Clarens is the perfect quick-getaway from the city, especially if you are sick of your own four walls. I thought I'd share my favourite places to visit in Clarens, and ones you should head to if you are ever near it....
So the man and I have started doing this date-day thing. I know, it’s disgustingly romantic and cheesy, and was completely all my idea. I do believe it was induced by an insecure moment that he was in fact about to leave me – proving that the years of Disney I have known all wrong. (P.S He wasn’t about to leave me, he was just playing PlayStation)....
A few months ago, I did the very adult thing that any adulty-adult could do - besides populating the planet, even that is questionable - and I bought a house. I bought a house....
To risk sounding like my grandmother, I remember discovering Harry Potter for the first time. My seemingly small world broadened exponentially from the two Tupperware-clip-cases filled with Barbies, to a world where magic actually existed. From the words: You're a Wizard, Harry - my world changed....
A slight, brown-haired waitress puts down a soup bowl filled with steaming coffee and a layer of thick foam swimming on the top. The Texan cappuccino served at Espresso, situated in Parkhurst the capital of Johannesburg’s food culture, is the biggest cup of caffeine I have ever seen. It is approximately the diameter of my face and the saucer holds petite biscotti in comparison....
You never really see the beauty captured in a photograph; a friend’s photo album presented at a braai or up on Facebook. It is the sudden realisation of how much beauty is lost when you don’t see it for yourself. A picture is truly a 1000 words; without the thoughts, the taste, the feel, and the sound....
There is nothing I love more than food - ok, sure, maybe wine and books, but they are all interchangeable. When the family ventured down to Jeffreys Bay, the party capital of South Africa during the festive season, with South African celebs rubbing shoulders with beach goers, and water sport junkies; I had myself set on long queues for tables, hot sweltering weather and horrendous windy days. All of which I got....