Inn at Bay Fortune Fireworks Feast an expensive but sensual treat
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a research company I founded had as a client the specialty television division of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.,…
Cape Town's Kaapse Klopse minstrel carnival is a kaleidoscope of colour and sound
Starting as the cold and wet Cape Town winter begins to warm up in September, the sounds of an at-first decidedly amateurish brass band wafts…
'Best restaurant in the world' is a seaside locavore gem
Can any single restaurant genuinely lay claim to being the best in the world? Although I enjoy lists like The World’s 50 Best and have…
Todos Santos, a little Baja California town right out of an Eagles tune
Todos Santos, a little town and artist colony on the Pacific side of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, seems exactly the sort of place the Eagles…
Living a life of luxury at Lion Sands
We knew the leopard was close before we actually saw her. We were on our first game drive at Lion Sands, one of a collection…
Leucospermum cordifolium: A macro study
Our garden is blessed with a large and beautiful leucospermum cordifolium bush, more colloquially known as a pincushion protea. Of the handful of different protea…
Food at FYN was more than fine
In a city and a country with an abundance of superb restaurants, creative chefs and the imaginative incorporation of fresh local ingredients, Linda and I…
A secular pilgrimage to Lalibela, Ethiopia
In 2017, armed with just enough soon-to-expire frequent flyer miles to snag a return ticket in business class between Cape Town and Ottawa via Addis…