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Sunday is the only day of the week that has a personality of its own, and Cape Town's version is a specific one. Slower coffee, a longer second cup, the vague sense that you should probably call someone back.
The city runs at about 60% today, which is exactly right. We've found five things worth leaving the couch for, and a few spots worth building the day around.
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Today 20°C high | 15°C low | SSE gusts to 48kph | 84% cloud
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Every Pick n Pay in the Western Cape is now a flood relief drop-off point, taking blankets, warm clothing, non-perishable food and baby supplies for families displaced across the Overberg and Cape Flats. If you're heading to the shops today anyway, it's a small detour.
The City is asking households to ease up on water after storms hammered the supply network. Translation: maybe skip the long shower today.
A Cape Town mom is publicly thanking a traffic officer who pulled over to change her tyre after a Vanguard Drive blowout, kids still in the back seat. Small moment, properly civic.
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Down in Kalk Bay, Olympia Café still works on a chalkboard menu, a no-bookings line out front, and a bakery round the back through the red door. Croissants in the morning, fresh fish off the harbour at lunch.
The Blue Café has held a corner in Tamboerskloof for 124 years, with pavement tables, neighbourhood produce on the shelves, and a counter of homemade peanut bombs and cannelés that justify the walk.
For a quieter slot, Park Café in Vredehoek does the neighbourhood breakfast-and-cake routine the right way, with regulars who treat it like a second living room.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"There are two kinds of Capetonian: those who feel a south-easter coming, and those who married one."
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