Tag Archives: Cape Town

One year ago

By 6000 | 6000 | August 22, 2011

In grey and miserable conditions much like yesterday and today, this happened:   You may recall that then mayor, Dan Plato, pressed the button a little early and most people missed the big event. One year on, nothing has been done to the Athlone Power Station site, but it’s amazing to see how normal the [...]

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Picture admin

By 6000 | 6000 | August 17, 2011

Right, first up, this amazing photo from flickr user assassin00708. I have no idea whether he is actually an assassin, but I did spot this on his photostream and thought it deserved sharing. Which he describes thus: Photograph taken on Signal Hill looking over the CBD. Sun setting behind Lions head and signal hill with the [...]

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Quota Lighthouse

By 6000 | 6000 | August 13, 2011

Because of one thing and another (but mainly one thing), I think it’s fair to say that posts are going to be a little erratic here for the next week at least, so please bear with me and in the meantime, enjoy a quota photo of Green Point Lighthouse: Go large I’ve never really understood [...]

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Dinner with a view

By 6000 | 6000 | August 4, 2011

There’s a new kid in town. Step forward The Executive Club at the Westin Grand. It’s probably not new at all actually, but it was new to us. And it has finally deposed that amazing 2007 meal at the Cape Grace’s One Waterfront from the prestigious top spot in my Best Meals I Have Eaten In [...]

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BMW driver proud to be last Koeberg lane cutter

By 6000 | 6000 | July 29, 2011

As the new ramp from the M5 North onto the N1 North was opened this morning, with it ended an years-old tradition for many Capetonians – the opportunity to cut-in to the queuing traffic at Koeberg Interchange. In a press release announcing the opening, a city spokeswoman stated: The question, much posed in the local [...]

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