mise en place – French (in a professional kitchen) the preparation of dishes and ingredients before the beginning of service Before the picnic, there’s the planning and the prep, the gathering, creating and displaying. There’s an entire dance that leads up to the event, an unseen dance that is worth taking a…
You know the moment just before you fall asleep? When, if you’re lucky, and still conscious enough, you can catch yourself falling, slipping… You feel your body and mind passing over. It’s out of your control. One minute you’re thinking about the day and your consciousness wanders, and the next,…
At this year’s get-together with our greater Relais & Châteaux Africa and Indian Ocean family, we as Royal Chundu were given a chance to share our “best practice” – which for us is and always will be: Community. Below are our Royal Chundu rules when it comes to that special…
What’s essential to you? We’ve been asking this in our quest to ensure that we’re living from the heart. To make sure that we don’t forget what is really important to us as individuals and as a community, as humanity, as we move along the journey of life. There are all kinds of moments…
“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.” — Sam Abell Photography is purpose and storytelling, it is celebration and conservation. It is so much more than a camera and a subject. We’ve felt the way it has transformed us on the Zambezi – how it has made us look around…
There is a stirring power in moments of true connection, when like minds meet, inspire and move one another. The message of We Are Africa in Cape Town each year is one that we find particularly stirring, especially empowering. It’s about Africa, the huge and diverse continent, not country, with a million stories, not…
