Honestly, I have never eaten so much in my entire life. After giving up smoking last November I have slowly started to pile on the pounds. T

Meet Floyd; he's cute right? For anyone considering buying kittens I implore you to reconsider. Aside from the obvious benefits to adopting a cat and saving it from a lifetime of homelessness and destitution you will also save yourself the trauma that I am currently enduring at the hands of these feline menaces: Now don’t get me wrong. When you first get your kitten you will melt at their incredible cuteness and absolute devotion to you as their new mumma. This doesn’t last.

People always have a lot to say about mental illness. Whether they are a sufferer or not there are endless posts about coping stategies and lists that empathise with the reader showing them how the author suffers too and that the struggle that they feel every day is not in vain. I have contemplated over the past week as whether to write a post that is in the same vein, but instead I have decided to write my own story of what living with a mental illness means. This may not re

1. You still use Twitter The type of social media you use could clearly help determine whether you are an 'old' millennial or not. On a recent trip to Amsterdam I met a 22 year old dutch guy who was stunned that I still used Twitter. He said that they no longer used it there and that Snapchat and Instagram were the young twenty-somethings social platforms of choice. To be honest this guy doesn't have a Facebook and therefore I severely judge most of what he says - it is toda

Taken from my blog thecoffeeshopdiaries A four hour drive north of Johannesburg nestled deep in a town called Sabie, you will come across some of the most beautiful landmarks you have ever seen. An abundance of waterfalls, canyons and potholes that date back to the colonial gold-mining age that the area is so well known for. Those who know where to look also know of another secret that this town holds; Sabie Valley Coffee. Owners Tim and Kim Buckland run Sabie Valley Coffee