Category: General

The Kirstenbosch concerts have suddenly become quite a bit more expensive this season. Perhaps it will prevent over crowding. Tickets go on sale on the Tuesday preceding each concert, from the Visitors’ Centre Ticket Office only. On Sundays tickets will be available at all three entrances. Telephonic bookings (021 761 2866) can be made from…

The Western Cape always features heavily in the Eat Out top 10, in fact last year we had seven out of ten. Eat Out has just announced the twenty finalists for next year’s list and fifteen of them are in the Western Cape. The awards will take place on the 22nd of November at the…

There are various reasons why you might want a private room at a restaurant. It might be a business meal so it needs to be quieter, or it might be a meal with friends but a special occasion where you want some privacy. Maybe you just don’t feel like cooking but want to entertain some…

I attended the launch of The Rainbow Experience at Mandela Rhodes place (where Signal Hill Winery used to be) the other night. I must admit that when I received the invitation and read what it was, I wasn’t convinced that the concept was very appealing. This is how they describe it: A destination store that showcased…

Exactly 3 years ago I watched a documentary called The Bridget Jones Phenomenon in SA. It was about four women who were over 30 and still single, a common occurence these days. I wasn’t that impressed with the documentary as it seemed that the producer had already decided what the answers to the questions were…

A few days ago I tweeted a link to an information video on the new Integrated Rapid Transport (IRT) system planned for Cape Town. If you missed my tweet, here’s the link again: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/irt/Pages/IRT_promo_video.aspx It looks like a great system, but in the mean time we still have to get around using what’s available. With…