Summer Travel: A Locals Guide to Cape Food & Fun – Part I

Where to Stay? Where to Play? Where to Taste?☀️I invite you to join me on an exploration of the sun-soaked Cape’s unparalleled summer tapestry. From the untamed beauty of the Winelands to inner city staples and seaside bucket list stop-ins every intrepid globetrotter yearns for, this is a taste of summer in the Southern Hemisphere…

Stylish Safe Stay: Majeka House

Majeka House could be the Summer House you’ve always wanted – designed with Instagrammable exclusive pools; And quirky in its decor opulence…traditional where it counts, too!
Secure your summer stop-in spot now, and get ready for an unforgettable boutique hotel stay…

Summer in a Bottle: Top 10 Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Drinks to Stock Up On

Whether you don’t drink alcohol or you’re a Gin enthusiast, a Spritzer lover, or a wine connoisseur, THIS libations listicle has something for you!

I’ve experimented with them so you don’t have to try on your dime.

Refresh your home bar or stock up for summer (and evermore) with this handpicked selection of beverages for all palates, including botanicals of South African gin AND a taste journey with Japanese whisky …

Stylish Safe Stay: Taj Cape Town

The luxurious oasis in the heart of Cape Town still takes you around the world with plenty taste, scents, and sensation – not to mention the coveted quality of 5-star hospitality.
Here’s why The Taj Hotel Cape Town should be your next stop-in…

Cocktails in the City: How to Have a Sensational Sober Soirée

For the sober-curious, the wellness-focused, the celeb-led GOOP followers, or the ones choosing non-alcoholic drinks for other reasons, DRINK NIL is stocked with the market’s Must-Haves.

Here’s the lowdown on booze-free libations and How To Have A Sober Soirée…

Stylish Safe Stay: Lanzerac

What does 5-star hospitality mean in a South African luxury hotel?

📍 Find out how Stellenbosch-based Lanzerac sets the bar in hotel luxury, AND how you can reap the perks, now!

Culinary Quest: Grande Roche Hotel

Celebrated chef Kevin Grobler takes Grande Roche visitors on taste adventures at this luxury countryside hotel renowned for delivering outstanding hospitality.

Find your ideal dining adventure at Grande Roche Hotel now, because accessible fine dining & even leisurely hangouts revolving around food & beverages, are now on the menu…

Culinary Quest: GALJOEN Restaurant

Explore the African seas through decadent and familiar seafood flavours, with celebrated local chefs as your food guides.
Fresh local catches and new eatery beginnings with Galjoen restaurant. Here’s the lowdown…

Culinary Quest: Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia

Is this a bucket list Cape fine dining restaurant that can feed your body, add new favourites to your wine rack, AND add flavour to your IG feed?
Find out if this South African eatery along the Constantia Wine Route is a fit for you…

Culinary Quest: SALON, by Chef Luke Dale Roberts

Welcome to the world, according to Chef Luke Dale Roberts.

SALON is a new biographical concept restaurant in Cape Town, with intriguing ‘Journey’ and ‘Explorer’ Menus brought to you sourced, seasoned, skilfully prepared and plated, by a team as talented and resourceful as they are diverse and passionate.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

The Queen Charlotte television series, is a now ‘essential reading’ for anyone who is starting or continuing their Bridgerton experience.

It is as much decent entertainment and visual art, as it is a dramatic and selective foray into European royalty and their histories, as well as echoing existing racial tensions and cultural commonalities like relationship struggles.

Frankly, it’s just really good TV!

Travel Europe (Review): Volkshotel, in Amsterdam

In the city of canals comes a hotel that stands out even among the infamous Canal Houses and artist stop-ins.
Here’s why Volkshotel does Amsterdam justice in the spirit of its reputation as a culture and design destination, AND as the party stop-in of The Netherlands….

Travel Europe (Review): Chapter Roma Hotel, in Italy

Balance history and modern luxury, at Chapter Roma – one of Europe’s coolest value-for-money hotels, in Italy’s capital!

Here’s why every local and traveller is heading to this urban chic hotel in the heart of Rome…

Travel Europe (Review): 25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin

Chart a path across Europe with one hotel brand bringing funk to over 10 destinations – Case in Point: 25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin – The best of new & old world Berlin perfectly encapsulated here…

Stylish Safe Stay: Grande Roche Hotel

Escape to absolute luxury in the Cape Winelands – where celebrated Chef Kevin Grobler takes visitors on taste adventures, and this countryside grand dame delivers outstanding hospitality.
Find your ideal suite and dining adventure at Grande Roche Hotel now ✅ Another #StylishSafeStay …

Upcycling Budget Fashion Pieces for Luxe Resortwear Style

Don’t want to shop, but want to look stylish?

