Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Dec 1, 2009, 3:17 pm
The Kimberley Hotel in Roeland Street The Kimberley Hotel is now around 114 years old, and besides being a place frequented by members of parliament – for lunch – it was, for many years, the pl...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 30, 2009, 2:17 pm
Massimo making pizza I heard about Massimo’s Pizza Club in January when they opened, and on Saturday we finally had the chance to visit for dinner with two of our friends. From the name I expecte...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 29, 2009, 8:55 am
Sunset behind Table Mountain We met up with some friends at an interesting restaurant last night, which I’ll tell you about tomorrow. Today I have to share this photo of one of the most beautiful...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 28, 2009, 11:26 am
GeekDinner at Cafe Max Café Max was the location for the 17th GeekDinner, codenamed Quarrelsome Quince. We were introduced to Café Max’s spectacular buffet dinner, as well as two brand new Inte...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 27, 2009, 9:52 am
& Union Beer Salon We had the chance for the first time to visit & Union (yes, that’s And Union) for drinks and a light snack last Friday. We had an awesome evening, not only due to the fun peopl...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 26, 2009, 7:49 am
The Book Lounge in Roeland Street We popped in to The Book Lounge on Tuesday for my first outing to a book launch ever. The Book Lounge is one of those traditional book shops with authentic dark-wo...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 25, 2009, 2:53 am
Silicon Cape networking event I’ve mentioned previously that we’ve met several people visiting from our sister city, San Francisco, who’ve said that Cape Town reminds them of home. San Franci...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 24, 2009, 3:51 pm
Pimped out Citi Golf In my previous article I mentioned the end of an era, the end of the Citi Golf Mk1, as well as how the Citi Golf is loved by many, and pimped out by many. I found this Golf par...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 23, 2009, 3:20 pm
The last Citi Golf Mk1 South Africa’s been producing Volkswagen Citi Golfs since 1984, and has since that date made about 377,000 of the little beasts. The last Citi Golf Mk1 rolled off the produ...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 22, 2009, 3:24 pm
Robyn Hobson, an actress with a little model on the side If you’ve been following our blog for any length of time, then you’ll know that Cape Town has plenty of beautiful buildings, beaches, mo...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 21, 2009, 1:11 pm
Reynard single-seater racing at Killarney In my previous article I spoke about my outing to the Killarney racing circuit, arranged by Cape Town Tourism and Fantastic Racing. The plan was to show me...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 20, 2009, 1:10 pm
Reynard single-seater racing cars Who would refuse an invitation from the guys at Cape Town Tourism to experience a little more of what Cape Town has to offer? Who would refuse an invitation to visit ...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 19, 2009, 2:33 am
Coastal Tool Hire Coastal Tool Hire is a company that, as you would have almost certainly guessed, hires out tools. While away on honeymoon (many, many years ago ), Kerry-Anne and I stayed at a gu...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 18, 2009, 2:13 am
Of a bygone era I mentioned a while ago that Chocolat, the coffee shop and restaurant in Durbanville, has interesting decor – most of which is for sale. This particular clock was standing on a sm...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 17, 2009, 3:09 pm
A big red exit sign This oversized “exit” sign reminded me of those signs that you often see inside of theatres and similar venues. 17 November marks my dad’s birthday and as a gift we’ve g...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 16, 2009, 2:29 pm
A tractor Years ago, before I was 10, my grandfather owned a farm in the Northern Transvaal (now called Limpopo). This tractor reminded me of our visits to my grandparents over the Christmas period...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 14, 2009, 11:24 pm
Astrologer and Herbalist I find it fascinating how many people subscribe to advice given by the likes of astrologers and herbalists – it just seems so weird to me. I’m fairly sure though that one ...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 14, 2009, 12:04 pm
Voortrekker Road in Goodwood As a comment on my previous article, Jonathan suggested that Voortrekker Road is reminiscent of something out of the 1970s… and I do believe he’s right. Were it not...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 13, 2009, 3:07 pm
Voortrekker Road, Goodwood If you live in Goodwood, or perhaps did at some time in your life, I hope that you’ll forgive me for saying that it’s not the prettiest suburb. I have lots of memo...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 12, 2009, 10:13 am
Bendy-man at Renault Sticking with the French theme of the past two posts, let me present Renault, a genuine French icon, and Bendy-Man, who I don’t think is much of a French icon. The yellow ...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 11, 2009, 9:52 am
Inside Chocolat I mentioned the coffee shop Chocolat in my previous post and decided that it’s pretty enough inside to deserve at least two photos back-to-back. This one was taken in the opposite di...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 10, 2009, 1:17 pm
Chocolat Coffee Shop Kerry-Anne’s always raved about Chocolat (as well as chocolate), so eventually she managed to drag me along for coffee and cake. We’d actually intended to have lunch, but r...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 9, 2009, 12:23 pm
Old'e English Shaving Shop The Old’e English Shaving Shop sells old-style English shaving brushes, razors, creams and after-shave lotions. While they do have a small shop (in Maitland, just o...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 8, 2009, 1:29 pm
Cocktail Classes If you’re in Johannesburg and plan on going to the Whisky Festival at the Sandton Convention Centre (11 to 14 November) then arrange your day so that you get to the show early en...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 7, 2009, 2:45 pm
Boats Kerry-Anne and I took a ride in a similar boat to this one in Singapore, but to date I haven’t ever taken a ride in one of these Waterfront boats. We always seem to do the fun things in oth...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 6, 2009, 7:56 am
