Tag Archives: Cape Town

That match at Newlands

By 6000 | 6000 | May 15, 2010

It was the biggie. The North/South derby match. The one that everyone had been talking about even more since they realised that this season, it might actually make some meaningful difference to the final standings of the Super 14 table. We parked the kids with a handy Mother-in-Law, I dosed myself up with MedLemon and Corenza [...]

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Spandau Ballet review

By 6000 | 6000 | May 6, 2010

The warm up to the concert, with a couple of Heart 104.9 DJs was concerning. As they rolled through a mix of 80′s tunes, I couldn’t help but think that they were playing stuff from a whole catalogue of bands I’d rather be seeing than those on the bill for the evening. And when they [...]

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Spandau Ballet tonight

By 6000 | 6000 | May 5, 2010

Off to watch these Golden Oldie legends of the 80′s this evening at Grand West this evening: I’m pretty sure that they’ll do this song and their other really big hit True. Hopefully the somewhat upbeat tempo of the former won’t break the aging members of the band and prevent the rest of the gig [...]

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Hello Winter, my old friend

By 6000 | 6000 | May 4, 2010

Winter has suddenly and viciously arrived in Cape Town. Just [does the maths] 72 hours after that sublime day out in Franschhoek, with its cloudless skies and 27 degrees, there are suddenly many inches of rain and a plethora of Beauforts. The pressure has dropped below 1000mb for the first time this year and the temperature [...]

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Early morning sunset

By 6000 | 6000 | April 27, 2010

Taken last night at 18:22 CAT: Posted here 12 hours later (with no enhancement whatsoever) for your enjoyment.

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