Two posts in one day! We took a slightly scenic route to Plettenberg Bay–off the main highway and along the whale route. We didn’t see any whales, but there was plenty of beautiful scenery. Finding breakfast proved more difficult than we had anticipated, but we finally made it back to our hotel, where they had […]
Yesterday was what one might call a world of pain. We went to a place in the Waterfront called Den Anker for lunch. The food was good but the service was abysmal. Andrew had goat’s cheese wrapped in cured bacon, followed by kingclip & pasta. I had cheese croquettes followed by steak tartare. It took […]
Oh wow. That was a night. I think we got home at 6.30am. I think. I know it was light. But there you go. I think I need some Advil and a nap. And then maybe I’ll face the day, but first: a recap of our first full day of honeymoon… We got up at […]
First things first: we made it safely to Cape Town! Andrew is a champ for agreeing to drive our rental car. I need to improve my skills of a navigator. But otherwise things are great. So, we flew down in first, which I’ll admit was a treat. And not only because Andrew and I each […]
So begins our honeymoon. Or as I like to call it, our happymoon (honey played a starring role in my stag party, the details of which I won’t bore you with, and so I have half-jokingly renamed this trip we’re taking. For those of you who don’t remember, we’ve decided to honeymoon in South Africa. […]
Most people have an aversion to change that is strong, bordering on irrational. I remember several years ago my employer changed the width of the border on the left hand of one of our main web pages. I was flabbergasted by the vitriolic hate (e)mail we got from users. I can’t claim to be particularly good […]
Birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday. And since I have neither the ability nor the inclination to avoid available A A Milne references, I offer you this: When I was one, I had just begun. When I was two, I was nearly new. When I was three, I was hardly me. When I was four, I was not much […]
Things have seemed extraordinarily busy of late. I used to think that December was over once it has started since there were so many things to do. This year, that manic end-of-year rush seems to have expanded to include the whole of the fourth quarter. Part of the feeling may be a hangover from the […]
I flew home from Mexico City on Friday night. BA doesn’t have a lounge in MEX, so I got to pick between the lounges for Iberia, Mexican and American. The latter was out of the running immediately since I don’t believe in drinks vouchers in an airline lounge, but I ended up in the Iberia […]
Okay. It’s official. I love the restaurants in Mexico City. A bunch of my coworkers and I went to Pujol last night. It was fantastic. Beyond fantastic. I had the meat tasting menu; there was a fish option, as well. 9 courses. I couldn’t understand a word off the menu (other than queso, the most important […]