Looking for upcoming events in Cape Town that will have you out and about enjoying summer? Try slackpacking! Slackpacking is backpacking without the schlep, where someone else looks after the bags and you enjoy a scenic hike unencumbered. The Western Cape has some fabulous multi-day slackpacks – here are our Top 5: 1. Darling Stagger [...]
Summer is in the air and today’s top 5 beauty essentials will have you prepped and ready for when the season’s in full swing. - Hair accessories: They’re in – especially flowers, feathers and beads. - Lipstick: Neutral sun-kissed lips are out; this season’s lips are bright and bold. - Sunglasses: Big is still beautiful, [...]
The start of a new season is a good time not only to ‘spring-clean’ your living space, but also your mind. Most book stores have a varied and informative collection but to lend a helping hand, we’ve listed our top books to read this spring to get you started. The books shown below are our [...]
It’s Heritage Day on 24 September, otherwise known as National Braai Day! Here are our top 5 braai equipment gift ideas to please the braai-master… 1. Beer koosie. Those wrap-around sleeves that keep cans cold come in rainbow colours or customised. 2. My apron says “Domestic Goddess” and has a body to match. What does [...]
1. http://www.chocablog.com: Get some discernment in your chocaholic choices from this team of expert choc tasters. Founded in the UK, the contributors to this blog are from all over the globe, because after all chocolate is a universal addiction. And did you hear? The experts now say that dark or milk, it is all good for [...]
Spring Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities Old Mother Nature’s recipes That brings the bare necessities of life ……….says Jungle Book’s Baloo the Bear Spring has sprung, so here are our Top 5 [...]
Did you know? 20 years ago (6 Aug 1991) – The first ever website (info.cern.ch) went live, invented by Tim Berners-Lee to communicate with colleagues at the Cern laboratories in Geneva. 34 years ago (16 August 1977) – Elvis Presley died. An employee at the hospital said he had the arteries of an 80 year-old [...]
1. See the much talked about Tretchikoff Exhibition at Iziko South African National Gallery and decide for yourself whether he was an artistic genius or commercial king of kitsch. Or both! On until 25 September. 2. If you haven’t visited Casa Labia in Main Road Muizenberg yet, then their Intimate Surfaces exhibition presented by [...]
Women are the flavour of the month and this is reflected in some of the high-energy shows around Cape Town this August: Stand-up Comedy: Women don’t do stand-up like men, they approach it with much more finesse, which is why ‘Cracks and the City’ Part 2 is going to rock your boat. At the Baxter [...]
Whether it’s your go-getter colleague, your doting mom or the apple of your eye, Cape Grace has 5 fabulous ways to spoil the special women in your life this Women’s Month. All are available from 1 August 2011 – 30 September 2011: 1. Mom’s Day Off – Dine in Signal Restaurant for lunch or dinner [...]