Bridget McNulty

In the lap of luxury…

// July 7th, 2009 // Cape Town, Life (and the living of it)

So I turned 27 in the lap of luxury. Ensconced in the lap of luxury. It was incredible!

My man and I arrived at the One&Only hotel in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon and were promptly shown to a BEAUTIFUL room. I’m talking huge soft bed, enormous bathroom with bed-sized bath, huuuge shower, and twin basins (love the twin basins). We were shown round the whole hotel, which is entirely like a different world, a world that I would love to live in full-time! (You can read all about it on Just the Planet soon).

Dinner was at Nobu restaurant, this extraordinary Japanese restaurant, where we were treated to a 7 course tasting menu (wow) and then we fell asleep… Only to wake up with a full view of Table Mountain from our window. *sigh!*

My birthday began with tea in bed with my man, and then a delicious buffet breakfast (fresh baked goodies, fruit, yoghurt, all my favourites!) and then (oh then!) an hour and a half pedicure. It was heaven! A Bastien Gonzalez pedicure, which is apparently the Rolls Royce of pedicures. I felt like I was floating…

After my luxurious stay, I went for lunch with my parents, which was simply delightful, and then came home and played with my adorable neice for the afternoon. Then I watched a DVD while my feast of a dinner was made for me… And then we ate until we were stuffed. Delicious!

It was such a laughter-filled, family-filled, delight-filled day. I think it bodes well for the year ahead! My year of learning how to be easy going, of letting go…