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COMMUNITY theatre society, The Pinelands Players, will be presenting the funny and poignant play, Calendar Girls, based on the 2003 Calendar Girls film, at The Masque Theatre in Muizenberg from December 6 to 21. Calendar Girls tells the inspiring and true story about the ladies of a Women’s…
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IT wouldn’t be the festive season in Cape Town without Carols at Kirstenbosch, one of the City’s most-loved carols events, taking place from Thursday, December 12 to Sunday, December 15. Grab a picnic blanket, round up your friends and family and enjoy a wonderful evening set against what is one of…
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COME have a meal at Monneaux, they said. We'll throw in a night's accommodation, but please focus on the restaurant, they said. Very well. This is how it went down. Monneaux Restaurant and Franschhoek Country House & Villas are tucked discreetly behind mustard yellow walls which I've passed a…
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RESTAURATEUR Ed Saunders is a fun guy. Nothing to do with his eateries, but I promised I would never let an opportunity slip by without mentioning how he ran nude from one end of Hout Bay beach to the other after England lost to South Africa (the rugby) to honour a promise he made to John Maytham on…
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TO be fair, the invitation to celebrate "the beautifully reinvigorated Haute Cabrière" didn't really convey the extent of it. Nevertheless, I wasn't even mildly embarrassed to accept within seconds. You're a fool if you turn down any opportunity to visit this farm in Franschhoek. It's been 25…
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DRAG queens are so deliciously confusing, blurring the lines so you don't even know if or when you've crossed them. For me, it's Holly at Gate69. She's never been hotter than she is in this season's very naughty pantomime, The Three Blind Mice. I'm not shy to say I watched slack-jawed as she…
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LAST week on Daily Maverick, I wrote about my eating and drinking experiences in Barrydale, which briefly recaps my history with the Karoo Art Hotel. Last time I was there was in 2017; the story appeared in print and herein January 2018. For my birthday - ja, ja i know, it wasn't the usual…
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WHEN Hope On Hopkins launched its trio of gins just five years ago, there were about seven local craft gins on the market. Today, there are more than 300. It truly boggles the mind. Now, these pioneers have rebranded and refreshed their products, along with a new name: Hope Distillery. Founders…
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THE  prestigious Eat Out Awards 2019 took place on Sunday, November 17 at GrandWest in Cape Town. This year 30 nominees were counted down from 20 to 11, before the top 10 restaurants in the country are announced. Among this 30 are all four of the La Colombe group's restaurant: La Colombe itself…
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WHEN my friend Terri and I spent the weekend at The Vineyard Country House in Montagu around about a year ago, it wasn't the first occasion I'd been there. Several years before that, I was involved in the collection of a classic - possibly vintage or even antique - Ferguson tractor. Details of the…
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