I ♥ Menlo Park Because ...

I ♥ Menlo Park

Hi, I’m Anna Marie Pienaar from Cottage Guest House in Menlo Park, Pretoria.

Menlo Park IS BEST KNOWN FOR being very cent­rally loc­ated to Shopping Centres and the University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Country Golf Club.

GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AT the Pretoria Country club, because of the beau­ti­ful gar­dens.
THE BEST PICTURES CAN BE TAKEN AT dur­ing October when the Jakarandas are blooming.

WHEN THE WEATHER'S GOOD, I LIKE TO go swim­ming, play ten­nis or play golf.
WHEN THE WEATHER'S BAD, I LIKE TO visit the nice shop­ping Centres like Menlyn and Brooklyn. Continued

I ♥ Colbyn Because ...

I ♥ Colbyn

Hi, I’m Lola Patrick from Moindis Guesthouse in Colbyn.

Colbyn IS BEST KNOWN FOR being the quietest, safest, most well-treed old Eastern sub­urb of Pretoria, minutes from the main routes.
GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AT the Union Buildings around the corner from us, a Sir Herbert Baker mas­ter­piece.
THE BEST city PICTURES CAN BE TAKEN AT the Union Buildings over­look­ing the city basin — espe­cially in spring when the Jacarandas are in full bloom.
OTHER HAPPY SNAPS AT the Voortrekker Monument or the new Freedom Park would be quite memorable.

WHEN THE WEATHER'S GOOD, I LIKE TO hike the Moreletta Spruit and sit on top of the Lynnwood Ridge look­ing over the sub­urbs crack­ing a chilled bottle of sparkles.
WHEN THE WEATHER'S BAD, I LIKE TO stay home at Moindis curl­ing up with a book in front of the crack­ling fire with a Moroccan tagine or cin­na­mon pan­cake.
I THINK THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO VISIT IS all year long, BECAUSE Pretoria has the most tem­per­ate cli­mate in the coun­try.  Winters are fairly mild here. Continued

State Theatre in Pretoria line-up

The State Theatre in Pretoria always has a fant­astic line-up of qual­ity enter­tain­ment.  Keep read­ing for a short syn­op­sis on some of the shows tak­ing centre stage dur­ing the months of February to May ... Continued

Festive Season lineup for the State Theatre in Pretoria

The State Theatre in Pretoria has a fab­ulous lineup of enter­tain­ment through­out the month of December – per­fect to get you into the Festive Season swing of things.  Read on for more inform­a­tion on just a few of the per­form­ances on the go dur­ing the last month of 2010 ... Continued

The Nutcracker at the State Theatre in Pretoria from 19 November to 19 December

The Nutcracker

I’m not sure it would be Christmas without The Nutcracker… I feel it is one of those shows that warms your heart and leaves you with a little bit of magic. The first per­form­ance of the Nutcracker was in 1892 at the Imperial Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. This year the SA Ballet Theatre in con­junc­tion with the SA State Theatre brings it to audi­ences on the opera stage from Friday 19 to Sunday 19 December 2010.

Since the first per­form­ance many, many years ago this pro­duc­tion has become syn­onym­ous with the fest­ive sea­son. If you haven’t seen it you may be ask­ing your­self why. Let me tell you a little bit about the story ... Continued

The Summer of Love at Barnyard Theatre in Menlyn

September 1^st is Secretaries’ Day and the Barnyard Theatre in Menlyn has a treat in store; tick­ets for their pro­duc­tion of The Summer of Love for a bar­gain price of R135 per per­son.  The per­form­ance is at 1pm so an ideal time to take a half day (it is Secretaries’ Day after all) and enjoy lunch and an after­noon off!

The release of the Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band marked the begin­ning of the 1967 Summer of Love and it ended with the now fam­ous Woodstock Music Festival in the sum­mer of 1969.  The Barnyard Theatre proudly presents a trib­ute to the heady days of the ‘60’s with music from the West Coast of the USA; Continued

Go on an Ox-Wagon Safari!

Ox Wagon

Nature lover? Looking for an altern­at­ive to fuel trans­port­a­tion? Frustrated with oil infla­tion? Environmentalist? Menopausal and ready for a con­vert­ible? Nostalgic? Curious? History lover? Conservationist?

Calling all of the above to take an African safari through a 341 Hectare nature reserve set atop an African hill­side with spec­tac­u­lar views over the city of Pretoria. Home to Voortrekker his­tory, the Voortrekker Monument and Nature Reserve offers tours on the mode of trans­port used by these Afrikaans pion­eers in their transa­frica trek, The Great Trek (1835 — 1854). Continued