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Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Eat, Drink and Be Merry 

Park Cafe, Green Point

Jan 11, 2023Jan 11, 2023 eyeonlif 2 Comments Cape Town, children, fresh air, good food, Green Point Park, lawns, open spaces, Park Cafe, play, playground, safe, shady, trees, value for money

Having never been to Green Point Park before, it came as a most pleasant surprise to visit this vast public

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry 

Wines to savour

Dec 26, 2022Dec 26, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments Hawksmoor, Klein Constantia, palate, Perdeberg, red blend, red wine, Sauvignon blanc, shiraz-mourvedre, tasting, white wine, Wine estates

While I can by no stretch of the imagination call myself a wine connoisseur, I know what I like and

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Would you like vinegar on your chips?

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments beach, boats, Cape Town, fish and chips, fishing, gulls, harbour, Kalk Bay, sea, south africa, walk, waves

I’m sure there are few people who don’t enjoy a meal of freshly battered and fried hake and chips, particularly

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The home of Vin de Constance

Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments Constantia, Klein Constantia, red wine, terroir, Vin de Constance, white wine, wine tasting

We thought we would kick off our little wine-tasting group’s activities at one of the oldest wine farms in the

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A cliff enclave – Fick’s Restaurant

Dec 30, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments cliff walk, coast, cocktails, eating out, FIck's pool, Fick's Restaurant, Hermanus, pinchos, sea, tidal pool, waves

No visit to the seaside town of Hermanus is complete without a walk along the clifftop path, from where whales

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Skilpadvlei winery

Nov 24, 2021Nov 24, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments lush valley, skilpadvlei, Stellenbosch, vineyards, wine, winelands, winetasting

This immaculately manicured estate was a wonderful surprise for our winetasting group today – lush gardens with clipped lawns, a

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry 

A taste of heaven in Hemel-en-Aarde

Nov 22, 2021Nov 22, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments excellent, Hemel-en-Aarde, Hermanus, restaurant, Spookfontein, views, winetasting

Our decision on which winery to choose from the many in the scenic Hemel-en-Aarde Valley near Hermanus was based on

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Vergelegen splendour

Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments social, Somerset West, south africa, trees, Vergelegen, wine, wine farm, wine route

The resumption of visits to the wine farms of the Cape Winelands by our Wine Appreciation Group after long lockdowns,

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A step back in time

Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments historical, Muratie, Stellenbosch, wine route, wine tasting, wines

The Stellenbosch estate known as Muratie first came into being through the signature of title deeds by Governor Wilhem Adriaan

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EAT – at Perdeberg Winery

Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments countryside, eat, Perdeberg Winery, restaurant, wine tasting

With the devastating impact on the hospitality industry of repeated lockdowns imposed as a measure to contain the spread of

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