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 [...]
The 4th annual Cape Town Carnival ignites the Mother City tomorrow – Saturday 16 March 2013 – and proceeds along the Fan Walk on Somerset Road, Greenpoint. It’s one of those special days in the Mother City that excites and unites the community with a spectacular showcase of art, music, dance and all that glitters. [...]
Cape Town is so ahead of the trends! We’ve been camping, glamping, cycling, using nature to inspire design and wrapping ourselves in Mohair for years! These are just some of the trends that are BIG in 2013 and we’ve picked out the Top 5 Trends that we think we’ll see more of in Cape Town: [...]
Cape Town is Design Capital of the World in 2014, and this year’s Design Indaba Expo will be a showcase of relevance reflecting this achievement and the amazing creative talents of South Africans. It will be the largest show since the event was established eight years ago – in other words, don’t miss it! Here [...]
The month of March brings with it an array of wonderful events happening in and around Cape Town – from Design Indaba to an hilarious comedy at the Artscape Theatre – one can be certain being entertained is on the cards! We’ve dotted down the most popular and exciting ones to keep an eye out [...]
There’s been an array of fashion-forward events all over Cape Town recently, and nothing brings out the best dressed more than horse racing and polo. Cape Town has more than its fair share of these; January’s L’Ormarins Queens Plate, the J&B Met in February with their Dress to Fly theme and tomorrow’s Veuve Clicquot Polo [...]
The centre of Cape Town hasn’t got great public transport and until recently there hasn’t been much choice other than to use your own car, hail expensive taxis or pound the pavements using your own two feet (which is not such a bad idea as the city is remarkably small)! However, things are changing and [...]
With Chinese New Year taking place yesterday, we share the Top 5 Snippets about this celebratory time: – Chinese New Year was celebrated on 10 February 2013, with the evening before marking New Year’s Eve. Families gather for their annual reunion dinner, which includes rituals that are hoped to provide for a prosperous year ahead. – Feasting [...]
It’s Valentine’s Day next week and the colour of the roses you buy, or are given, can mean many things other than “I love you!” Here are our Florist’s Top 5 favourite rose colours and their meanings (see our beautiful flower essay blog post) and The Flower Expert. The Flower Trolley parked outside Cape Grace [...]
The holiday season may be over but the sun’s still shining (very) brightly in Cape Town. With this beautiful weather, what better than to spend it outside with your family and friends? Today, we list Cape Grace PR Executive, Jana van der Spuy’s Top 5 favourite al-fresco activities: Picnics: I love picnics and a firm favourite [...]