It’s getting closer and closer (four more sleeps to be exact) to Cape Town’s most glamorous and exclusive social event – the 148th running of the Queen’s Plate! And what a brilliant date they have set! Not too close to New Year, but enough time to gather our senses, get some R&R, top up our […]

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With the festive season reaching roughly the half way mark, I am sure we have all taken a moment to consider our waist lines. Personally, I’ve pretty much nailed it with regards to diet. So much so that I am dangerously close to publishing The Rotherham Diet. It’s pretty cool and includes minimum exercise and […]

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By now you would have picked up on the sad death of John Travolta’s son, Jett. January 2, 2009 – NASSAU (Reuters) – The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to police and the family’s lawyer. Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at […]

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Wow, I tell you, I didn’t expect it to go this far. And don’t think that you’ve seen this one before, because you haven’t. Not on these esteemed pages anyway. You will remember our various car articles and, in particular, this one about the Ferrari driving around with a CA 1 WP numberplate. That was […]

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Ok, here we all are. Welcome back. Good to see you. I beg your pardon? How am I? Oh, VERY well thank you. A little bit tired after indulging in one of the better weddings I have been to in my life. On the banks of a river, somewhere near Elgin. Check out the place […]

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We’ve been working with a “skeleton staff” over the last few days and I would like to take this very opportunity to announce that we will be reporting on things, as usual, from Monday – the 5th of Jan (I think). I’m back from Hermanus and back in The Safe House. It’s back to normal. […]

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Personally I have made no plans yet for New Year. If I was in Cape Town then it would definitely be either Caprice or The Mount Nelson. But I’m in Hermanus and everyone is looking at each other for answers. That includes the two youngsters who were a tad premature with their New Year celebrations […]

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God, it’s all just so “festive,” isn’t it? People just LOVE throwing around the word “festive.” And then they frill it up a little more with the word “cheer.” Oh, there is just so much FESTIVE CHEER abound, don’t you think? I looked up festive in this book I wrote ages ago entitled “The Dictionary” […]

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I tell you, it’s been a few years since I did New Year at The Mount Nelson. The last time was a bit of a blur but, funnily enough, it came up in conversation this week. The Fabrics Guy and I agreed that the last one got a full 10 out of 10, I asked […]

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The Personal Jukebox spotted this lovely scene at McDonald’s in Canal Walk.   THE WORLD CUP STARTS IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS!   Not only can you feel like a supermodel when you shop at Canal Walk, but you can experience time travel at the same time! You never have to leave!

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Matt O drew my attention to this ad on Gumtree, advertising the following numberplate.   Personalised number plate! LUV KIDS-WP Price Neg. Much sought after plate.. I don’t know how “highly sought after” a numberplate like that is. I mean, if it was owned by a baby sitting/nanny service, like www.childminders.co.za, then I don’t have […]

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Given his history of banging their staff, it is kind of expected that Victoria Beckham pulled the plug on a planned hour long interview upon arrival in Milan this week. Especially after she did a spot of Googling with regards to the interviewer. These pictures were probably very similar to the pics she found. Ilaria […]

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Miss Russia, Kseniya Sukhinova, opted against moving to Cape Town and working at Mavericks, and has now become Miss World. I very much doubt it pays as well.   Miss India, Miss Russia and Miss Trinidad & Tobago Jeepers, Miss Trinidad & Tobago is throwing QUITE a vibe there. Read more here, if your levels […]

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Paris Hilton has finally fulfilled her childhood dream of owning a car like the children’s toy doll, Barbie. Stunning. I had the same dream when it came to Noddy’s car that he used to drive. But then the shit hit the fan when his African friend, Golliwog, had to change his name, with regulators citing […]

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As the urge for men in their 20’s and 30’s to wear formal hats increases, so too does the confusion over which hat is which. In particular, the trilby versus the fedora. Davidoff (The Rocker), from The Dirty Skirts, for example, calls any old hat a trilby. Because he LIKES saying it. It makes him […]

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Fresh from not inviting me to his birthday party, Goldfish’s Dom sent this in, which earns him minimal points as he begins the mammoth climb back into the good books. You would have caught the various attacks along the Atlantic Seaboard, with regards to cyclists entering and dining in restaurants and eateries with their helmets […]

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This is why I prefer to shop at Woolworths. Organic mature cheddar (my choice) vs. Parmalat Yumchum Ass. I’ve never seen a Yumchum, let alone a Yumchum’s ass. Is it like a Bum Chum?   Some, err, ASS for you, Sir? Tsk tsk. Naughty.   [thanks zone]

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This video has been voted the number one video for 2008 on the internet by a number of publications. Not least of which is Time Magazine. Not that a magazine about clocks should carry any clout. But they do anyway, somehow.. The video has been seen over 17 million times and is the brief story […]

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The sax solo was basically my idea.   Never Tear Us Apartby INXS Dont ask me What you know is true Dont have to tell you I love your precious heart I I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart We could live For a thousand years […]

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Amazing – remember a couple of years back when Kate Moss was caught snorting cocaine and everyone said that she was finished. There were stacks of labels and high-end beauty products cancelling their deals with her, embarrassed by the association. Hmm, kyk how lyk hy nou! Kate Moss has apparently re-signed her deal with Topshop […]

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The madness continues, as normal people everywhere, from Camps Bay to Mouille Point, are subjected to these unprovoked attacks on the social norm and general etiquette. This image, sent in by Shads, tells a harrowing story of ignorance, bad upbringing and emboerrissment.   Grown adults, dining in a public eatery WITH their helmets on. Now […]

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Whoah! Somebody lend a hand, please! And I’m not having a go at her for the shape her body has taken, I’m just asking her friends to advise her on what she should and shouldn’t wear in her current state. Good Lord!   Jeepers! EASY, Pam! Baking! Surely that’s a no-no?

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One of my personal favourites, Cavalcade Road is the one you’re looking for. I too used to take random shots at the roads leading down from Sea Point’s High Level Road, in the hope that I would end up near to Giovanni’s and that part of Somerset Road (Vida, Miss K etc.) area. But time […]

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My Mother is quite a serious cook and will cream your mom at any dish. Seriously, ANY dish – she doesn’t fuck around. One of her specialties is Christmas fruit cake. The whole extended family, from Paris to Parys used to put in orders every year and the production line would kick into action. All […]

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Good morning. As a number of you took Monday off and made a long weekend of the Tuesday public holiday, you might have missed the reports about George W Bush being attacked by a full pair of shoes. To see that you should either scroll down to the article or click here . Naturally, this […]

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Very handy during the festive season is the Chapman’s Peak phone number. Save it in your phone right now.   021 791 8222 Chapman’s Peak Takes you over the Lentil Curtain Spare a thought for the people on the other end of the line. Imagine spending all day answering the phone, “Chapman’s Peak, good day…” […]

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You couldn’t DREAM this up. You could smoke a ton of chronic and eat a plate of magic mushroom infused chocolate brownies, and the result would never be a concept as ludicrous as a journalist throwing his shoes, one after the other, at President George W Bush. I mean, Mike Myers used it as a […]

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It is an absolute fact that this video is rude. However, it is not NSFW and has no nudity whatsoever. The verbal content is lewd, although it contains no swear words at all. How can something be so incredible that it is rude, and yet relatively safe to play at the office? Well, that is […]

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Why would you have a lunch meeting in town when you can have this inside you, just over the Nek? This, taken during a breakfast meeting this morning..   Caprice business lunchesIt’s what the clever kids are doing..

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