Hundreds of millions of people across the globe will switch off the lights in their homes tomorrow night – Saturday 26 March from 8.30-9.30pm – for Earth Hour. Do your bit and join the world’s largest public environmental action sponsored by World Wildlife Fund. Here are our top suggestions for what you could do in [...]
I overheard someone say, “Oh no, it’s a cork and I didn’t bring a corkscrew.” This just shows how times and attitudes have changed in the cork vs. screw cap debate. There’s even been a whole book written about it; To Cork or Not To Cork by George Taber. You can see a video of [...]
We humans have strange and varied tastes and the rarer the ingredient, the more desirable it becomes. Abalone is one such example. An indication of the market for abalone is easily gleaned from the Abagold website (one of the largest producers of abalone) where with one click, the copy on the website turns into Chinese [...]
The much anticipated Cape Town Carnival is taking place this weekend – it’s a proudly South African event with participants from more than 23 local communities within the Cape Town area, including people from every walk of life. We look forward to the celebrations! Here are the top 5 carnivals taking place in the rest [...]