Country Road August Collection

Totally droolworthy new Country Road collection in-store now at Woolies! *sigh*

Allora

For date night last week, the beau and I went to Allora for the first time. They are located in the 24 Central Area in Sandton, next to News Cafe and Taboo night club. I am definately going back there for the following reasons:

•  delicious food - they are not stingy with their portions which guarantees a doggy bag and lunch for the next day, their pasta dishes are delicious and the range of the food on the menu really does leave you baffled on what to choose
• relaxed ambiance 
• awesome service - I am a fussy eater and the waiter was more than willing to explore various different ways in which I wanted my food, he also didn't make his presence felt around us but was always available when we needed him. We were also greeted at the door by the manager and he was more than willing to allow us to change the tables we were sitting at, i was all smiles!
• accomodating - whther you're out with friends, boyfriend, family, they will accommodate you
• please check out their website below for further details. 

http://www.allora.co.za/ 

Phum' Elaynini

The expose that you hear in the lyrics of this song, smh! I think we all know or have friends like the people that Slikour's is talking about which is the essential ingredient in what makes this song awesome! It's definitely a party starter and best to play in your car at full volume whilst bobbing your head :)

Fashion Evolution of the Gossip Girl Ladies

I am so totally in love with Gossip Girl, yes like years later! Anyways I was just checking out the fashion evolution of the stars of Gossip Girl from before the TV show started and post the TV show. All I can say is GG came along and helped these girls become the fashionista's whose clothes we lust after today.

PS: Looks like Taylor Momsen is still going through the evolution! 

Geneva

I recently had the opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful (and expensive) cities in the world, Geneva. It was a business trip which actually felt more like a holiday. I travelled with 2 other colleagues and once there we met up with 3 more colleagues and had such a lot of fun!

It was my first time experiencing a European SUMMER because the last time I was there it was in the middle of winter. Europe in summer is just beautiful (and a lot like Cape Town)..the sun only sets at 10pm, leaving ample time to explore the city in daylight. We really did explore almost every nook and cranny of Geneva and it's quite a small city with a rich history. We were lucky enough to also be visiting at the same time that the Geneva Festival was taking place and from the little that we experienced it was quite a spectacle. We visited the old Geneva city and I thought it was just stunning. It looked exactly like the movies, cobblestone roads, corner walkways everywhere, flower-filled balconies, apartments with huge doors and lots of corner restaurants.

The transport system also blew me away, we used the buses to travel around the city and we didn't pay for one single bus trip. The buses are super-efficient, they always arrive on time at the bus stops and are always clean! I shopped till my feet ached, there were sales everywhere!! Hello SUMMER SALES :) I was so happy that all the shops were on sale because the cost of living in Geneva is really expensive and so is everything else.

I am a person who loves chicken and was very disappointed to find that most of the restaurants were not serving chicken dishes because it is apparently not considered a premium dish :( We searched high and low and we eventually found a chicken restaurant and it was really worth it.

I really enjoyed my first European summer and look forward to another one, hopefully i will be on holiday and not working!