Relax with Dax

Fine Brandy Fusion is a brandy festival which has happened in Johannesburg for the last 5 years. Now it has finally come to Cape Town! Taken from the Fine Brandy Fusion website: There is simply nothing like South Africa’s finest anywhere in the world.  Being the definitive  collection of South African brandy under one roof, [...]

In November I was introduced to The Entertainer, a discount voucher book that is popular in several countries and was soon to be launched in Cape Town. For the first time I was impressed with a voucher book. The simplicity and value of the offering sold it for me, 2 for 1, anytime. I was [...]

I want you to look at that poster below. Just take it in. Belinda Carlisle, Rick Astley, Nick Kershaw and and and! Live! If you haven’t heard about this concert yet, you might be the only one because they have sold so many tickets already that they have opened a 2nd night. I have 3 [...]

I think Braai Day is a great idea, it ties well into Heritage day. But to be honest, I often don’t get to braai on Braai Day. I live in an apartment, so I can’t braai at home and I have very few friends so I don’t get invited to braai at their places. It’s [...]

It’s Bierfest time again! I’ve been told that this year is going to be bigger and better than last year in every way. Bigger tent, better music, better food and even better beer… I’ve got 4 pairs of tickets to any of the sessions for some lucky readers. If you would like to win a [...]

You  must have heard about the new Cadbury’s Bubbly chocolate. If you haven’t heard people raving about the actual chocolate or seen it in the shops, then you’ve seen the TV advert with the floating cows (below). I’ve actually tasted the chocolate, so I get what people are raving about. It also comes in Cadbury’s [...]

Many people envy my lifestyle of reviewing restaurants, attending media events, judging competitions, etc. But it took many years of hard work to get to this stage. Which means I find this new Nando’s competition very annoying. Any ordinary person off the street (they don’t even have to be good looking!) can enter and win. [...]

By now you’ve probably heard about the HUGE Ministry of Sound New Years Eve party happening at the Convention Centre. Described as “15 hours of musical mayhem”, this event has 5 arenas showcasing top international and local DJs. Ministry of Sound doesn’t mess around, expect massive sound and mind blowing lighting to help you get [...]

You may have seen my recent post about the 5 beer festivals happening in Cape Town before the end of the end of the year. Well, the first couple are coming up at the end of this month and to kick things off I have a bunch of tickets to the all new Oktober Bierfest [...]

I’ve attended most of the wine festivals in and around Cape Town at some point, but I’ve never been to one of Caroline’s wine reviews. I’m not sure why I haven’t ever made a point of attending as I have heard really good reports on them. I met Caroline at her wine shop in town [...]

Have you seen what’s happening at the Good Food & Wine Show this year? It’s insane. You need to set aside a whole day to spend there. It starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday and it’s happening at the ICC again. To give you some idea of what’s in store for you… Have you [...]

So Taste of Cape Town 2011 starts today. It’s the fourth year for this festival and each year it’s very well attended. I’ve attended the previous ones (click here for my review of Taste of Cape Town 2010) and look forward to attending this one too. There are some great restaurants and chefs at the [...]

You may have read my review of Caffe Milano already. One of the things I didn’t mention was that Caffe Milano is one of the few places that uses Valrhona chocolate. It’s not a name that we are very familiar with in South Africa, but it’s internationally recognised as one of the top chocolates. Vanessa [...]

As usual, the Goldfish concert at Kirstenbosch this Sunday (6th March 2011, in case you’re reading this next year) was sold out within a short while of the remaining tickets going on sale. There is a reason for this, it’s always a great concert. Sadly this means that there are many disappointed people out there [...]

Polo is something I’ve normally only seen in movies, a game for the wealthy. I thought I was a fancy pants going to the Met or the Queen’s Plate but didn’t think I would progress from horse races to polo. Now I’ve been to polo matches a few times and it’s pretty cool. It’s actually [...]