Kindergarten Competition


The Food Bloggers Indaba (see previous post) went very well. We arrived, ate, drank, chatted, laughed, awarded prizes for anything and everything, had a game to hand out the “goodie bags”, and then… We had a creative competition. Amazing just how badly adults can behave given half a chance. A friend (who was attending the […]

Creating the competition


Some years ago, blogging on a South African site I met many other South Africans. Some I loved, some bored me silly. Out of that experience I have retained some wonderful friends. We were apparently a world first of bloggers who MOBBED – Meet Other Bloggers (M.O.B) We would meet in twos – my first […]

Secret Valentine


February 13th. His first Valentine’s day in South Africa. Off to the shop on the way home, to pick up 26 identical little boxes, each with 2 chocolates and a little red rose. February 14th. In to the office ahead of everyone – quite difficult to achieve, these South Africans always started work an hour […]