Affordable restaurant food seems ofttimes a myth, especially within the confines of one of the most cosmopolitan cities on this great continent. You’d think KFC, Eastern Food Bazaar or even a place like Hudson’s, would offer up a better sit down penny-saving option, but even they have raised the marker of what was previously considered…
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Cape Town foodie escapades: Societi Bistro Review
With my trip to New York on the horizon, I’m thinking more and more of the foodie escapades I’ll get up to in the Big Apple. Bistro’s are one the city’s staples, but Cape Town is not bereft of bistro’s and their broody and comfy vibes. Today’s foodie escapade took us to: Societi Bistro. When…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Sea Street Bar & Lounge Review
Winter sure is a bastard when it wants to be – So biting, so beautiful, and so cold. One has to have a really good reason to venture beyond the solace of warm shelter…What better reason than good food? Let’s move away from Cape Town’s gourmet seaside dining spots, and into the towering grey of…
Outfit of the Day: Adrienne Landau vest for Winter Street Style
Man! I love reveling in new looks. Today’s Outfit brings back the Rabbit Fur Vest I wore a couple of days back, which is by Adrienne Landau The beauty of fashion is its inexhaustible spirit to – even if you don’t wish to be yourself that day – allow you a reprieve to be someone else….
Outfit of the Day: Adrienne Landau scarf for Winter Street Style
I’m bringing you Winter fashion in Cape Town.
You guys have to invest in a Mongolian Fur Clip scarf by Adrienne Landau, for winter.
Here’s why…
Travel South Africa: Escape to The Last Word Constantia
I’ve been riding a happy high these past few days. A few things fell into place, and potential was realized; and I am just ever so pleased. With winter drawing ever so near, I wanted to escape to a place that would help reclaim the few tendrils of summer left. I ventured a little away…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Seelan Review
I escaped work this week, to check out a well-established (albeit underappreciated) restaurant, nestled quite literally, within the waterfront quays It may be grey and dank in Cape Town, but the hunger pangs live on! So today’s foodie escapade had me following my love of decor and need to placate the belly monster, to Seelan…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Mama Africa Review
Grey, though the weather in Cape Town may be, but vibrant are the people and their hustle & bustle so close to winter. Those who have heard of Cape Town, have likely heard of our infamous Long Street – invariably a culmination of local and international aesthetic. Among the cafes reminiscent of New York’s SoHo…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Beluga Review
May Day! May Day! It’s a new month, and with it comes new lifestyle adventures. This post serves to notify all readers to a solid dining option in Cape Town, this new month. Amid my relaxing weekend at the hidden O on Kloof Boutique Hotel & Spa in the city, I pushed myself to venture…
Travel South Africa: Escape to O on Kloof Hotel
Hello May! Another month, so another travel escapade became necessary to relieve the stresses already built up these past few weeks. Where did I head to this time? There is a dark architectural fusion wonder of urban chic and classic design, nestled in the deep recess of the Cape Town city, overlooking the Atlantic Seaboard….
Cape Town foodie escapades: Royale Eatery Review
Happy Easter my lovies. I do hope you remembered the sanctity of these past days, and not reclined in lazy recovery mode, as I did. Amid my heathen-adjacent vacation time, I took a minute to fuel up on some good grub. YEP! We got us another Cape Town Foodie Escapade. This time, I hit up The…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Hokey Poke Review
So I managed to actually have a lunch break yesterday, and side-stepped my usual saladpalooza, for another new foodie escapade in the inner city. Hokey Poke is a poke bar located within the central business district of Cape Town. Hawaiian Classic | Cape Town Original “Dafuq is Poke?” you ask?! Well my dear reader, Poke is…
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town: The Fashion Week that was’nt
Windswept. Meager. Disorderly. Woefully inadequate. The truth of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town 2017, was that of a weathered offering falling apart at the seams. This piece of indulged mediocrity by the AFI – Africa Fashion International organization, was collectively mishandled on so many levels. The Drama The Public Relations flavor-of-the-month to handle the re-emerging bi-annual…
Outfit of the Day: Haute Couture
Day 3 and we got us a haute couture situation for my final day of this months street style. My friend and I hit up our regular CBD haunt, to snap some street style shoots; and we had quite some fun with hair and clothes – while burning in the Cape Town sun. Today, I’m…
Outfit of the Day: That African Butter
It’s grey today, in Cape Town. I decided to publish something a little sunny. I haven’t done these in a couple months, but I have a near retro chic outfit of the day, and no other words to keep you reading. Go look at the pretty. My hair is by Brazil Hair| Earrings (which I…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Bertus Basson Restaurant Review
If you’ve ever done any research on what to get up to when you’re still in South Africa’s Western Cape province, but not in the bustling metropolis that is Cape Town, you’ll have come across The Spice Route. The Spice Route is a modern twist to the historical pattern of awaiting seasonal cross-continental trading of old. The…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Val du Charron
Only thing better than sleeping? Waking up to a spectacular view. The Val du Charron Olive and Wine Estate is less than an hours drive from Cape Town, and is hidden 10 kilometers from a small town called Wellington. This town – no bigger than other well-known South African historical towns like King Williams Town…
Cape Town foodie escapades: Makaron Restaurant Review
Following 2-hour traffic delays during my roadtrip, sweltering Cape Town heat – and amid my taking in the vivid wonder of Majeka House’s luxury hotel suites – I had to placate my rumbling tummy. Majeka House & Spa is a boutique hotel nestled in the leafy green suburb of Stellenbosch’s Paradyskloof. One experiences an idyllic…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Majeka House
Let us veer a little away from the ocean side with my next travel escapade, and into the lush green landscape of Western Cape’s more mountain-side luxury escapes. Conveniently situated along the Cape Wine Route (and under an hours drive from Cape Town), the gorgeous and eclectic, owner-managed Majeka House, is a luxurious pocket of paradise – whether…
