This lovely young couple chose Sumaridge’s ‘castle’ to exchange their vows and Celebrate their Wedding Day in Hermanus.  Their small party of 15 were seated upstairs overlooking the beautiful vistas of the Hemel-en-Aarde valley.  We had experienced terrible weather prior to this day, and expected the worst, but alas, the day was perfect, the skies were clear, the breeze calm and the sun most welcome. After the ceremony they...

  It’s not everyday we are blessed with a request to prepare a High Tea for a ‘young’ lady’s 90th Birthday!  The Windsor Hotel in Hermanus was kind enough to allow us to use their dining hall to celebrate this special occasion.  The weather was perfect, clear skies against the lapping waves, and the whales were breaching within view of the venue. As most of the family were travelling though from Cape Town, we ensured there was plenty to...

     Mike and Nats decided to join hands in matrimony in the small village of Kleinbaai, 30 minutes from Hermanus,just outside of Gansbaai. (Shark Diving Capital!) Although they are both Globe Trotters due to their interesting work schedules, they had a connection to this little village which has a special significance to them.  Mike originally from Cape Town, and Nats, born in Wales, communicated with me via e-mail and we met only a few...

  Toyota, Hermanus, celebrated the launch of their impressive New Showroom on Thursday, 5th June.  Despite the cold and wet weather, the turnout of over 200 guests was a true reflection of the dedication and excellent service delivered by this team to their clientele.  A light finger dinner was prepared by Warwicks Chef School and entertainment was provided by Piano Ben.  The colour palette for the evening was red, black and white, so we...

    This was the first of a three day event where we hosted 80 Europeans in our beautiful town.  The weather was amazing after months of following  weather channels predicting typical winter conditions. We set up a Bedouin tent over their holiday courtyard area, brought in additional furniture, music systems, a mobile bar and caterers and our guests were in awe.  They enjoyed a typical South African Braai with salads, veg, ‘pap &...

  Ok, well, our European guests made it to their pick-up transporters the following morning following there Sweden meets SA’s welcoming braai (barbeque to others outside SA)  ….what where they thinking?   We have more wine than water!  Day two was a picnic arranged at the breathtaking Hamilton Russell Vineyards.  Once again, this was supposed to be our worst weather, but the day turned out to be a fairy tale.  There was not a...