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Today | High 18°C | Low 14°C | Wind WSW, gusting 24kph | Cloudy | Sunset 6:35pm
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Woodstock's been crowned the "Brooklyn of Cape Town" by a global neighbourhood-scouting outlet, beating Observatory, Gardens and Kalk Bay to the title. The verdict: converted warehouses, serious coffee and a refusal to sand off the rough edges. Cape Town's most quietly confident suburb just got receipts.
One of Cape Town's busiest pedestrian routes has become an open-air gallery, with Alpha Street now showcasing African photography to 8,600 daily walkers. The exhibits, Unsung Heroes and City in Motion, spotlight everyday urban life, on view at the corner of Alpha and Lower Loop Street.
Two young men from Gordon's Bay, Stefan and Marce, swam straight into the sea at Strand after a fisherman was swept out by a strong undercurrent and blacked out swallowing water. One lent his fishing rod to keep him afloat, the other pushed him toward the rocks. Read the rescue, in the fisherman's own words.
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Sat 19 Sep, 09:30
Free |
Secret Garden Market takes over The Live Edge in Kommetjie once a month, artisanal goods, fresh produce, food stalls and live music in a relaxed garden setting for the whole morning. |
Sat 19 Sep, 10:00
Free |
The China Town Asian Food Market pops up for one day only at Sable Square, ten till four, with Asian food stalls, live music and enough family-friendly noise to fill an afternoon in Century City. |
Sat 19 Sep, 18:00
R180 / R80 |
The Night Run to Honour Nurses sends a 7km fun run down the Mouille Point promenade after dark, funding bursaries for overworked nursing students. |
Sun 20 Sep, 17:00
R150 / R110 |
To Moer and Gone pairs a saxophonist and accordionist, once separated by visa rules, in a programme built around distance, landing in Observatory for one night. |
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Boathouse Sushi runs a full Chinese menu alongside the sushi, cashew nut chicken from R115 and sizzling hot plates from R119, out at their Durbanville spots in Pinehurst Centre and the Village Square.
Bound hand binds one of a kind journals from old National Geographic covers, 160 pages each with a little envelope in the back for pressed flowers and keepsakes. Custom orders and wedding books ship through their Instagram drops.
Florentin brings Middle Eastern and Mediterranean plates to Loop Street, mezze and grilled meats mostly in the R105 to R235 range, in a small space inside the old Tokyo Building. Good for a shared plate lunch in the city.
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Fact of the Day
Many Cape wine farms still carry French names left by Huguenot refugees who settled the region from 1688, even though French died out as their descendants' home language within a couple of generations.
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That's your sip, Brews. Cloudy today, but batten down, there's a storm rolling in tomorrow night.
CPT Brew
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