When I look back at these photoโs, my first thought was “check out these youngsters”! We were not that that young then, but we have aged gracefully like a serious Cabernet Sauvignon. That is what we think, and we’re sticking to it! Or it could be the wine talking. ๐ท This was November of 2009 …
๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ข๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ Our relationship started in September 2009, when myself, Claudio and Werner walked up an over-grown sand dune. At that stage, the dune was level with the top of the Milkwood, and the tree was a scraggly mess, its massive branches hanging and touching the ground, almost lethargic, in a posture of dismay, …
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ย ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐… …and this weekend was no exception. Being a long weekend, we were treated by a welcome surprise of guests visiting the Garden Route – particularly those who wanted a much needed break from Cape Town. It is as if things are slowly but surely returning to normality. There is …
There have been many, and I mean every year. Proposals, weddings, anniversaries, itโs a given with our setting and especially at table 78, the corner on the upper deck. More men have gone down on their knees, trembling with trepidation at the public spectacle that they are about to perform, praying that she will say …
Its quite frightening when I look back at the last ten years. Ten years ago, almost to the day, Claudio and Werner approached me about getting involved with Salinas. At that stage it was an overgrown stand, luckily without Milkwoods, with a demolished house and a braai, which was a favorite place for the drug …
Did you know that every year we harvest over 500,000,000 kg of anchovies in our waters, and yes they are on SASSI’s green data list. Catching them with nets, does no damage to the ocean floor and there is very little by-catch as they shoal close to the surface or mid-water. The Cape Anchovy is …
TripAdvisor, the end of the road? In the last few months we have noted a huge increase in guests using the “Google Review” platform over what was the most used and popular site being TripAdvisor. Currently it is close to 20 reviews or ratings for google over every one for TripAdvisor, but what is very …
It has been 8 years of watching the sunset over the Wilderness Beach and every time, I stop for a moment, in awe and remind myself to smell the roses. Those 15 minutes just before it dips over the ridge at Vic Bay and the glare is receding, the management team confers and debates, as …
When a straw leaves a bitter taste in your mouthโฆ Its amazing to see how quick a campaign can launch something to the public via social media and how quick people respond to it and share it and sadly just dies off silently again. What a “catastrawphe” as many called it. A few months ago, …