Category: Holiday
What to eat on Christmas
I do find it weird that I am blogging on Christmas night but something weird happened today. We decided not to make plans for this festive season and wing it. I started off the morning with some salmon eggs benedict. All made from scratch. It was my 3Rd time attempt at making it. First try…
Festive Meals: 5 meal challenge
The festive season brings some of the craziest behaviour you have ever seen. People flood the malls and it becomes the most claustrophobic experience having weird people bump into your shoulders or hit your with trolleys. People willingly go into debt to ensure that they get buy all the specials or get everyone gifts for…
Durbanville Hills: Wine and Biltong
I don’t know if I have mentioned before, but I love this wine. Yes, I think I have said it about other wines BUT they make the most affordable wines! Before I knew anything about wine, I used to look at the label and just buy. Durbanville Hills always had the whole “vintage” and “classy”…
The Vaal Wine Route 2016
This is really exciting to talk about. Here I am, a wine-lover-of-note, anxiously waiting for October to come when I go back to the Western Cape to visit another 7-10 wine farms. But out of the blue, another great but unusual concept pops up on Twitter. It’s called the Vaal Wine Route and I have…
A Gem in the Mountains
For my birthday weekend, My fiancé took my family and I to the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. If you are not familiar with the midlands, I’ll fill you in. There are a couple of wine farms, a lot of dairy farms and a lot of cheese. Knowing me, you know why this was the perfect place…
Its Lady Vera 