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 [...]
February is the month of Love… which also means cheesy gifts, roses galore and frantic last minute restaurant bookings, so why not stay in this year and treat the one you love to Head Pastry Chef, Lorraine Meaney’s decadent (and easy) Raspberry, Rose and Litchi Pavlova? RECIPE: PAVLOVA Ingredients: 2 egg whites 56g castor sugar [...]
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 [...]
