Faeeza Abrahams has always been the first out of the gate. She started school at the tender age of four and left aged fifteen to […]
International, Travel
Photos to Inspire You to Visit Cape Town
I agonized about how I was going to write about Cape Town. I have far too much to say about what I’ve learned, and I’ll […]
Food & Wine
Why You Must Visit the Pajamas & Jam Eatery in Strand
Heading east out of Cape Town to wine country anytime soon? Then you simply must carve room into your day to stop in Strand for […]
International, Travel
Layover in Amsterdam
When are cancelled flights ever a good thing? When you get rebooked with a day-long layover between what would otherwise be back-to-back 10 hour flights. […]
Books
Rereading the Sevenwaters Saga
If you asked me to name my favourite author ten years ago, my answer would’ve been Juliet Marillier. Best known for the Sevenwaters Saga, a […]
Fun Stuff
The Secret Life of Cleopatra
“If the name is indelible, the image is blurry,” wrote Stacy Schiff, one of Cleopatra’s many biographers. Poets, playwrights and politicians have been putting words […]
Fun Stuff
The Three Lives of the Temple of Artemis
You likely already know Artemis as the goddess of the hunt. She lives by a babbling brooke with her animal creatures, often depicted with her […]
Books
Paris Through the Pages
I’ll admit I’ve been dreaming of Paris lately— of the warm glow of lamps lining the rue over the Seine, the crackle of fresh-baked croissants […]