29 February saw box upon box being carted out of our house onto a big truck. Hanssen Removals made the whole process run really smoothly: they were calm, professional and without any sense of stress, allowing us to feel at ease as they made off with all our possessions. ;)
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Caution, Stop, Go!
It's been a hard day and it's now almost 1am - we're certainly ready for bed.
Red lantern green lantern
Kerry-Anne and I went along to 27Dinner at the Wild Fig restaurant. As we were leaving the restaurant I found that the outside tables were dotted with red and green lights, these lanterns. Aren't they pretty?
Mini Me MINI
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Locked out!
Stop, don’t shoot! Ouch…
Lockdown Paintball Park is currently situated on the Bottelary Road between Brackenfell and Stellenbosch. I say "currently" because it seems that the location is moved every so often to conserve the vegetation in the area as well as to keep it interesting for regular gamers.
Click here to take a look at more of these photos published on our extras blog.
Fire on Signal Hill
Then I saw the line of flames creeping along the side of the hill... and then, with much excitement, I spotted the helicopter and bambi bucket. If you live in an area that suffers a lot of bush-fires, you'd be familiar with the bambi bucket - we see them overhead pretty often in summer. But not usually from quite this close, which is why we couldn't resist getting a few photos.
Click here to see more photos of this helicopter in action.
Still got the blues
The sign on the pillar is for Baraza, a Zanzibar-inspired cocktail bar - according to their website, "baraza" means "meeting place" in Swahili.
If you've been to either establishment, please leave a comment and let us know what your experience was like.
Massage on the beach, anyone?
What’s potting here?
Potliz is in fact a ceramics studio ("pot" as in "pottery", see?), established by someone named Liz Albrecht (yes, it all makes sense now!).
The team of artists working at Potliz produce some awesome work, and now that I know that "Pot Liz" is not a woman selling herbs of dubious origin and intent, I shall make an effort to visit the studio and invest in some of their merchandise. The colours and designs are really beautiful, and the prices look pretty good too.
Apart from anything else, I think they're to be commended for making such original use of a hole in the wall. :-)
A letter to Father Christmas
Dear Father Christmas,
I've been a really, really good boy this year. I've helped a number of little old ladies across the road, and I've saved two kittens from certain death - one was stuck high up in a tree and the other was about to be savaged by a mean-looking boerbul. I took fluffy toys to the children in hospital, and I ate all my vegetables.
With this in mind, I'd like to put in my request for a Christmas present: I'd really, REALLY like to wake up on Christmas morning to find a tricycle under the tree, with a big shiny bow around it. Yellow is my favourite colour, by the way.
Yours faithfully,
Big Mike
Father Christmas will always bring you exactly what you ask for, provided you're good throughout the year. Just ask Big Mike - he got his trike.
Soak up the sun
Warriors
We later spotted them doing the same dance for sunbathers on the beach. Sand went flying as they went through their moves - it was awesome to see the performance.
Where am I?
Oh, to be a child again
Don't forget that nominations for the SA Blog Awards are open at the moment - if you enjoy Cape Town Daily Photo, please do nominate us, along with a few of your other favourite blogs. Today, we suggest you take a look at the Wine Country blog - a fun and non-threatening guide to all things wine-related, with a particular focus on the area around Paarl (located about 40 minutes from Cape Town CBD).
Canal Walk
The building on the other side of the canal is a Protea hotel - wouldn't it be lovely to stay in one of the rooms for a night or two? This isn't a plug for the hotel, I in fact have no idea whether or not it is a nice play to stay - the atmosphere outside was just so quiet, relaxed and serene that I had the impression it would be a great place to stay.
New Church Street?
To explain, one of our national highways, the N1, becomes Buitengracht Street. Buitengracht becomes New Church. New Church becomes Kloof Nek Road. Kloof Nek Road becomes Camps Bay Drive. And Camps Bay Drive eventually curves around, and ends at a traffic light facing the white sands of Camps Bay Beach.
