Friday night, I enjoyed a great home cooked dinner hosted by Nomonde, a new friend who is a qualified winemaker at a popular distillery here in Cape Town. Over dinner among other things, we discussed the flexibility in which wine is consumed lately. I hold the belief that wine is like a culture that should be practiced with...
read moreSomeone pinch me… I still cannot get over the fact that I am now a Capetonian. It all happened so fast. Let me back track and start from the top. Two months ago my life read like this: “Girl, 24 years old, single, living in a granny-flat …with her parents, broke, stuck- in- a -rut at her job as a newspaper...
read moreIts been crazy really, The wind, the rain, this sudden rush of winter trying to keep its intense grip over us fine citizens of Cape Town, is really, truly insane. Being on a scooter also means that a). I’m in constant danger when it comes to the elements and b). Wind is the most dangerous of them all. There is a flip side to...
read moreThis whole market crash is serious business. The way it’s been explained to me, we are basically screwed in two years time. Recession, depression, nuclear war etc… It’s all happening and it’s happening soon. That means no more fancy Cape Town accommodation, vacations or even my nice, shiny flat! This is...
read moreCape town. Accommodation in Cape Town, Steven-style. The Four Seasons. My home and eventual hub of all roach activity in the Western Cape. I have lived in the city for close to five years now and I will never become used to these disgusting creatures. We [my girlfriend and I] begun renting this ‘lovely’ abode nigh on 7...
read moreSpring is most definitely in the air in Cape Town. When I got up this morning a small fragrant breeze was teasing my curtains and the crisp promise of a beautiful day was already hovering on the horizon. The perfect day to call in sick to work and set off on a Cape Town tour. But, alas, money buys the whiskey and it wouldn’t...
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