Dear {"ANONYMIZED":"2022-09-20"} {"ANONYMIZED":"2022-09-20"},

Re: Raise your glass everyone! I can almost hear the ‘clink’ in the air as one of my most favourite seasons rolls around – it isn’t called the ‘silly season’ for nothing! Bill tells me the staff at both Irene Farm and African Pride Irene Country Lodge are ready! They know how important Year End Functions are, not only to celebrate another year of good business but also to give employees the chance to let their hair down. Let’s just say, what happens at Year End Functions, stays at Year End Functions! Anyhow, this year they’ve really made booking Year End Functions a whole lot easier. The Barn Restaurant at Irene Farm will be hosting a Christmas Themed Year End Lunch every Friday from 3 November to 15 December 2017, 12h00 to 15h00. Complete with Christmas crackers and hats, and at just R275 per person, this lunch buffet menu is the bomb!

The Meadow Green Restaurant at African Pride Irene Country Lodge has set aside four big Fridays for Year End Functions too – from 24 November to 15 December 2017. Bill tells me that since word got out in the fields about these awesome offerings, the bookings have been streaming in.

I love a good celebration (as most peeps do), so I decided to book a Friday Year End Lunch for our book club group – because the business of taking care of our families deserves a Year End Function too!

Not too long after I’d sent out the word that our table was booked, Mooira called to say she and some of the girls had decided that we should make a night of it. Being responsible mooothers, we don’t like to party and drive! Mooira did some research and discovered that the Spring into Summer package at African Pride Irene Country Lodge was just up everyone’s farm path! Ten ladies in our group means we can split into groups of two and enjoy this deluxe accommodation, breakfast and dinner (after our scrumptious lunch) at Meadow Green Restaurant and a Camdeboo Day Spa treatment to the value of R250 each. All this for just R1 814 per person per night sharing and we were sold!

As usual, our herds are a little jealous, especially since we are experiencing wonderful Destination Irene treats, so we agreed on arranging a Family Day at African Pride Irene Country Lodge for all. Well, little did I realise that this would have such a snowball effect! We’ve been pleasantly surprised to find that most of the families on the farm are going to join our celebration and the numbers keep growing.

The lovely ladies at African Pride Irene Country Lodge have assured me that they can host up to 1 200 guests with formal seating so as the numbers keep growing, so does our venue! A Family Day is just what our hard-working herd needs. I must say that we are really enjoying putting all the details together - it’s one celebration no one wants to miss!

Being the hostess of the Family Day and with my handsome Bill by my side, obviously we need to look our best. So the day before the big affair, I’ve booked a Summer Glow package for myself and a Hot Rock for Men package for Bill at Camdeboo Day Spa. It’s the perfect start to what promises to be a rocking party.

Spring, silly season festivities and fabulous summer days that continue into the evenings… what more could I ask for?

I’ll be sure to raise my glass to all of you…

'Til next month