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Franschhoek always scares me a bit.  It usually means I’m going to eat well…but be much poorer afterwards.  This time was different.  Yes, it WAS expensive, but someone else suffered the post-bill indigestion!
It was Mother’s Day and Stoan invited his mother and me to lunch at CAFE ALLEE BLEUE  just outside Franschhoek.  The drive [...]

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The girls came tiptoeing into my office, stuck their heads around the door and asked, “Hey Ilana, wanna go to “Hmmm” for ice cream?”
“Go WHERE for ice cream?” I replied.
“Hmmm” said Janine, “it’s just around the corner.
Now, our office is in Gardens…LOWER Gardens.  The most interesting businesses we have in this neighbourhood are panel beaters [...]