Tag Archives: signs
Slow down children!
The Fernery at the Company’s Gardens
Slow like a tortoise
Flood damage in Newlands Forest
Loop and Buiten Street
If you're looking for a quiet coffee-shop-type restaurant, there's quite a nice coffee shop and bakery (that sells great cakes) right about here. I can't recall the name, but you can't miss it - it's not like there are a lot of restaurants in this part of Loop Street. :)
The arrow
Villa Feliz
Neighbourhood Watch
Toilet paper and black bags
In case it's not obvious, the owner of that phone number sells refuse bags and toilet paper - at a reduced price, and often of inferior quality (though not always so). Everybody's trying to earn extra money, so people find ways to undercut regular retailers and sell directly to the public.
Horn’s ‘n flames
Drencher stop valve inside
Beer underground
No parking
3-Road intersection
Finding government information
What I did find was an interesting directory on the Western Cape Government site (operated separately to the City of Cape Town site). The directory appears to list all kinds of Western Cape government departments and services along with contact numbers, addresses, and email addresses and opening times. The site's presentation is (at the time of writing) a little old-school, but the content appears really useful and easy to consume - which is what we want, isn't it?
One-way, leggo
While we're on the subject of LEGO, take a look at the photos a friend shot of Nathan Sawaya's LEGO sculptures and art while she visited Portland in the US. They really are awesome.
Big Delicious
If you've seen this before, and happen by some chance to know its history, please do leave a comment. I have a million possibilities running though my mind. :)
GPO Joint?
Thirteen!
Please don’t park here
I recently saw a sign pasted on an office printer: "DO NOT PRINT A4 WITH THIS PRINTER!!!". Someone had clearly tried printing in A4 on our communal A3 printer - and I guess that was a big no-no. However, a more appropriate sign may have read "Please don't print in A4 to this printer, it causes bla bla bla.".
Perhaps it sounds strange, but I felt accused each time I walked past the sign. And, besides for that, the piece of A4 paper taped to the front of the printer simply lacked taste and class (in my opinion, of course). Naturally, I removed the sign in an attempt to restore some dignity to the office. ;)
Next time you create a sign, try making it a little more friendly - or if you're able, include a little humour. The world will be a far friendlier place.
An old Mobiloil sign
Olympia Bakery in Kalk Bay
The side of the building that faces Main Road has large glass windows that allow the morning brightness to flood the restaurant. I'd hoped we could have a bite to eat at the bakery's restaurant, but it seems as though it's popular enough that one would have to book in advance to get a seat. So alas, we moved on to an alternative restaurant that was ok, but not quite as awesome as I think Olympia would have been.
We'll have to make a plan to return - perhaps for breakfast and then hop over the road for lunch at Kalky's! :)
Full stop signs
Garden snake
Speaking of hoses and snakes - if you don't speak Afrikaans you may find it interesting to know that the Afrikaans word for garden hose is tuinslang (pronounced tain-slung), which translated literally means "garden snake".
Mouille Point bus sign, number 043
Many years ago, probably up until around the time my dad was born (which was a long time ago, dad ;) ) Cape Town use to have a tram system. In 1935 the city introduced its first trolleybus (which looked a lot like the buses we know today) which gradually led to the tram system being decommissioned in 1939.
No parking, seriously
No parking
Spaceships and moo-cows
No stopping on event days!
Imagine what it would be like for residents if people were allowed to park wherever they pleased. The roads are often so narrow that it would be impossible for residents (and perhaps more importantly, emergency vehicles) to navigate the streets in the hours surrounding an event.