Out of the city

It’s great to live outside the city, The funny thing I noticed this morning is that suddenly I don’t have anything to write in the Rant & Rave category. I used to write there almost every day. One big thing I definitely can’t say I’ll miss is the traffic. The worst thing that happens here [...]

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In St Francis at last

So we’ve made it to Cape St Francis in one piece, or should I say, many pieces. It’s amazing the crap you accumulate over the years. I remember when we moved to our previous home we managed to throw away about half the contents of our house. Well our new home in St Francis has [...]

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After Christmas Holiday Debt

So it was Christmas just now, had a nice holiday, awesome New Year’s and now it’s back to reality. My bank accounts are empty, credit cards are maxed out and I don’t know if I’m glad end of month is here or not.What is it about the Christmas season that makes us all go silly [...]

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St Francis Bay

St Francis Bay is one of those undiscovered secrets of the Eastern Cape. Only an hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth, it boasts one of the finest pieces of coastline along the Garden Route.Situated about a 30 minute drive from Jeffreys Bay, St Francis Bay is also about 5km from Cape St Francis and between the [...]

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Season’s Greetings

Now that we have all had our christmas dinners and opened our gifts and are preparing for the big party of the year in a few days time, I would just like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (yes I know it’s late) and an absolutely prosperous new year. May all [...]

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Save-a-pet Port Elizabeth

Save-a-pet is based in Port Elizabeth. Founder and president, Mavis Smith, is an absolute angel amongst angels. She gets help from the community in the form of volunteers that help with taking care of the orphaned dogs as well as donations form the local community.They are developing their hall into an education centre and already [...]

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To Blog or not to Blog

If you are from South Africa, I’m sure you’ve seen the advert on TV where the woman talks about blogging. She looks thoughtful then says, ‘Mm, blogging. Mikey set it up for me.’ It’s the most irritating thing I’ve ever seen! But anyway the point I’m trying to get to is, since everyone nowadays has [...]

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