Spring Flowers at Postberg

Winter still seems to be hanging around, but there are signs that Spring will soon be on its way… A beautiful event happens in South Africa at this time of year, and that is the incredible and colourful arrival of the spring flowers. I have always meant to go and see them in their full…

Lunch at … Meraki

  I told you I’d be back to ranting about Meraki pretty soon, and here it is: possibly my new favourite lunch of all time. This beautiful masterpiece of a lunch is actually pretty healthy-ish as well, which is pretty cool. What your eyes are feasting on is a chickpea, quinoa and beetroot burger with…

Breakfast At … Meraki

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time you’ll know how much I love breakfast food, and how much I enjoy going out for breakfast. So far, I think I’ve reviewed a bunch of places in Stellenbosch including Schoon de Companje and twice at the Birdcage because I am a little addicted to that…

Apartment Searching Checklist

Searching for an apartment is a difficult task. There seems to be a hundred posts for apartments for rent and two hundred reasons why every single one of them is wrong for you. Since our family has moved so much, I’ve pick up on some things to look out for in an apartment when you…

Moving Out

This is the first in a line of student life related posts that I will be posting over the next few weeks, to share my experiences of my first few months of university, living by myself and the changes that come with student life. First up, we’re starting with that first step…moving out. Moving out…

Staying Sane In Uni After A Gap Year

Starting university is difficult enough if you’ve just made it through the end of high school. You might feel like you’ve only just finished writing exams and now you’re writing tests and essays and you’re back in the classroom already – holidays are over. Now, I don’t want to sound pretentious, but try doing that…

Breakfast At Schoon de Companje

Now, here’s a place I’ve been wanting to go to for a very long time. Schoon de Companje is on the same street as my work and I feel like every time I walk to work in the mornings there are tables full of people eating what looks like the most incredible breakfasts. If you’ve…

Synergy Live 2015

Festival season is still here, and I made it to another one this weekend! I’ve always wanted to go to Synergy and finally I was actually free over the weekend it’s held, and I had an insane time! The international line up was all electronic, which isn’t really my scene, but the local lineup was…

My Current Design Obsession

So, it’s been a while since I talked design, but I’ve recently become a little bit obsessed with the online shop Superbalist. It has the most beautiful, affordable, designer clothes, furniture, crockery and everything in between and I might have a little problem. I had to start a wishlist because of how many tabs I…

Let’s Talk About Being An Introvert

I am an introvert. It’s easy to say, it’s easy to call other people when they don’t feel like going out all the time, or if they prefer to be by themselves, but do we really all understand what it means? Being introverted doesn’t mean that I only want to be by myself all the…

Revisiting The Birdcage

You might remember earlier this year when I visited The Birdcage in Stellenbosch for breakfast, and I wrote a little bit about it here. Well, I finally got around to revisiting it, and I think it’s looking better than ever. Summer is definitely almost here, and Stellenbosch is looking so beautiful at the moment, especially…

Empties | November

It’s been a while since I took a walk through my empties, (the last time was all the way back here) so I thought I’d take you through what products I’ve finished, and what I might repurchase in the future. The L’Oreal Elvive Total Repair 5 hair masque is not anything new to this blog,…

Building A Support System For Yourself

I have only realised in probably the last year or so, how important it is to surround yourself with people who can help you through difficult situations. Now, it is of course extremely difficult to find one person who can help you with everything, which is what I struggled with. I wanted to open up…

Anxiety And Doing What You Love

I haven’t really spoken about my anxiety on my blog before, because I wasn’t really sure exactly how to phrase it properly before. This is a post I have been wanting to write for a very long time, and recently I have decided that it needs to be done. Anxiety can be very difficult to…

20 Things On Being 20

So part of the reason that things have been a little bit quiet on here is that a few days ago it was my birthday. I was planning to write this post up in time for my birthday, but after Rocking the Daisies and the recovery that followed, that post didn’t quite make it to…

