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Tag: Lifestyle
Stylish Safe Stay: Bridgewater Apartments
Century City Hotels newest stop-in brings contemporary aparthotel conveniences to business travellers and leisure travellers alike.
Check out whether Bridgewater Apartment’s hospitality is a good fit for your travel needs, now…
Cocktails in the City: Exploring Cape Neighbourhoods by Drink – Part II
From Cosmopolitan Cocktail orders, to winelands offering alcohol and incredible vistas, start exploring the neighbourhoods I’m travelling in my own area.
Oh! And we’re travelling by drink…
Stylish Safe Stay: Century City Hotel Bridgewater
Traditional hotel hospitality and contemporary conveniences converge at Century City Hotels newest stop-in.
Check out whether you can rest easy at Bridgewater – whether a Digital Nomad, family or another welcome traveller…
5 Photoshoot Tips: Self-Portraiture & The Art of Posing
Whether its selfies or self-portraiture, fashion editorials or something else involving camera work, here are my 5 Tips to make your photoshoots better – including posing and equipment tips…
Anatomy of Good Tea: How to Brew a Decent Loose Leaf & Tea Bag Cuppa
The construction of the perfect cup of tea is not much of a secret.
From water temperature to tea flavor types and instruments, here’s the tea on how I, and even Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, like our Afternoon Tea brewed…
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…
Cocktails in the City: Exploring Cape Neighbourhoods by Drink – Part I
From Experiential Cocktail kitchens, to Rooftops overlooking incredible vistas, start exploring the neighbourhoods I’m travelling in my own city.
Oh! And we’re travelling by drink…
Culinary Quest: The Conscious Kitchen
Discovered some genuinely delicious and satiating plant-based food at The Conscious Kitchen…seriously!
Check out what vegan culinary picks they could tempt you with…trust me, there’s plenty to choose from, from this Cape eatery!
Money-Saving Travel Essentials: 12 Random Traveller Tips & Smart Hacks
From flight pricing to motion sickness, on-the-go photoshoots, to airport and city navigation hacks, this is the ultimate traveller tip list for your 2022 trips.
Drop a comment if you have any questions beyond these budget-friendly hacks…
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…
Travel by Scent: NUXE Prodigieux le Parfum
During the lockdown, scent became a singular sentimental experience to satisfy my wanderlust.
Here’s how NUXE Prodigieux le Parfum fared in my metaphorical travels with beauty…
Decadent Threads: Vaccinated in Velvet
Plush velvet was my fashion choice for the momentous occasion of my first Covid-19 jab.
There was a whole process to styling – being swept up in the euphoria of finally being closer to this pandemics end, and the fascinating rise of merch saying things like #PfizerGang
Here’s how I got vaccinated in velvet…
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!
Book Review (Ongoing): What I learned from Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential”
A book review of a different sort – something as unconventional as the books writer; This is an ongoing write-up of my experience with Anthony Bourdain and his book “Kitchen Confidential” – from the life of a chef, to my own travels and experiences; this is a subjective entry of an imperfect talent…
Stylish Safe Stay: Old Foundry Hotel
The hotels under Ideas Cartel can sometimes come off as contrived, but they’re also fun and not at all off-putting.
The Old Foundry finished my trilogy of this hospitality brand, and this is everything you need to know about the experience, foodie favourites, travel perks, value for money, and style…
Culinary Quest: Brunch Cafe by Ideas Cartel
With Brunch Cafe, membership club Ideas Cartel offers up another space that fits right in with Cape Town’s inner city foodie culture and cosmopolitan lifestyle ethos.
Find your perfect plate pick for brunch, 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…
Culinary Quest: Loose Leaf TWG Teas
From High Tea in gorgeous spaces, to Afternoon Tea at home, this is why my imported loose leaf TWG teas have become part of an at-home ritual during lockdown…
Culinary Quest: Casa Labia by Ideas Cartel
At this innovation intersection, Casa Labia Cultural Centre serves warm hospitality, culinary delights to remember, views perfect for rest & relaxation, an event calendar for the family, and an aesthetic staycation to remember.
Here’s why you should visit…
Cocktails in the City: Fun Festive Fusions with Inverroche Gin
Great cocktails now only basically need Inverroche Gin as a base, and your own willingness to bastardise fine booze by being your own experimental mixologist during the festive season.
Drink up these few visuals of my (rather plentiful) libations…
Stylish Safe Stay: The Park Inn by Radisson, Cape Town (Foreshore)
ParkInn by Radisson has the kind of staycation offer that’s no-pressure romance, rest, and relaxation.
Check out this Stylish Safe Stay for a steal…
Culinary Quest: High Tea at Charly’s Bakery
If you’re like me, hunkered in at home and craving the indulgent opulence of a decadent Afternoon Tea, then order in the experience from the comfort of home.
Charly’s Bakery now has a bountiful High Tea boxed beautifully. Perfect for 2 (but an excess of storable pleasure for 1 too) the High Tea menu is incredible in its diverse and inclusive offerings.