Articles tagged ‘Lovely Assistant’
SA Logue Shifts Into the Slow Lane (Temporarily)
By Ben | August 12th, 2006 |
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Your Correspondent and his Lovely Assistant will be away from SA for the next ten days or so - doing the grand tour in the UK, don’t you know - and SA Logue will slow down to a crawl as a result. But not a dead halt! Come back often for regular helpings, just not [...]
Where to Watch the World Cup in Cape Town: La Vie, Sea Point
By Ben | June 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
SA Logue introduces you to some of the best places in Cape Town to park for World Cup Matches! Find more spots with our Watch the Cup tag.
La Vie
205 Beach Road
(cnr. Rocklands St.)
Sea Point, Cape Town | Map
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Whales Have Begun to Arrive in Hermanus
By Ben | June 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Alert! According to SA Logue’s widely-flung network of marine mammal informants, the annual trek of the southern right whales from the Antarctic to the inlets of Africa’s southwest coast has begun.
Translation into non-technical language: there are whales in Walker Bay!
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Chef Pons, Gardens, Cape Town: Restaurant Review
By Lovely Assistant | June 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Chef Pons
12 Mill Street
Gardens, Cape Town | Map
Category: Casual
Fare: Eclectic Asian
Price range: Medium-to-High
Open for: Dinner
Under review: Dinner
SA Blog recommends? Go Somewhere Else
Snippet
Like the food, the service was unimpressive. Heidi spent the better part of half an hour being ignored and the waitress challenged me when I said the food was not what we expected.
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Lupo’s, Wynberg, Cape Town: Restaurant Review
By Ben | May 30th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Lupo’s
19 Wolfe Street
Wynberg, Cape Town | Map
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Lupo’s
Specialty: Italian buffet and cooking school
Contact: Tel: +27 (0) 21 762 3855, Fax: N/A
SA Blog recommends a look inside? If you happen to be passing by.
Further Insight & Opinion
It’s not [...]
Riebeek Cellars Pinotage (2004): Wine Review
By Ben | May 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
2004 Riebeek Cellars Pinotage
Where found?: Pieter Kruythof Laan, off Kloof Street
Riebeek Kasteel | Map
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Riebeek Pinotage
How much? R15 (!)
Drunk with? Dinner; Chicken soup.
Did it suit? Quite well, surprisingly.
Value for money? Yes
SA Blog recommends? For fun with friends.
SA Field Band Foundation Gets Big Boost from Lincoln Center
By Ben | May 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Your Correspondent was in the right place at the right time on Friday evening, attending a function designed to raise awareness about the Field Band Foundation, an organization whose purpose is to keep at-risk youth in South Africa off the streets. The FBF offers kids the chance to learn an instrument, acquire a little creative [...]
Cape Town City Center Battered and Bruised During Security Guard Strike
By Ben | May 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Alert! My Lovely Assistant reports that a march to Parliament by several thousand striking security guards took an ugly turn this afternoon, and has left parts of Cape Town’s city center badly smashed up.
She herself was in the CBD, musing over which take-away to patronize for lunch, when she saw dozens of men running in [...]
Appa Lockhat’s Sweetmeats & Catering, Gatesville, Cape Town: Shop Review
By Ben | May 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It’s surprisingly hard to find a good, cheap curry in Cape Town - or, for that matter, good, cheap sweetmeats. SA Blog is on the case! Click on our cheap curries tag for more hot eats.
Appa Lockhat’s Sweetmeats & Catering
22 Yusuf Gool Blvd.
Gatesville, Cape Town | Map
Appa’s Laddu
Specialty: Indian sweetmeats & Indian catering
Tel: +27 (0) [...]
Fokol Dry Red Plonk (Mystery Year): Wine Review
By Ben | May 2nd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Mystery Year Fokol Dry Red Plonk
Where found? Midmar Liquors, Strand St. (cnr. Buitengracht), Cape Town | Map
Fokol Wyn
How much? R20
Drunk with? Dinner; roast chicken
Did it suit? This is not exactly the Versace of wines, so no.
Value for money? If you’re buying it as a novelty!
SA Blog recommends? Vir fokol, natuurlike.
