One sip at a time
On 9 June I attended the KZN launch of the new Rain Men’s Range called “G”, at Alchemy in Ballito. Alchemy is the bar side of the Blackstrap Craft Distillery Company and The Other Room Wine Shop and they are situated at the newly revamped Ballito Lifestyle Centre. Alchemy has an extensive gin cocktail menu which
On Thursday, 01 February 2018, the Royal Palm Hotel, located on Palm Blvd, New Town Centre in Umhlanga Ridge, hosted a prestigious cocktail party to celebrate their official re-launch as an independent hotel. The decision to become independant was based purely on the desire to offer their loyal customer base a more personalised service as an
On Wednesday the 17th May I attended the first ever Midlands Meander Pop-Up Kitchen – a one night only fine dining experience at Granny Mouse Country House & Spa. All the food was prepared on the grill by the Culinary Artists and we dined outside under the stars. Yes it was rather chilly as this is the Midlands in Winter,
It was a gloriously warm, okay hot Tuesday when I drove out to Ballito for the Rain Africa event hosted by the franchise owners of Pavilion, Gateway and the new Ballito Junction stores – Yusuf Sheik and Ryan Waters. Why a Tuesday? Well it was a public holiday! Human Rights Day to be exact. This year’s event was held
Thursday 27 October was a boiling hot start to this year’s Durban Good Food & Wine Show when Durban Tourism hosted a few of the chef’s at Cafe Skyzer in Chesterville. The meat was sizzling on the braai as were all the guests as we watched the heated cook-off. The chef’s in attendance at the cook-off were Neill Anthony,
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
Saturday 19 September did not dawn a bright and sunny day. Instead it was a continuation of cold, mist and rain that we had been having for nearly a week. This however did not dampen (ha ha) my enthusiasm for this wonderful day. This was the day for the second KZN Rain Africa bloggers meet and I was excited
On Monday the 4th August I helped take children from the Hillcrest Primary School down to Durban to the Holocaust Centre. I could take four in total, but only Laura and two other girls came to the car. We waited a bit and I stopped her teacher to tell him that I had space for one more. So he asks
Saturday 5 April dawned sunny, partly cloudy with a bit of a breeze. This was the day that the 25 ladies bloggers had been excitedly waiting for. After years of planning (really felt like it!) okay! months of planning it was D day. I firstly had to make an early morning trip over to the