The heading of this blog is one of my favourite inspirational quotes from the movie Vanilla Sky; an adage can be used for almost anything you wish to accomplish in your life. Earlier this year I made a very professional-looking spreadsheet detailing what I wished to accomplish this year. We are nearly halfway through the year, so...
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We went surfing the other day, in the notorious area of Muizenberg. It’s generally not the Great Whites that you have to watch out for there, it’s the Great Wides, the boards and the tourists who assume that they own the beach. My other, much braver, half had decided he wanted to learn to surf properly, like. None of...
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There is a certain inconsistency in my personality that allows me to spend R400 on a dinner without breaking a sweat, while at the same time balking at the idea of spending the same amount on a pair of boots or a handbag. In all fairness it should be the other way around after all, in terms of the latter you can at least SEE and USE...
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It’s been said that when you want a list of things to do in Cape Town you’re faced with things like “go for a shark dive in a cage†or “shop at a really elitist mall†or “check out the wine farmsâ€. Let’s face it, as far as cities go, this one kind of chows your money. But it...
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Everyone is talking about it… almost everyone is coming to see it. The 2010 Soccer World Cup hosted by South Africa is causing a serious headache for the Cape Town accommodation industry. How on earth are we going to house all of these foreign (and some local) people, and how are we going to do it in an ecologically friendly...
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