Synergy. It’s a great word – like energy, only better (and despite the way it sounds, no hint of sin!). It boils down to the notion that a cohesive group is more than the sum of its parts; that a group has the ability to outperform even its best individual member; and that teamwork will produce an overall better result […]
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Turning leaf, South Koster Island, Sweden – October 2011
Click here for a full portionCafé Ferdinand and Strandflickorna Hotel, Lysekil (West Sweden, Part 2)
[The registration phase for the South African Blog Awards 2011 closed today. I have registered my blog on the (admittedly illogical) advice of organiser Chris Rawlinson. But I have every reason to believe I will be disqualified. The Best Overseas Blog category has been scrapped and the new rules introduced this year require bloggers to […]
Click here for a full portionPasta with creamy chanterelles and toasted almonds
They say that travel broadens the mind. I can certainly attest to that, but I could also add a few other talents that travel has. It empties the pockets and fills the camera memory card. It broadens the beam (so to speak!). And it decks the halls with useless knicknacks from a thousand eager street […]
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South Koster Island, West Sweden – October 2011
Click here for a full portionGiraffe Bar & Grill, Soho [permanently closed]
When I mention the restaurant chain Giraffe to you, do you think of a sleek, funky space full of trendy young folk sipping gocktails and eating tapas? Or do you think of the Seventh Circle of Hell, full of shrieking children and yummy-mummies wielding their ankle-bashing pushchairs with the deftness of Darth Vader wielding […]
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