Tag Archives: West Coast

I visited Columbine Co with some new friends, it is a delightful spot, so I am excited to share my Columbine Co review with you. Columbine Co Columbine Co is a coffeehouse overlooking the Berg River in Bokkomlaan, Velddrif. It is open from 8am until 4pm Monday to Sunday. Their …

I made a new friend in the area a few weeks ago and we met at Avoo Health Cafe for lunch. It is a stunning little place, so I’m excited to share my Avoo Health Cafe review with you. Avoo Health Cafe Avoo Health Cafe is a restaurant in Bokkomlaan, …

I thought I had published my River Market Restaurant review a few months ago when we visited the first time before we moved to Velddrif, but it turns out I only posted about on social media and completely forgot to write my review on my website. We went again recently …

I’m so excited to share my Cracklin Rosie River Tour review, we moved to Velddrif towards the end of last year and going for a river cruise on the Berg River was something that I really wanted to do with my family. Cracklin’ Rosie River Tours The Cracklin’ Rosie takes …

Hubby and I went on our monthly date today to the Deli On Main in Dwarsbersbos, it was a lovely morning out so I decided (while there is still power) to write a quick Deli On Main review. Since we moved to Velddrif a few months ago we are new …

September 2022 was an incredibly busy month. The third term came to an end with loads of school activities, as well as moving home. Getting to any work was close to impossible. I’m looking forward to a quieter October catching up on work and settling into our new home. Behind …

In the first week of the holidays we visited the West Coast Fossil Park and it was a fantastic visit. I went there a few years previously with my kids but it was a heat wave and while my son was loving the visit my daughter was moaning and complaining …

Our favourite place to eat out as a family is Blikkie Pizzeria in Paternoster. Paternoster is a beautiful town and the restaurant has a stunning view overlooking the ocean. About Blikkie Pizzeria Blikkie Pizzeria specializes in the best thin base pizza in the West Coast. They also have other items …

I’ve been wanting to try out Charlies Brewhouse for a long time and recently I went for a Body Stress Release session in Port Owen giving me the opportunity to go there for lunch afterwards with my kids and mother in law. I had heard only good things about Charlie’s …

I love camping, however it is not something I have done for many years so when we decided to stay overnight at the bush camp at Buffelsfontein there was great excitement. My husband and I have been to Buffelsfontein once before for a Chris Chameleon concert which was superb, so …

When my hubby told me he had booked us a table at Russells On The Port Restaurant for our 10th wedding anniversary date I was very excited, I had been wanting to try them out for years! A special anniversary deserves a special restaurant right? Our wedding anniversary was in …

The House Of Bean and Leaf Langebaan recently opened and I was so excited to be invited to come with a friend and try out their restaurant when they did a test run the Friday before they opened. I don’t often take time off from work during the week so …

I love trying out new places and on Sunday I went out with my friend Lisa (author of this post) to Cafe Forest Friends in Vredenburg for the first time and it is an absolute gem of a place tucked away in Vredenburg! Cafe Forest Friends is situated at Forest …

When we went to the Pixie and Fairy Village in Jacobs Bay at the beginning of the school holidays we went to lunch afterwards and I won’t mention names because I love sharing things that I love that I stumble across… when something is awful I just don’t write a …

I’ve been living in the West Coast for close on 7 years now and only recently found out from another mother that there is a Pixie and Fairy Village in Jacobs Bay. I couldn’t believe it since my daughter is obsessed with fairies. When I looked it up online I …

In November my two girlfriends (Yvette Hess and Siobhan Moller – check out their blogs) and I decided to have a girls night out, it was actually a going away party for Yvette that has now moved away to another town. After a few days of debating what to do …

Although I was born and raised in Cape Town I hardly ever visited the West Coast. I was familiar with some of the names of towns in the area but if you had to ask me about them I could probably tell you that Saldanha was known for being a …