In celebration of the Riebeek Valley Olive Festival this Saturday and Sunday, here are our Top 5 uses for olives – tell us which of these you will be doing this weekend? For more information email the Riebeek Valley Olive Festival or phone 082 909 1116 / 084 207 3820. An R80 passport, [...]
It’s almost upon us and if you’re thinking of doing something different this year, have a look at our list of Christmas gift ideas: – Pop onto the BBC Good Food website to see their selection of edible goodies – everything from baked goods, chutneys and preserves to homemade chocolates and truffles. – The November [...]
When it comes to funny, there’s laugh out loud funny, wry grin funny, downright rude, subtle and clever funny and not really funny but you can’t help laughing. Here are our top 5 funny books you should add to your summer reading list: – The World According to Clarkson: Jeremy Clarkson’s irreverent British humour, as [...]
Looking for upcoming events in Cape Town that will have you out and about enjoying summer? Try slackpacking! Slackpacking is backpacking without the schlep, where someone else looks after the bags and you enjoy a scenic hike unencumbered. The Western Cape has some fabulous multi-day slackpacks – here are our Top 5: 1. Darling Stagger [...]
Summer is in the air and today’s top 5 beauty essentials will have you prepped and ready for when the season’s in full swing. - Hair accessories: They’re in – especially flowers, feathers and beads. - Lipstick: Neutral sun-kissed lips are out; this season’s lips are bright and bold. - Sunglasses: Big is still beautiful, [...]
The start of a new season is a good time not only to ‘spring-clean’ your living space, but also your mind. Most book stores have a varied and informative collection but to lend a helping hand, we’ve listed our top books to read this spring to get you started. The books shown below are our [...]
It’s Heritage Day on 24 September, otherwise known as National Braai Day! Here are our top 5 braai equipment gift ideas to please the braai-master… 1. Beer koosie. Those wrap-around sleeves that keep cans cold come in rainbow colours or customised. 2. My apron says “Domestic Goddess” and has a body to match. What does [...]
1. http://www.chocablog.com: Get some discernment in your chocaholic choices from this team of expert choc tasters. Founded in the UK, the contributors to this blog are from all over the globe, because after all chocolate is a universal addiction. And did you hear? The experts now say that dark or milk, it is all good for [...]
Spring Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities Old Mother Nature’s recipes That brings the bare necessities of life ……….says Jungle Book’s Baloo the Bear Spring has sprung, so here are our Top 5 [...]
Did you know? 20 years ago (6 Aug 1991) – The first ever website (info.cern.ch) went live, invented by Tim Berners-Lee to communicate with colleagues at the Cern laboratories in Geneva. 34 years ago (16 August 1977) – Elvis Presley died. An employee at the hospital said he had the arteries of an 80 year-old [...]