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THE first thing you have to come to terms with when you visit YIAYIA’s Table is that you can’t have everything all at once on the same day. Okay, well maybe you can but that would be a whole lot of pastries and biscuits and you might just pop. What a way to go, though. Yiayia is the Greek word…
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KYLE JARDINE says he's the kind of person that believes six impossible things before breakfast. "I’ve always been that way, but if you had told me what was about to happen at the beginning of 2020, I would have called it impossible," he says.  "Like so many people, my world came crashing down…
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CAN anyone truly call themselves an adult until they can master all the light switches in a hotel room? Well, I've got news for you: there are no light switches in the super modern Halyard Apartments. Not one. All the lighting throughout is controlled by smart touch screens. There is one in the…
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THE second annual International #ShirazWineDay takes place on July 22, 2021, a special occasion to celebrate all there is to love about this popular full-bodied red wine. It’s the perfect tie-in with the announcement of the champions in the ninth annual Shiraz Challenge, which were revealed in…
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THE Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel, has been the choice of celebrities and royalty since forever. Its amenities are open to all, however, so high tea, a luxurious spa day, an elegant dinner, or even an afternoon lounging at the pool have been available to us mortals. But spending a night or two?…
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HUGH LAURIE can do no wrong, in my opinion, even when he's doing his best to be wrong. Like in Avenue 5, which concludes its season on M-Net 101 on Friday, July 9 and will move all of its nine episodes to Showmax to binge from July 16. I watched it because of Hugh and it became a guilty pleasure.…
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DDS PROJECTS, based at Die Handelshuis in Simondium, was named overall winner at the 2021 South African Landscapes Awards (SALI) and was awarded the Shield for Excellence in Landscaping for its Babylonstoren Fynbos Cottages project. The project also received the Best Landscape Construction with…
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IN a world gone mad, we have to look for every glimmer of light wherever we can find it. Last week I spent a night at Tintswalo Atlantic. The winter staycation offer included a bottle of Graham Beck bubbly; I was also able to enjoy a spectacular lunch by Chefs Warehouse. Sadly, mere days later,…
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BY simply adding avo to your meal when you order takeaways, you could be one of 90 people to win R1 000 or maybe even the grand prize of R10 000. From 9am on Thursday, June 24 until 10pm on Sunday, July 4, all you need to do is: Place your takeaway order and add an avo Take a photo of…
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NO matter what, no one can take away the dances you've already had. So said Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's a wonderfully inspiring quote to lift the soul when looking back on cherished memories. It can also refer, quite simply, to things you have done that will never change. Like me being the first…
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