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IT'S a bit of a tired phrase to say a play or a show or a movie is a "must see", or "if you only see one thing this year" - it's the end of September Edna, what have you been doing? - but seriously, I urge and encourage you to see The Promiseat The Star Theatre at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town…
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WHEN it opened back in 2020, Yama Asian Eatery was called Yama Sushi Emporium, and that's what it was, bringing the first top-quality sushi to the Franschhoek village. It is still the premier sushi restaurant on the main road but it also offers so much more. As the website says, "The restaurant…
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THESE are the new series coming to M-Net 101 in the second half of September. Please let's not even talk about how it's almost Halloween and Christmas. Hands up who's seen decorations or Santa-related ads? Blue Lightspremieres on September 20 at 10pm. With an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it…
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JOINING Ryan Shell's Õkuand Yama Asian Eatery in Franschhoek is the new kid on the block - literally, the corner of the same block as Heritage Square where the first two restaurants are located - Eleven. It opened on the last Monday in August, and we kind of sort of invited ourselves for dinner…
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THE streaming platform has some great content for subscribers in September, especially if they don't have DStv Online or M-Net, because these I've picked for you have all been aired there, and I've seen them. Except Avenue 5because I wasn't paying attention to the dates and it was gone before I…
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EVERYONE says it, but how many actually do it? Quite a lot of people apparently, but I hadn't, nor do I personally know anyone who has, or does so regularly. "Having dessert first is the same idea that people like to have breakfast foods at night. It is unconventional, but it is fun. It makes you…
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AS an introvert (and other sensitive personality types) living in an extrovert's world, things can get really noisy and overwhelming; advice, often unwelcome, is freely given as to how to be more outgoing and to function "better" in the mayhem. No one suggests how the loud people can learn to be…
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THE 11th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival takes place from 23 to 26 August at the Bay Hotel and Theatre on The Bay in Camps Bay. After three days at these venues, the festive glitz moves to the Cape Town International Convention Centre on the Saturday evening, where Silwerskerm statuettes will be…
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DAY three in Stellenbosch culminated in the Gentleman's Tea at Lanzerac. I generally take issue with unnecessary and arbitrary gendering. Festive season gifts for him and gifts for her make me mad. Braai accessories for men and bubble bath for women - please. Certain clothing, yes, is necessarily…
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THE marathon of drinking wine and eating on day three in Stellenbosch continued with a visit to L'Avenir. We were to have the carpaccio pairing but our good friend Ryan Bredenkamp - one of the jolliest, most fun people I've had the pleasure of wine tasting with over the years - decided…
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DAY three of my trip to Stellenbosch last month was packed with food and wine from morning till evening. It was the marathon I've been training for my whole life, and it began bright and early (10am) with the new pizza and wine pairing at Blaauwklippen. The new-look Tasting House has streamlined…
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BEING located between Franschhoek, Paarl and Stellenbosch, not everyone knows Simonsberg-Paarl is a wine region in its own right. The area makes some of the country’s most distinctive red blends with a distinct style, using predominantly Syrah or Cabernet Sauvignon. The Simonsberg Wine Assembly,…
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