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This is interesting
On Wednesday night, while I celebrated the return of a friend to Cape Town from the wondrous and exciting world that I presume Joburg to be, I received my first alert on my “phone” (or rather, alleged phone. It’s a Blackberry with the battery life of about 20 minutes & the functionality of a digital…
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Trains, canes & hungry dames – Kalk Bay Eating
This post was originally from June 23 2014 on a different blog. Today was a day with Ma (my grandmother). We’d planned to go to my eat out in my neighbourhood, but it seems Mondays are not good days for people in the Southern Suburbs. So we went on an adventure. Uh, all the way to…
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The Fighter: Jongi Kanko
So Cape Town has quite a number of people worth turning our short attention spans to. This is the first cool person I’ve been fortunate to profile, and I’m really excited about the various projects he has going. But apart from the projects, it’s his persona, too, which has people lining up to join his team. When…
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An Unlikely Coffee Haunt – Lansdowne Recycling Centre
Alright. Nobody expects a coffee shop at their local recycling centre. And then, after the initial surprise, one really doesn’t expect it to be this GOOD. A week or so ago, on an early Saturday morning, I was trying out a new recycling establishment after the Grumpy Guses at my old one made me wonder…
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This Is My New Home
When the woman walked into the cafe, she seemed to bring with her an Autumn calm, a burgundy-coloured cosiness that made me almost look behind her to see if a trail of petals & leaves followed as she sat down at my table. We were there to talk business. She wore a flowing skirt, a…
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Welcome to Your Heritage. Don’t Forget Your Dancing Shoes.
I took a trip in time yesterday. It wasn’t my usual Saturday afternoon routine (if lying on my couch considering the hard choice between a wine or a workout can be called a routine). I was invited to attend a rare event, and one which so happily coincided with an interest I’ve recently taken in…
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Why, Darling?
Looking for a romantic spot near Cape Town to celebrate an anniversary? Nope, not you, Darling. It didn’t help that I started the trip out with having to cancel my first night because I had to have my only Big Night Out of the year the day before. The hangover was… well, deserved. I suffered.…
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