I’ve got tips on just how you can get that luxe look AND how to make Upcycling a lifestyle, and not just a fashion trend.
Read on for DIY sustainable styling, where I went to with my own look, and how to score some of the pieces…

Culinary Quest: Mulberry & Prince

Mulberry & Prince does brunch different – from their Mimosas to their breakfast menu picks.

Find out if they’re the right fit for your next brunch meet…

Stylish Safe Stay: Pearl Bay Villa, by Beach House Collection

Find out more about how the ocean villa that Beach House Collection offers up to you, is a masterful travel temptation complete with cinematic cosy style, lesser-travelled coastal vistas, and a unique opportunity to sate your wanderlust with luxury African hospitality…

Galileo Open-Air Cinema: Movie Magic Under the Stars

Outdoor venues in and around the city, are always choice for weird and wonderful experiences.
Find out whether the Galileo Open-Air Cinema is a worthwhile experience for movie boffins, families, and others alike…

20 Wines Under $20: Proudly South African & Good?

South Africa is abundant with delectable and relatively inexpensive wine choices from our esteemed and storied wine country.
Here’s a list of 20 wines produced in South Africa, for $20 or less…currency-willing!

Culinary Quest: GINJA Restaurant

Is GINJA Restaurant your next reasonable stop-in at the Waterfront – for food, vino, or even views?

Check out why any hungry foodie, travelling hoard, couple, or family, should choose to dine at this Newmark Hotels restaurant in the Cape…

Travel Essentials: Multi-Design Myri Dress

If you were wondering what is the one fashion piece you can buy, that will work for EVERY scenario, here’s more on the proudly South African ERRE design that’s been tried and tested!

Travel Essentials: Photography Tips for Solo Travel or Shoots

Taking decent photos is awkward and difficult as it is. I’m just offering photography tips I’ve learned through trial and error (and fashion & travel fun), to make it a bit easier for you to capture better memories with more polish and ease.

Here are my Top 6 amateur photography tips – whether you’re using a smartphone or DSLR camera…

Stylish Safe Stay: The Winchester Hotel

The Winchester Hotel, newly reopened and already popular among curious foodies, business pods, brunch hoards & staycation travellers alike, brings with it a medley of good food, better design, and even greater hospitality.
Here’s why this seaside Cape hotel is this seasons blooming offering, for locals and tourists beyond…

Travel By Scent: Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Florale

We travel to the Americas with today’s scent: Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Florale Multi-Use Dry Oil.
Find out more about this glimmering beauty product, the floral fragrance, and my journey to its discovery…

Stylish Safe Stay: Boschendal Estate

Escape to where you’ll be more than a pandemic survivor.
Boschendal Estate is a practical and stunning travel destination – with luxury Cottagecore that blooms against the backdrop of magnificent wineland vistas.
Find out about this farm and the special deals they have for you, now!

Travel Essentials: Skincare Beauty Finds

I honestly have Self-Care Exhaustion from being locked down, but these are the products I cant do without now, where my skin, travel, and beauty is concerned…

Stylish Safe Stay: Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel

The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is all accessible affluence, and a world of flavour fun, travel relaxation, and slivers of familiar comfort.
Catch the luxury hotel deal of the year, and wander with me as I review the hospitality at this esteemed Belmond offering…

Travel South Africa: Axis Luxury Apartments

✨Home-From-Home Stays✨
I’ve uncovered a handful of swanky serviced Aparthotels in the Cape and this fresh Century City Hotels self-catering offering might just be the next best.

Find out why now…

Culinary Quest: Manor Kitchen, at Lanzerac

At Manor Kitchen, fine-tuned rustic food comes with a dash of heritage and cosmopolitan polish.
Lanzerac reaffirms why its celebrated for its culinary offerings year after year, and this is how they’re doing it…

Travel South Africa: Labotessa Hotel

A cosmopolitan hotel in the city is not a rarity. Cape Town brims with chic hospitality escapes.

Find out whether Labotessa Hotel is worthy of your travel tastes AND what exactly sets it apart…