Relax With Dax

Author: Dax

  • Copy of your ID please

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    I’m interested to hear if someone has some knowledge or experience on this topic. I might be the only one who gets uncomfortable when companies ask me for a copy of my ID. I often read in the newspapers about people having their identity stolen. Fake ID books are used to get credit cards and run…

  • Home review

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    A little while ago I posted a review on Home again in Vredehoek, which you can read here. Last night I ate at Home, the original restaurant in Harfield Village. The two restaurants are not exactly the same, the menus are slightly different and Home Again offers a tapas menu between 5pm and 7pm for…

  • Relax with Dax website improvements

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    I have done some work on the website over the past few weeks and am quite pleased with the results. I hope that they make your interaction with the site easier and more enjoyable. I’ve added a poll to the sidebar which I will change every few weeks. Please take the time to vote, the more…

  • Be happy with your body, or not…

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    Health and dieting are common topics of conversation these days. Most people seem fairly concerned with trying to eat healthily and getting some form of exercise. There are people who take it far too seriously though, and sometimes it does seem like a lot of us have become obsessed with ‘being in shape’. It doesn’t help…

  • How to end corruption

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    This news headline caught my eye the other day: China sentences former food and drugs chief to death Basically, he was found guilty of accepting bribes in return for expediting the approval of new drugs. Now he is going to die. I have a feeling that whoever replaces him as food and drugs chief is…

  • The Tipping Point review

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    This book is a very short read, which gives it a very high time to benefit ratio. The concept of a tipping point is not new, but Malcom Gladwell uses very interesting and relevant real-life examples to illustrate how small things make the difference without us even realising it. He shares some interesting thoughts on…

  • The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil review

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    I never get round to reviewing Hollywood movies I see, not that I watch many of them any way. There just doesn’t seem to be much point. Basically all you need to know is the basic plot, who is in it and whether it is worth watching or not. But I love reviewing documentaries, they…

  • Globalisation and its Discontents review

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    The headline in the Cape Times today was ‘SA farming on knife-edge’. The article goes on to explain that because our food markets have been opened up to the rest of the world, our farmers face competition from countries which subsidise their agriculture and there is no way we can compete against that. This is…

  • Robertson Wacky Wine Weekend review

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    I gave them a few years to prepare themselves and it looks like they put them to good use. The Robertson Wacky Wine Weekend was ready for me. What a fabulous weekend we had. I took Friday off work so that my right hand man, my left hand man and myself could get a head…

  • Good Food & Wine Show review

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    There is definitely an optimal modus operandi (latin for modus operandi) for attending expos and festivals such as this one. There are many schools of thought, but the man with experience will always know which way is the best way. For instance, some people say you shouldn’t go to a show on the last day as…