Prana Lodge lunches

Having lunch with two of my oldest and dearest friends is such a treat for me, but when it is around a lunch table at Prana Lodge, it couldn’t get…

An hour in the dentist’s chair

Every time I sit in a dentist’s chair I remember a specific scene from James Frey’s book, a million little pieces. The book was initially sold as a memoir of…

Amazing grace

Since my younger years, I’ve set very high, sometimes unrealistic, expectations for myself. While this has motivated me and made me determined to excel, I’ve very often fallen short and…

Winning trio

My husband usually does most of the cooking when we host dinner parties. He discovered his love for kitchen experimenting a few years ago when he got hooked on a…

Daddy’s girl

Our little girl is just five months old, but has her dad so tightly wrapped around her little finger, it’s quite scary. She hears his voice and a gorgeous smile…

Celebrating the good

My two year old has been on a semi hunger strike for a while now and has been refusing to eat almost everything he used to love.  He’d nibble on…

Raising the Barre

Group exercise is back in my life and I am loving it!  The revolutionary Barre Body has finally come to Joburg.  My gorgeous sister in law introduced me to ‘barre’…

The power of time

From the moment my two year old opened his eyes on Friday morning, he was moaning and miserable. He was whining about everything that normally wouldn’t bother him at all.…

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