The Western Cape might be in the grip of winter, but for 10 days at the beginning of July, Knysna heats up with one of the year’s highlights – the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival!…
Food & Drink
Flying the Flag in London
We speak ‘wiff’ a strange accent but we’re not Australian. We like our soccer (not football), rugby and ‘pap en wors’; we also have a strong presence in the United Kingdom…
Great lunch spots in Woodstock
Woodstock is famous for being the slightly dishevelled neighbourhood that’s home to the Neighbourgoods Market, aka The Biscuit Mill, Cape Town’s favourite spot to see…
Pastis brasserie
One of the biggest challenges for any tourist or visitor to Cape Town is how to have an authentic experience amidst all the tourist-created experiences on offer. Or, in…
The best calamari in Cape Town
Any time somebody tells me they’ve found the ‘best’ of anything, I have to try it out. That said, I don’t exactly trust opinions. It took me quite some time to narrow down the…
The Gift of Golf and Whisky
I once read somewhere that the people of Scotland gave two great gifts to the world; golf and whisky, but perhaps not in that order. The development of both the drink and the…
