biking, braaing and picnicking. 
Each year, the Midmar Mile swimming race is held, which organizers call "the world's largest open water swimming event".
Below the dam, which overflows during the rainy season, the uMngeni plunges over the Howick falls and into the uMngeni valley, to continue on its way to the Indian Ocean.
Midmar Dam Nature Reserve : The large stretch of fresh water from the uMngeni, coupled with 1000 hectares of game park that is home to red hartebeest, blesbok, reedbuck, black wildebeest, oribi and zebra, is what makes the Midmar Dam Nature Reserve so attractive."
#MidmarDam #Howick #HowickDam #water #MidlandsMagic #KZN #KwaZuluNatal #SouthAfrica #runoncoffee
    December in KwaZulu-Natal is hot and humid and we December in KwaZulu-Natal is hot and humid and we often have thunderstorms in the evening. 
Drinks should be cold, fizzy and refreshing - NO Eggnog will be served! 
What will I be serving this holiday and for Christmas day? 
The Gin-Berry Bauble Fizz
50ml Gin
50ml - 100ml  Berry juice
Soda to top up 
Mix together the gin and berry juice and pour into the glass bauble. Pour the bauble contents into the glass and then top up the glass with the soda.
Gin : @theginco Passion Flower Gin from  The Standeaven Brewery 
Juice : Cranberry @sirfruit_
Soda : Pomegranate @livealittlepura
Martini glasses : @restore_vintage
Cherries : @checkers_sa Gillitts Corner
Blueberries : @oxfordfreshmarket Hillcrest 
Cheesecloth for backdrop : @foodphotographypropshop
#ChristmasCocktail #lovegin #ginSA #gincraft #gin #ginlover #gincocktail #ginfizz #runoncoffee
    Some of the amazing coffee that I have enjoyed in Some of the amazing coffee that I have enjoyed in 2022 and some of the incredible baristas who made that coffee.
🎶 Give It To Me Like 
#lovecoffee #cappuccino #flatwhite #cortado #coffeeshop #baristas #runoncoffee
    Interested in fabulous coffee shops and South Afri Interested in fabulous coffee shops and South African history?
Take the road to Pretoria.
Read out about my day trip to Pretoria now on the website - Link in Bio
#lovecoffee #travel #coffeeshops #Pretoria #runoncoffee
📷 Sorcery Coffee The Ruins
    Read 'Jaunting Around Jhb' now on the website. Li Read 'Jaunting Around Jhb' now on the website.
Link in bio.
📷 Fourways Mall : The Speciality Coffee Experience 
#lovecoffee #travel #Jhb #runoncoffee
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