Kidstenbosch

You have to take kids to kirstenbosch one day. It has got to be one of the most underrated experiences you could have. You'll see all the tiny wonders with new eyes, squish pond mud between your toes and smell the fragrance garden with tickly nostrils.

Borrow someone else's kids for the day and pack a picnic: do them and yourself a favour.

Chart Rose Farm

Roses are R2 a stem on Sundays.

This lovely bunch cost me thirty rand.

Cute tea garden, take your granny call her from it.

not a Blonde joke

Blonde is the sister restaurant of Beluga and Sevruga-both have halfprice sushi on weekday evenings-and part of the Caviar family. Blonde is in a beautiful old house in lower gardens, and get this-until the end of august, EVERYTHING on the menu is halfprice! Tonight one hundred paid for bottled water, reserve bottle of white wine, amise bouche of pea soup, pate and bread platter, dukkah-infused duck main and an amazing pudding - including tip :) admittedly a lot of that was shared between seven girls but still left with a full belly and a happy heart.