Savannah had never been on my radar. In fact, before planning my road trip from Florida to South Carolina, I had never really even heard of Savannah, let alone knew enough to make me want to spend time there. But, with a week in between two weekend trips on the east coast – one visiting…… Continue reading Savannah: An architectural museum

While planning my solo road trip from Florida to South Carolina, I didn’t really expect food to be the highlight. In fact, I thought I’d be living off fried chicken, shrimp and grits, and collard greens for a week. This didn’t really worry me as southern staples are not all that bad but what I…… Continue reading Culinary adventures through the South

Earlier this year we headed to Sicily with my family to celebrate my mum’s 60th birthday! However, given that both my husband and my family and an increasing number of our friends live in Europe, we decided to stop in London and the Netherlands as well. We started in London where the weather was absolutely…… Continue reading Celebrations in Sicily

Skiing is not for me – the past two times I’ve tried have ended mid afternoon with me sobbing as I walk down a blue slope with skis in hand (and this is after an entire morning of lessons). That’s not to say I don’t like snow though. In fact, I love snow. I’m like a little kid…… Continue reading Staying at Edgewood Tahoe

As I mentioned in this blog post, after our first trip to San Diego last year, I was certain that we would return and earlier this year, we found two perfect excuses to do just that: See Goldfish, a South African electronic duo, live (somehow we had missed them in San Francisco the weekend before!) Go sailing…… Continue reading Gray Whales and Goldfish in San Diego

While in New York City over Martin Luther King weekend, a friend, who lives in Washington DC, and I decided to meet halfway, in Philadelphia, for lunch. Neither of us had been to Philly before, and if not for the convenience of it being located halfway between us, I’d probably never have thought to go – I’d heard mixed reviews with…… Continue reading A frigid day in Philadelphia

Growing up in South Africa meant that I didn’t frequently venture very far. I think that there are two main reasons for this 1) South Africa already has so much to offer 2) You’re pretty isolated on the southern tip of Africa and it’s a rather long and expensive journey to travel almost anywhere. Hence,…… Continue reading 2018 travel bucket list

After being put off twice by the long queue outside Preservation Hall, eventually, on my last night, after figuring out that I could buy a ticket online and skip the queue, I finally managed to watch a six piece band play in the single tiny room that was established in 1961 to honor traditional New Orleans…… Continue reading New Orleans Preservation Hall

I spent weeks deliberating how to spend the four day long Thanksgiving weekend and had almost decided to spend it with friends in San Francisco when, at the last minute, I came across an inexpensive flight to New Orleans which I quickly booked and boy, am I glad I did! If you’ve heard of New…… Continue reading New Orleans Garden District