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‘you got to know when to hold ‘em…’
…lyrics from Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” I’m sitting in a lovely little café in Constantia called Pastis, nibbling a club sandwich and sipping one strong espresso in a cup which wryly reads “some like...
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bodies don’t lie…
'kick 'em in the balls!' Well, they don’t. Even the best liars are let down by their body language, the little micro expressions that lodge in the subconscious and fester. How many times has someone...
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ek hart Hartenberg…
cheers! I apologise for the silence - this post is two days late, waiting in the wings while I battled some very real issues and finally grew up. My bright idea to host a competition was met by an...
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how to: (score) first date…
* background * Typical Scarlet, I took 1 x proverbial bull by said horns and arranged the first formal date post prequel preparation (warning: do not try this at home!). Dax and I’d already spent a...
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how to: (score) free date…
intersection Dax and I’ve had a few challenges as we navigate and renegotiate the high seas of our new/old relationship. At the core, we’re scarily similar but the way we express ourselves couldn’t be...
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west coast pearl…
blissfully beached Once upon a not-so-long ago, I took a little trip up the west coast to the quaint former fishing village of Paternoster. Now, it bears noting Ma Ngnui almost moved there 15 years ago...
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fine art of Creation…
Whilst I have a love-hate relationship with Franshhoek (love good food and fine wine but loathe the pretentious fake French facade and canned romantic ambience. And there’s that little issue of the...
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fall in love with #discoverOverberg…
With Valentine’s day around the corner we decided to take a rose tinted look at The Overberg so this week we’re calling all romantics :: ‘come away with me…’ image courtesy über talented local...
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tasting proudly South African: Middellvlei Wine Estate…
There are wine tastings and then there are wine tastings. And those of us in the gods’ own grape basket of the Western Cape know good wine the way Carrie Bradshaw knows good… um, you know… good...
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ek hart Hartenberg…
cheers! I apologise for the silence – this post is two days late, waiting in the wings while I battled some very real issues and finally grew up. My bright idea to host a competition was met by an...
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how to: (score) first date…
* background * Typical Scarlet, I took 1 x proverbial bull by said horns and arranged the first formal date post prequel preparation (warning: do not try this at home!). Dax and I’d already spent a...
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how to: (score) free date…
intersection Dax and I’ve had a few challenges as we navigate and renegotiate the high seas of our new/old relationship. At the core, we’re scarily similar but the way we express ourselves couldn’t be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
west coast pearl…
blissfully beached Once upon a not-so-long ago, I took a little trip up the west coast to the quaint former fishing village of Paternoster. Now, it bears noting Ma Ngnui almost moved there 15 years ago...
View ArticleClik here to view.
fine art of Creation…
Whilst I have a love-hate relationship with Franshhoek (love good food and fine wine but loathe the pretentious fake French facade and canned romantic ambience. And there’s that little issue of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
fall in love with #discoverOverberg…
With Valentine’s day around the corner we decided to take a rose tinted look at The Overberg so this week we’re calling all romantics :: ‘come away with me…’ image courtesy über talented local...
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