Is it just me, or is taking a Tube from Barbican to Oxford Street at lunchtime rather like stepping into some sort of Dr Who TARDIS and emerging in a totally different universe? When I board, I am surrounded by people in dark suits, pencil skirts, Thomas Pink blouses and serious expressions. When I emerge, it is into […]
Click here for a full portionMamma’s coconut tart (klappertert)
One of the things in life that has held a fascination for me for as long as I can remember is language. My mom always maintained that this was because she was pregnant with me while she was doing her Honours degree in English, and that I attended most of her lectures with her, but […]
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Poppy – June 2009
Click here for a full portionSmoked salmon, vodka and pea pasta – and a Kinvara salmon hamper
I have been reading a few articles lately about “the expat experience” in London (as if there is only ONE experience expats can possibly have!). With all the fantastic vibe that has been generated in South Africa with the tremendously successful FIFA World Cup 2010, it seems to have become fashionable to paint South Africans living […]
Click here for a full portionSouth Africa in shock World Cup win!
(Photo courtesy of The Bibendum Times) Well, the Bibendum World Cup of Wine, that is… And against Italy, no less! What am I talking about? Well, about 6 weeks ago wine merchants Bibendum decided it might be fun to do a wine tasting “competition” where countries were pitted against each other on a one-to-one basis and […]
Click here for a full portionThe Goatshed, Cape winelands
Do you remember what it was like to be a student? All those late nights followed by dragging yourself to early lectures. The emotional upheavals of falling in and out of love at least twice a week. The shrewd evaluation of which of your classmates might have the best course notes, and persuading them to […]
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