Pizza, a reason to love Italy
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Would the real Easter Bunny please stand up?
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Stone and leaves
Apart from going to Moonstruck yesterday, we also briefly visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens where I photographed this sculpture. The courtyard that leads into the gardens is dotted with many similar sculptures of people, animals and even a very-much-larger-than-life bean pod.
In very un-customary fashion I took a walk with Kerry-Anne through the souvenir shop. We were both quite surprised at the variety of items for sale: the shop had a wide range of really good-quality and unusual souvenirs - not the traditional trinkets that I was expecting. Though perhaps more expensive than other shops, we both felt that their products were actually reasonably priced. In fact, Kerry-Anne seems insistent that I return to buy a whole bunch of things that she loved.
Breathless at Moonstruck
Today was extremely hot and there wasn't a breath of wind in Cape Town tonight. With the exception of cloud cover, it was the perfect night for Moonstruck. The very talented band entertained us with cover songs such as Piano Man, Hey Jude, Brown Eyed Girl, Substitute, Sweet Caroline and a brilliant rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.
If you're in Cape Town in February next year, tune your radio in to 567 CapeTalk (Medium Wave, not FM), or listen to them on streaming audio to get details about Moonstruck 2009.
Getting married
Poor man. ;-)
Sour figs
Contrary to the tone of the article, I really like the plant. I would imagine that the rapid-spreading mat-like structure it forms helps a great deal to prevent the erosion of our sand dunes... and oh, the bright flowers dotted among the deep green leaves are kinda pretty as well.
The lady Britannia
Now I have to wonder what is Britannia doing in Long Street, Cape Town? I'm pretty sure that this status must have it's origins in the time of British colonial rule of the Cape Colony. If you do happen to know what she's doing in Cape Town, please do let us know.
Gregz Art?
While being interesting, it's become evident to me that my ability to appreciate art is not as well developed as perhaps it should be. What do you think? Does this appeal to you?
Observatory was considered a "grey" area for years before the abolishment of apartheid. It's always been inhabited by many people of different cultures and colours. Still the same today, Observatory has adopted a New Age atmosphere, evident in the shops lining it's streets. It even has a monthly Holistic Market at the community centre where one can buy items from crystals to didgeridoos.
A long road together
With the high incidence of divorce, it's great to see older couples still taking walks together on the beach. Our world is a busy one and it's easy to live past one another.
I guess that it won't be easy to tell, but I do wonder how many CTDP readers still go for walks with their partners.
The afternoon at Jonkershoek
The 9800ha Jonkershoek Nature Reserve is located just outside of Stellenbosch and forms part of the Boland mountain range. One thing that we noticed while walking along the hiking trail was the diversity of the vegetation. While walking the trail, with fynbos pressing in all around, it was apparent how many different species of plants there were within an arm's length. In fact, I've just learned that there are more than 1100 plant species in the reserve.
Even though this reserve is home to the leopard, honey badger, klipspringer, and mongoose - we never saw a single large animal. What we did see was a rather strange and scared lizard (looking much like a dinosaur) and a little water snake.
Incidentally, after reading an article on Cape Nature's website, I discovered that the reserve is home to the Mountain Adder, Puff Adder, Tree Snake and Cape Cobra. I guess I'll have to take more care next time when rushing along the winding paths.
Quit horsing around!
Actually, our security forces work hard to keep our city centre safe. I've heard reports that our CBD is the safest in the country - this I believe is thanks to a modern CCTV system and high police visibility.
Don’t worry sir, I’m from the Internet
This shot was taken at the second event, the Bloggerati get-together at Long Street Cafe. We had a great time at both venues, and met plenty of interesting people we'd previously only known from the Internet. ;-)
Excellent news: Stormhoek kindly sponsored the wine for GeekDinner - and we learnt, with great excitement, that their awesome wine is now available from Pick 'n Pay stores across the Western Cape. If you're in Cape Town, get some now, before we beat you to it.