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Today   20°C high  |  12°C low  |  SSE gusts to 22kph  |  19% cloud
Today's Headlines 3 reads

Time Out sat down with Cape Town's mixology maven Roxanne Read ahead of her Wild & Stirred showcase at the Good Life Show (CTICC 2, 29 to 31 May). Foraged ingredients, intentional drinking, pineapple-pulp candles included.

The City can now impound your car for street racing under a new traffic by-law, and the first vehicles have already been seized. Spin at your own risk.

Gale-force winds hit the Garden Route on 11 May and brought down 263 trees at the 120-year-old George Golf Club, permanently changing the course's layout. The clubhouse and restaurant are still open while clean-up continues.

What To Do Today 4 plans
13:00
FREE
The Oranjezicht City Farm Market at Granger Bay is Cape Town's Saturday institution, 40-plus farmers and 80 food stalls running until 14:30, free to walk through. Come for the sourdough, stay for the people-watching.
16:00 Today is Simon's Town Festival's Adventure, Culture & Explore day, with Hilton Schilder on a balcony at 16:00 and Reza Khota playing the Piazza at 18:00. Free live music in a working fishing village that has absolutely zero interest in being cool.
19:00 Tonight is the closing show of Fish Hoek High's Annie. School musicals are the cheapest live theatre going.
20:00 Cap the night with Baked Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at The Spice Yard. The Bard, a bit blunted, last night of the run.
Today's Hidden Gems 3 finds

The Planet Bar at the Mount Nelson is the pink hotel's open secret: plush alcoves, a roaring fire, and a bar-snack menu that punches above its weight.

Out in the Constantia winelands, Tryn at Steenberg trades Cape Dutch architecture and old oak trees for gold banquettes, a roaring fire, and Kerry Kilpin's seasonal plates.

Constantia Nek's Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia just dropped a new winter lunch menu, four Thai-inflected courses from Ivor Jones for R895. Popcorn cereal milk and all.

Quote of the Day

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea."

Isak Dinesen

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