David's Birthday Celebrations

On Wednesday it was David's birthday. We celebrated with a braai with all our friends, his family and cake on the Wednesday night.  It was a really nice evening with a lot of laughter, loud talking and good food.

On Thursday evening we went to The Clay Café in Hout Bay for supper and to get creative. They normally close at 5pm, but on a Thursday evening they have a pizza and wine evening. They say they close at 9pm, but they don't really shoo you  out if you are still painting. They pretty much let you finish what you're creating before closing.

 

The way it works is that you arrive and then you choose what you want to paint.

 

 I chose a cow milk jug - when you pour the milk out it's nose, and Dave chose a normal jug.

 

 

 

And then the fun began as we painted our masterpieces, ate some yummy pizza's and drank some wine.

 

 

 Once you're finished painting you get given a number to out under your masterpiece  and you leave it there.  Once they have fired it in the over, they'll contact you and you can go and collect it. It should take about three weeks until we get to go and fetch our creations.

 

It was  a really fun evening - I want to go "all the time" after last night, but that could be a bit pricey.

 

xKx 

Wine Tasting At Hout Bay Vineyards

On Saturday Hout Bay Vineyards  was open to the public for wine tasting and sales. They generally only open the last weekend of May and November, but this year they decided to do an additional tasting because it was the seafood festival this past weekend in Hout Bay. Dave and I decided to try them out. I've often seen them advertising on the side of the road and thought, I would like to try them out. This weekend was the weekend to try it out.

They had five wines available for tasting for R30. We only had time to taste three wines, their Bubbly, Rosé and Merlot which where really good, so good in fact that we bought a bottle of their Rosé and Merlot. The vineyard is family owned by a really awesome family. Peter, Kathy and their son were super friendly, answered all our questions and bent the rules and let us only buy a bottle of the two wines we wanted. They generally sell them by the case, but  they let a few people buy just a bottle or two. What added to an even more awesome experience on Saturday was their two puppies who were uber playful and friends and the relaxed setting high up in the valley.

I just read on their website, http://houtbayvineyards.co.za/index.html that people can picnic there... I think when they're open in November, David and I must gather some friends, pack a picnic and enjoy a lunch time picnic up there while we do some wine tasting.

xKx