Last Thursdays | Stellenbosch

Last Thursdays in Stellenbosch have been around for a little while now, and I’ve never had the chance to spend to take part in it, until last week when I finally managed to make it! Last Thursdays are the Stellenbosch take on the First Thursdays program that takes place in a number of cities –…

What’s In My Festival Bag

Obviously this isn’t everything that I’m taking, this is just the small bag that I like to carry with me at a festival – holding just the essentials!  So, while I covered what I would pack in my main festival bag, along with all the necessary camping things in this post, but I thought that it would…

The Parlotones | Tin Roof Stellenbosch

The Parlotones are arguably one of the most well known South African rock bands. If you live in SA, you know the name even if you haven’t listened to their music, and you’ve probably heard their songs on the radio at least once. They’ve been here a while, since 1998 actually (crazy) and they’re still…

How Winged Eyeliner Prepares You For Life

That might be one of the weirdest post titles I’ve ever written, I must admit – but hear me out. It looks cooler than it is As someone who wears winged eyeliner every single day, I can let you into a little secret, it looks so much cooler than it really is. I love my…

The Ultimate Festival Packing Guide

So in case you haven’t guessed yet, I’m really getting into festival mode.  While I was writing my preparation tips for festivals, I really got to thinking about how much I need to sort out before Rocking The Daisies at the start of October. I may have gone to a lot of festivals, but that…

Post-Bleach Shampoo – The Hunt Is Over

I’ve finally found the one that does the trick! If you’ve been here a while you might remember that almost a year ago I decided, on a whim, to bleach my hair. I documented in a post (this post, if you’re interested), and it still remains my all time most visited post – so you guys…

My Top 7 Festival Preparation Tips

1. Prioritise Packing Packing light is essential, but what is equally important is remember to pack everything that you need! Make a checklist (I’ll be posting my personal tried and tested one very soon) – I like to start with the bare essentials and then add in extras as the space in my bag allows….

Festival Season Is Here

How is it seriously the 9th of September already? This year has gone by way too fast. source In other news, it’s the 9th of September which means that Spring is here and so is Festival Season for South Africa. We are pretty lucky here that the weather never really gets bad enough for festivals…

Wine Is For Everyone

    If you don’t know about my love for wine, you must be new here. My love for wine developed from an early age. Growing up with parents heavily involved in the wine industry and great lovers of good wine, has meant that I learnt to appreciate good wine from the moment I was legally able…

Learning To Keep Learning

It can be difficult to remember that our brains need just as much exercise as our bodies, if not more. It is much easier to watch a series than to read a book, and much easier to procrastinate than to research. Especially when you don’t have any obligation to study things, like if you are…

5 Reasons To Live In More Than One Country

  As you guys probably know by now that while I haven’t travelled nearly as much as I want to, I’ve still done my fair share of it, but there is a big difference between visiting a country and living in one. Sunday marked 9 years since my family and I moved to South Africa,…

My Current Daily Skin Care Routine

My skin care routine has been the same for ages now, and I think that my skin is looking better than it has done in a very long time – so I thought I’d give you a little walkthrough of what I use everyday. An advance warning: you might notice that I have developed a little…

Living With Wanderlust

Part of the reason that I have been finding it difficult to keep up with regular posts at the moment is because this blog is a constant reminder of everything I have achieved, and everything that I did while I was travelling. In case you hadn’t already guessed, by the name of this whole blog,…

Small Spaces, Big Hearts

A gorgeous new little place has popped up in Stellenbosch recently. Now this is a sentence that most people living in Stellenbosch hear every other week, as there is always a new wine bar/coffee shop/pop up vintage clothing market appearing and it’s always interesting to find out what theme or famous chef makes it different…

365 Days Ago

         365 days ago I packed up a suitcase. I filled it with presents for friends and family I hadn’t seen in years, and the barest minimum amount of clothes to leave space for all the things I was planning to buy. 365 days ago I got in a car. That car contained…