Relax With Dax

Category: Events

  • Good Food & Wine Show 2010 review

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    There was so much more to the Good Food & Wine Show this year. More than likely it had a lot to do with the involvement of the BBC Lifestyle chefs. Cooking shows have really caught on in South Africa, so when you mention names like Georgio Locatelli, Willie Harcourt-Cooze and Gordon Ramsay, everyone knows…

  • Eat In Awards 2010

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    Last year I wrote a very positive post about the 2009 edition of Eat In magazine. I’m not sure if it was because of that, but this year I was invited to the actual Eat In awards ceremony and lunch. It was great to meet not only some of the people that are involved in…

  • Waterfront Wine Affair review

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    Nobody can deny that we are quite spoilt for choice in Cape Town when it comes to wine festivals. There a many that happen throughout the year, but the wine festival at the Waterfront is definitely the closest to me, living in Seapoint. I guess that makes it my local and I’ve always been a…

  • Table of Peace and Unity review

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    The Good Food & Wine Show will be taking place in Cape Town next month at the ICC. This is definitely one of the biggest food related events on the calendar. There is so much going on for the duration of the show, one could easily spend more than a day there. Apart from the…

  • Taste of Cape Town 2010 review

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    Ok, so apologies to all my Twitter followers (twitter.com/RelaxWithDax if you’re not following me) for not giving you a blow by blow, but I was too busy enjoying myself. You should know by now, I like to enjoy things and tell you about it afterwards. No time for tweeting or photos even. So I ended…

  • L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate review

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    Having done my research into what the Queen’s Plate is all about, I decided I had better take it seriously. So I organised myself a white suit and a hot date (see pic 1 – and notice my strict adherence to the blue and white theme). I also tried to have an early night so…

  • L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate intro

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    My only exposure to horse racing so far has been the J&B Met. I’ve attended it for about 10 consecutive years. You can read one of my reviews here and see photos here and here. The only other race day I have wanted to attend is the Durban July, until recently. For the last couple…

  • The Killers concert at Val de Vie review

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    When you pay R600 to go to a concert, included in the price is the bragging rights. You get to tell all your friends and people you meet  how awesome the concert was. Maybe you can even impress girls (or guys). And because they weren’t at the concert, you can even make it sound cooler…

  • Diemersfontein Pinotage on Tap 2009 review

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    Pinotage on Tap this year was a great event again. The usual attractions were there, like barrels of pinotage, mountains of strawberries accompanied by a chocolate fountain, great live bands and an awesome setting. This was my third year at Pinotage on Tap, so what was different from last year and the year before? Each…

  • From the Earth Expo review

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    This last weekend I popped into the From the Earth Expo at the ICC. It’s was quite strange because the last time I was there was for Winex and the hall was no longer filled with tons of stands offering wine tastings, but filled instead with animals! It smelt like a farm in there. They…