Cape Town, My City.

Spending money is a way of life in Cape Town. If you are not heading out for sushi with the girls, you are popping out for a drink after work or ordering a pizza because you are too lazy to play the domestic goddess. With the festive season (and its myriad temptations) coming up, this [...]

We’ve been having some seriously odd weather in Cape Town lately. A lot of Cape Town property has been damaged, most roads have been flooded, and us laid-back Capetonians are shivering in our Wellington boots. I posted recently on an international forum, complaining about the temperatures here on the southern tip of the continent.
“My word!” [...]

I’m an amateur photographer. Amateur in the sense that I may have an unwieldy Canon with a lens that can take a photo of a gnat on Mars, but damned if I ever get a great picture out of it. I’ve attempted to put my lack-of-talent to good use, but find that it gets squandered [...]

You know, not everything about Cape Town is so spick and span. The city crawls with the undergrowth which every developing city acquires, from homelessness to crime, litter to the daily offerings on Long Street of any drug under the sun.
Scared yet? You shouldn’t be. As far as cities go, Cape Town is actually one [...]

My first chance to visit Cape Town was when I was four to see my grandfather moor his boat in the then-stark harbour. It was only three years ago when I came back on holiday to this Mother City that I seriously considered moving here.
I had been located in the horrid confines of Johannesburg, working [...]

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 [...]

South Africa is a stunning country, and you’d want to see it all in a day. But how do you get around? Is it safe to drive, or should the Cape Town car hire companies be left for the locals that know what they are doing (to a certain extent…). Have no fear, it’s [...]