One sip at a time
If you follow me on social media or read the posts on my website then you should have come to the conclusion that I LOVE the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. Number one being the coffee (so obvious) and then there is also the arts and crafts, scenery, restaurants and the many fabulous places to stay. It
The Royal Palm Hotel is situated in the heart of Umhlanga directly across from the Gateway Theatre of Shopping and very near to Chris Saunders Park. The hotel built in 2007, is approximately 15 – 20 minutes away from King Shaka International airport which makes it an ideal place to stay for the business or
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,
Shew! It’s been an eventful and fun two weeks! My sister Carryn came down from Jhb to spend time with my Mom and of course with me as well. But that is actually the wrong place for me to start. I had won a stay at any Protea Hotel for two nights in December 2015 and with the busyness of
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
On 13 August Neil and I will celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. For the first night of our marriage we stayed at Granny Mouse Country House as it was known then. I remember driving at night with a toilet paper and shaving foam covered car – Neil actually had to stop and remove toilet paper from the windscreen so that
I said in my blog post on our trip to Monks Cowl Golf Resort that I would share a few photos of our stop on the way to the Drakensberg and on the return home. It is about a 3 hour trip to Monks Cowl so we only stopped once and that was in Nottingham Road at The CoffeeSmiths
On Saturday 10 May was my 41st birthday! I woke up early as usual and Neil gave me rooibos tea in bed. There was a bucket of school shirts that I had to put into the washing machine, but that was the only housework I was going to do. I climbed back into bed and Neil brought me