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Next week is going to be kak, but also good. Remember that Francois and I renovated that house in Stanford and ran it as a…
I had quite a dark / deep week. Whenever I feel that down, I always forget to look at the calendar. Does everyone get the…
I had such a great client meeting yesterday! It was at a fancy wine estate / Polo Club in Paarl and I had the most…
I’ve been super mindful of how the food I eat affects my mental health and energy. I think I told you guys that I went…
Things with my sailor deteriorated last week. He’s working hard (read: mostly unavailable), and long distance is just NOT for me. I mean we can’t…
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I was a bit of a lonely kid growing up. I had two brothers, and felt a bit like a third wheel I guess. I…
I am typing this from what I can only assume is my deathbed. I woke up with what I thought was a bit of a…
I’m literally writing this from Sailor’s house in Camps Bay. I came over last night (after a gorgeous Mother’s Day) and made him dinner. We…
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I’ve had this song stuck in my head all week, so now you will too. I always thought that Frank Sinatra sang this, actually. It’s…
I matched with a sailor. How random? And cool. He’s looking for some ‘company’ while he’s parked in Cape Town, and he’s like SUPER interesting.…
After such an awful week (last week), this week has turned into the BEST week that I’ve had in like over a year! The Attachment…
Okay. I’m been dreading telling this story. So I arrived at dishy Italian’s guesthouse. The caretaker let me in and called him. He wasn’t happy.…
It’s 4am, and I’m up and ready to work. I love that I get to write for a living, and I love that I also…
I really could have used a Fairy Godmother last week. I remember seeing this Insta Reel about “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days”…
Did your mother also blast Via con dios’ Heading For A Fall when you were growing up? I was 8 when it came out, and…
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I got bored and downloaded a dating app again. I set my bio to “Guess Who’s Back. Back Again.” and I saw all the same…
I’m having a shitty day. It’s 13:00 so I’m taking a break to talk this out in hope that it will clear my mind, and…
I love growing things. I grow indoor plants & vegetables, mostly. That was my therapy after FH left. Divorce feels like death. You’re in actual…
4:30am Okay, I ‘weighed in’ like some sort of farm animal this morning. 73.8kg. If this ridiculous crash diet actually works, I’ll be 71.3kg by…
Vogue published this (now infamous) “crash diet” for women in 1977. It consists of black coffee, boiled eggs, steak… and wine. You’re supposed to eat…
The strangest thing has happened. FH (f*ckhead) and I have become friends. After hating him for 8 months, we slowly started talking. Specifically, we were…
I was pretty sure that I got ghosted this week. That’s never happened to me before. There are still one or two (or three) guys…
I woke up at 2am and applied to high schools for my youngest. I knew it would become chaotic later today, and it did! I…
It seems like the whole of Cape Town has the flu / tummy bug that’s going around right now. I got it last week, then…
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