December holidays are here, so feel the pull of Plett! A quintet of dolphin sightings in one day, whales breaching in the bay, a room metres from the beach and the lullaby of the waves at night…
The Mother of All Movie Locations
San Francisco, 1890: the cobblestones in the narrow alley are scattered with horse dung and a washing line is strung between roofs. Cluttered, chaotic and utterly believable, the year is actually 2019 and this is ‘Chinatown’ at the Cape Town Film Studios. More than 600 crew and 390 businesses are working on Warrior, a Bruce Lee-inspired TV series being filmed locally. it’s just one of the constructed sets under wraps here.
Inresidence – Personalised Service.
When Sir Francis Drake sailed into Table Bay he said, ‘This cape is the most stately thing and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth. ’ Little has changed. Except that a very astute entrepreneur has used his talents and a professional team to create a haven of luxury accommodation along the most prestigious real estate in South Africa, the Atlantic seaboard. ’
Whats in a glass
What’s in a glass?
Ernest Hemingway described wine as ‘the most civilised thing in the world,’ but according to wine aficionados, the nuances of a fine wine disappear when the incorrect stemware is used. It’s a bit like paraphrasing the imagery in beautiful prose with a disappointingly pedestrian result.
Bladerunner
It’s minus 10 degrees. The snow is soft, pristine and the air bitterly cold. The Huskies are brought out from their personalised Lillipution houses – one by one, ethereal puffs of warm breath rising into the cold air. The handlers hold the dogs’ collars tightly, lifting their front legs slightly off the ground. They do a comical kangaroo hop on strong back legs to the waiting sleds. Eyes wild, they twist their heads, craning, coiled-spring alert. In a rapid show of respect from the pack, the narrow path is cleared as each dog is frog-hopped past. Speedy… Luna… Mti… Popil…Amber…Nanuk…. Lucky… Tumi…Fire, and last, his white chest swathed casually in a thick black coat … Sky.