Category: General

The April newsletter has been sent out. It’s available under ’Newsletters’ on the navigation pane.

I am thinking of attending a cooking course. My cooking skills are not bad but I know there is a lot more to learn and I have a feeling that a cooking course could be a whole lot of fun! But, if you Google ‘cooking course cape town’ you don’t get much. Please leave a…

Since we were selected to host the Soccer World Cup, some time has passed. In that time, my feelings and opinions on this subject have become stronger and stronger to the point where I must write this post just to get it off my chest. I am interested to see readers comments on this one.…

I’m having a problem with the rss feeds on the site at the moment. It appears that the feeds work in Outlook 2007, but not much else. This is just to let you know I am aware of the problem and am working on it.

The results are out for the 2007 SA Blog Awards. Relax with Dax came 4th in it’s category (food). I was hoping for a top 3 finish but the top 3 are excellent sites, making them tough to beat. Thanks to all who voted for me. Those who didn’t, it could have been your vote that…

This weekend I had a few phone calls from friends and family in PE. This is not a normal occurrence and is attributable to the fact that there was an article about me and RWD in the Weekend Post in PE. It’s a nice article with a colour photo and all. I will post a…

A day or two ago, Wafu burned down. I didn’t believe it until I saw the pictures. A horrible sight. It’s so sad to see one of our favourite places destroyed. Why couldn’t it have been the CTFM or something? I believe Wakame is still operational but it looks like it will be a while…

The South African Blog Awards are designed to create awareness of blogs and give exposure to particularly good SA blogs. Relax with Dax has been nominated in the ‘Best SA Blog about Food’ category. Please vote for me by clicking this link http://2007.sablogawards.com, selecting Relax with Dax in the Food category and then submitting your…

The March newsletter has been sent out. It’s available under ‘Newsletters’ on the navigation pane.

The other night I went to dinner at a restaurant that had recently opened. The place was lovely and the food was fine but the service was so bad, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you what happened. Regular readers know I have a policy of not doing reviews on restaurants that have only…