I am fortunate enough to live in one of the most vibrant and lively areas in the country. Formerly thought of as sleepy and slow; this is no longer the case. The Midlands is fast growing into a vibrant network of up and coming artists, eateries, bars, and artisanal craft producers. Creative resurgence If you […]
A Farmstall in a Railhouse on a winding road. Sheryl Crow reckons ‘everyday is a winding road’. I reckon she is a Midlands girl at heart, because here, we have lots of winding roads arranged side by side with rolling hills and fields dotted with cattle. And the railway. Always the railway. The intersection between […]
Sipping coffee, sitting on the deck watching a freight train pull off on one side, while vehicles head up the old R103 road to their respective adventures, I figure it is a fitting start to a new year. Somewhat transitory. And yet a trendy new take on an older space is where I find myself. […]
Hilton is growing. It isn’t the village it used to be. To that I say, yep, it is better. We have all sorts of services and products that are growing like beanstalks that help improve our lives. With the new year also comes New Year’s resolutions. I am not a huge fan of these, because […]
Thanks to Woodford Reserve, I now know a lot more about bourbon. I am no aficionado, but I am certainly more educated and happier for it. Enter Woodford bourbon which is said to have been made first in 1881 by a bartender in Kentucky and is now considered one of Kentucky’s oldest distillery sites. I […]
This proudly South African eco-conscious Company is growing in leaps and bounds in its ethos of supporting the environment, skills development and conservation. Billions of Polyethylene Terephthalate (or PET) bottles are thrown away each year. Yes, people, we are talking plastic. This plastic chokes up our waterways and oceans causing havoc in nature and to […]