Sazerac Rye Whiskey Mandy from brainwavez.org invited me along to the opening of the 3-day Whisky Live Festival at the CTICC on Wednesday evening. Although there were plenty of people at the fes...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 5, 2009, 10:43 am
V&A Waterfront canal at night In a post about the Westin Grand Hotel a few days ago I mentioned the canal that leads from the hotel and the CTICC to the Waterfront area. And voila, here you have it...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 4, 2009, 8:01 am
Cloudy sunrise The morning sky was filled with nasty grey clouds, and yet the breaking sun made everything look beautiful – beautiful enough that, even though I was running a little late for work, I...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Nov 3, 2009, 6:33 am
Rubber buffer Imagine the size of the car! No seriously, I think these tyres are the kind used on those hugely-oversized mining vehicles (see more here). These mammoth tyres act as a buffer betw...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 30, 2009, 1:29 pm
The Westin Grand The Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel is that large hotel that you pass on your left as you enter the city on the N1 highway. It’s the glass-covered one right next to t...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 29, 2009, 1:08 pm
Careful with your cash I’m not saying that the subject in this photo is a conman, but I have often seen someone who looks a lot like him wandering around the V&A Waterfront area, apparently askin...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 28, 2009, 2:24 pm
Relaxing at the Waterfront While we were sitting at Java Jive Cafe in the Waterfront, an older couple came to sit down at a nearby table. They stayed for just a few minutes, seemingly to take a bre...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 27, 2009, 2:03 pm
Curry for 28 ZAR Buying lunch at Waterfront restaurants is normally fairly expensive – not unreasonably so for the most part, but proper meals certainly tend to cost more than at other locations....
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 26, 2009, 4:36 am
Drydock As the title suggests, this photo is of a small drydock at Cape Town harbour. For those who perhaps don’t know, a drydock is used to perform ship repairs that cannot be done while the shi...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 25, 2009, 3:38 am
Method Man Clearly I don’t know very much about hip hop music. This storefront had me confused, as I had never heard of a shop or brand of clothing called “Methodman”. After googling a little...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 24, 2009, 3:54 pm
Love the dance We made it through to the Blue Shed (that big blue building next to the Waterfront’s aquarium) to watch dancers perform at the International Oriental Dance Festival. These two g...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 23, 2009, 4:01 pm
Red road bus Have you ever been on a long-distance bus trip? When I was young, I used to go on a lot of school camps, and of course, we were always transported to and from the campsites by bus. Mos...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 22, 2009, 4:38 pm
Spot the typo Exactly how is it that sign-writers manage to miss such obvious errors? And perhaps even more oddly, how is it that their clients fail to spot these errors? Of course, on the other ha...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 21, 2009, 4:19 pm
Making sushi Raw fish, no problem. Soy sauce, yum. Sticky rice, nice. Seaweed – erm, no, I think I’ll pass. Kerry-Anne loves sushi and I’ll eat it if the craving gets the better of her and...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 15, 2009, 3:56 pm
A big white door Often when I see an old object like this door I wonder what history it has seen. Isn’t it interesting to consider all the people that may have turned and pulled on the door knob?...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 14, 2009, 3:32 pm
Wakame's drinks deck Cape Town has a way of looking beautiful and stormy at the same time. The angry dark clouds in this photo rolled in below the beautiful pink and blue sky, creating a perfec...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 12, 2009, 5:10 pm
Marco Gomes of Prime Circle I was really really lucky to see two of my favourite South African bands performing back-to-back at Rocking the Daisies. Just Jinjer was fantastically good, and Prime Ci...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 12, 2009, 2:07 pm
Brent and Art's percussion duet Just Jinjer are arguably one of the best-known South African rock bands. Unfortunately for us they left our shores at the beginning of the decade, as most really...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 11, 2009, 3:11 pm
Zolani lead singer of Freshlyground Freshlyground is an Afro-fusion band who found their feet in 2002, when they played their first “big gig” at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. They launched th...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 10, 2009, 3:21 pm
The main stage I’d never been to Rocking the Daisies before, and it seems as though I chose the best RTD ever as my first experience! Rocking the Daisies is a music festival held near Darling, about...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 9, 2009, 9:16 am
On old car We found this old car on the De Vallei wine farm’s grounds. At first I thought that perhaps someone was trying to refurbish it, but on closer inspection I noticed the roll cage inside ...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 8, 2009, 8:07 am
Really big horse face Can you see the way Big Mike was trying to stare me down? The first (and only) time that I risked climbing on a horse, the beast in question turned out to be an obstinate a...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 7, 2009, 3:05 am
Opera Shows We were invited to the launch of Encore, an “opera appreciation club” created by Cape Town Opera to promote opera (and other performing arts) among 20- and 30-somethings. Don’t yo...
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Oct 6, 2009, 2:35 pm
ZANews Launch Jonathan Shapiro (second from the left), better known as Zapiro, is famous for his no-holds-barred cartoon portrayal of prominent South African figures, and politicians in particular....
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Kerry-Anne G. posted an article on Cape Town Daily Photo - Sep 16, 2009, 2:03 pm
Birds at sunset I found this photo in our archives – Paul took it about three weeks ago, but I decided that it’s too beautiful not to post. It looks almost like something that Monet could have ...
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