Author: Dax
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Franschhoek Bastille Festival 2011
I’ve attended the Franschhoek Bastille Festival for several years now (here are the links to my review for last year and the year before), and was invited to attend again this year. I went on the Sunday because I knew the Saturday would be jam packed and I’m not a fan of having to squeeze…
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Bay Harbour Market review
I’m pleased with the proliferation of markets. I recently reviewed the new City Bowl market at Hope Street and last weekend I spent most of Saturday at the new Bay Harbour market in Hout Bay. There are two reasons why I’m pleased with the proliferation of markets. The one is that it’s great that small producers have…
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Audi & Bouchard Finlayson Drive Day
A while back I reviewed a Peroni event that I attended and I was bemoaning the fact that so few events offer a memorable experience these days. This Audi & Bouchard Finlayson event was one of the few I’ve been to that really stood out from the rest. We arrived at Audi in the Waterfront…
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Reuben’s at the One & Only review
I wasn’t able to make the media launch of Reuben’s new menu at the One & Only, but I went with a partner the next day and I’m actually glad I experienced it like that rather. The restaurant was very empty when I was there, maybe two or three other tables, and whenever I’ve been…
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Win Tickets to Caroline’s Red Wine Review
I’ve attended most of the wine festivals in and around Cape Town at some point, but I’ve never been to one of Caroline’s wine reviews. I’m not sure why I haven’t ever made a point of attending as I have heard really good reports on them. I met Caroline at her wine shop in town…
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De Kaap review
There are some really great restaurants in the Robertson Valley. I have reviewed Reuben’s in Robertson and Karoux in McGregor already, but I recently stumbled upon a new place on the road to McGregor, called De Kaap. It’s the most gorgeous little place, run by a lovely couple. It’s in the middle of nowhere and…
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Our Daily Poison review
A while backed I reviewed a documentary which impressed me. It was called The World According to Monsanto. It was a documentary about genetic modification of food, a favourite topic of mine (you can read some of my thoughts on the topic here and here). What made this documentary unique was that it did not…
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Bushmans Kloof Hotel Review
I remember sending out the tweet that Bushmans Kloof hotel had been named best hotel in the world by US Travel & Leisure in 2009. I was pretty impressed. There must be some fabulous hotels around the world, I thought to myself, what would it take to be voted number one? I didn’t think I…
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Inside Job review
When people around me complain about the corruption of our government in South Africa, my response is always the same. I’d rather have our corrupt government than anyone else’s. The citizens of the United States of America and to a slightly lesser extent Europe, are being milked dry and don’t even know it. At least…
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Setting Permissions for Facebook Apps
Many websites are starting to use Facebook logins to register you for the site, a feature called Facebook Connect. Which is something I quite like, for two reasons. Firstly it makes my life easier as I don’t have to go through a registration process and remember my login and password for every site, secondly it…