Just in case you're not sure what a boerie roll is - the word boerie is an abbreviation of the Afrikaans word boerewors, which is a yummy, meaty, sausage of sorts (see this pic), traditionally made by Afrikaans-speaking boers. A boerie roll is thus one of those sausages in a bun, and (to state the obvious) a gourmet boerie roll is a pimped-out boerie roll. :)

At the launch party our hosts served up boerie roll sliders - they were awesome. This time around I had a roll called "The Hangover" - it was magnificent. Besides for the great food and friendly service - what I though was great about Gourmet Boerie is that they have free wifi and openly display the password! The free wifi and the long benches make a great place to sit with your laptop for an extra-long lunch while eating boerie rolls and getting some work done. Beer, boerie, and wifi - what more could you ask for? ;)

Specials
Gourmet Boerie are running a mad winter special - which I believe lasts only until Saturday 31 August. The weekday special is a plate of 7 boerie roll sliders, with chips, a mini dessert platter and two beers for R110. On Saturday the special deal is any regular-sized boerie roll, with chips, and a beer for R55... and yeah, that's pretty much a bargain!

I don't get it. Why would someone spend an hour or more in a queue - for a burger? Did you? Can you explain this strange phenomenon?

People bathing in the sun, enjoying the picnic lunches they'd packed in, had to grab their belongings as quickly as they could and make a dash for higher ground. Fortunately the patch of sand on which I stood was slightly elevated, like a little island - so my feet, and sneakers, managed to stay dry.

Yes, it is true, I was walking on the beach in sneakers. :P

I'm sure the tide's been this high during stormy weather, but I've never seen it quite like this on a sunny beach day!

I could sure get used to warm sunny beach days alternating with cool rainy winter weather.

I remember years ago rummaging though records at street vendors outside the Cape Town station - but that was back in the day when cassettes were the only other option. It's more tricky to find LPs these days - specifically new releases.

If you're into vinyl, and living in Cape Town, then I suppose you'd already know about Revolution Records and Maby Vinyl. Besides for flea markets, do you know of any other shops that sell vinyl?

Anyway, this post is to say thanks to New Relic, the company that help monitor Cape Town Daily Photo's server 24x7 - free of charge. They're nerds, they're awesome. IT peeps, visit their site - it's super-fun to play with their gadgetry.