Weddings.. ours included

And now for the weddings.. in the last year, we have been to many weddings – Dave Clawson in Provence (more photos later); Jason and Cat in LA, and Tim’s in Chicago.. We also have another of John’s friends getting married in March, then a few in Europe in June/July including Jane & Paolo and then ours in November..

We have decided to choose Cape Town as our wedding venue. There are many reasons for Cape Town. Firstly, Cape Town represents some of the most enjoyable years of my youth, it’s the town where I attended university and in the Old apartheid South Africa, the first place where I truly interacted with people from other backgrounds and race groups, and subsequently lived there for the longest consecutive time of my adult life – 7 years. It is where I always take visitors or recommend as an absolute must if you ever visit South Africa. For John, it’s the place in South Africa that he most associates with California. Its where he enjoys must of his wine purchasing and its where we (mostly me) hope to one day own a piece of a wine farm.. One of his favorite restaurants is also in Cape Town where they serve the best Karoo lamb ever and where we intend to have the Thanksgiving dinner.. if the owners agree.

I am fortunate to have such close and long standing friends in South Africa and was even more grateful when Nothando decided to join me on my one day trip to visit possible wedding venues in January.. Nothando is one of the classiest woman I know with some very high standards so getting her to help with the wedding venue decision making process was indeed a plus..

We hail back from 2000 when we first both arrived in London, not knowing anyone.. We met through my London housemate and dear friend, Phares who knew Nothando through work. He had arranged that we all meet up at Ronnie’s Jazz Café in Soho – gladly she arrived on time. We hit it off immediately and together we had some of the most fun filled times in London.. pre MBA. She is Zimbabwean by birth and global in outlook on the world and after visiting three of the top five wedding venues in Cape Town, we both decided that this wine farm will be the place.. The wine tasted good and lunch was equally delicious..




















The wedding date has been set for November 29th, to take advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday. We do hope that as many of our friends and family can make the trip down to South Africa. Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!