Google says winter officially starts on 1st June, so we’re beating the impending chill with a super new Dinner Menu in Signal restaurant. With hand-painted fabrics, twinkling chandeliers and easy home-away-from-home charm, Signal really is the perfect place to watch the season unfold. Executive Chef, Malika van Reenen, has yet again pulled out the stops [...]
If you haven’t kept up with smartphones, cloud computing and multi-touch tablets then hurry up or you’ll get overtaken with new technology because they are arriving thick and fast! It’s Telecommunications Day today, and there are lots of useful and freaky inventions that are going to change your world. Here’s a look at various technologies [...]
Bascule Whisky, Wine and Cocktail Bar re-opens its doors on Friday 17th May, after 2 months of renovations. With a fresh coat of paint, refreshed décor, strategic lighting and beautifully textured materials, the staff who’ve had a sneak preview can’t stop talking about the fabulous new look. Words such as ‘Clean’, ‘Light’, ‘Beautiful and ‘Inviting’ [...]
It’s Freedom Day tomorrow (27 April 2013) and we have chosen the Top 5 thought provoking Expressions of Freedom, gaining inspiration from the Freedom to Create organisation. Cape Town held the Freedom to Create exhibition in 2011 and their vision is so inspiring we’d like to share an extract with you: “We seek to provide [...]
Our bodies are amazing! We put food into our mouth and our taste buds fire into action to inform us what we are about to eat. It all comes down to five basic taste sensations identified through a chemical reaction by the thousands of taste buds on our tongues and inside the mouth and throat. [...]
In keeping with this month’s theme of ‘Food and Fun’, we had a laugh on April Fool’s Day, so now it’s time to tell you about food; here’s the Top 5 Food Events in Cape Town this April: Taste of Cape Town 11-14 April Taste of Cape Town is a pop-up restaurant festival with gourmet [...]
Way back on Sunday 3rd April 1892, a New York soda fountain proprietor took a scoop of ice cream, added sweet syrup, a candied cherry and named it after the Sabbath – and the Ice Cream Sundae was born. Now, 120 years later, this dessert is still as popular as ever. So what is a [...]
Happy Easter! If you are in Cape Town, you can’t help but be affected by the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. Some people won’t even be able to leave their neighbourhood because of road closures, so why not get in the spirit of things and find a scenic spot to support the runners as they [...]
You can eat healthily over Easter but with so many treats on offer, the question is, do you really want to? With hot-cross buns, pickled fish, chocolate, chocolate and even more chocolate, you’ll be forgiven for delaying a healthy eating plan! Adding to all the festive deliciousness, Signal’s Executive Chef, Malika van Reenen has also [...]
Earth Hour is the largest symbolic mass participation event in the world, born out of a desire to mobilize people into action on climate change. This moment in time inspires a global community of millions who will switch off lights for 60 minutes in a monumental show of concern for the environment. What are you going [...]