Tag: Cape Town

Moving to Joburg

I dreamt about horses last night. According to the dream books this is indicative of a "highly stressful time of change". Huh, it should have been a hundred wild stallions then. This moving to Joburg business is rather taxing and I've run out of single malt whisky. Fuck. Bitching and whining aside, I'm pretty excited.…
Read more...

June 28, 2010
I think I love soccer

We're exactly halfway through the World Cup 2010 and although the vuvuzelas aren't blowing 24/7 anymore, I still Philip (and feel it). I took my parents to the first match at Cape Town Stadium, which I found a little soulless, but the pre-match festivities along Somerset Road were fantastic. Dad, being an old school English…
Read more...

June 25, 2010
A passage to India

Bombay Brasserie itself nestles in another historic building adjoining the lobby – The Temple Chambers – a sunken, wood panelled lounge built at the turn of the century to accommodate the denizens of the nearby Supreme Court. Stepping down into its cosy interior you can imagine the whiskered barristers of old enjoying brandies and cigars.…
Read more...

May 19, 2010
The Jaws of Life

Some of us take to the sea like a duck to honey-glaze sauce. Some even profess that "hey, shoo, wow, I'm just so at one with the ocean man". Unfortunately this means we feel entitled to do whatever we like without being hindered by other creatures who live there. So what if they have fins,…
Read more...

January 14, 2010