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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 17 of Level 3 Adjusted, 13 January 2020

 

Wednesday 13 January 2021, Day 17 of Level 3 Adjusted, Day 294 of Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a hot 30C day, with just a breeze now; for a strenuous Camps Bay walk with Imtiaz, cleaning half of Camps Bay Drive, from Houghton Road to Ingleside Road, gaining 300 Discovery points; for Johnny Nortje driving with me to fetch the kitten Mr Grey (of 50 Shades of….,) in Plumstead, stopping for a half an hour lunch at Botanicum in Constantia; for Mr Grey being at home immediately, exploring, sitting on my lap at my desk, and sleeping next to me; for receiving 560 points in two Discovery Gameboard plays; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 17 March

WhaleTalesTourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   Eclectic Brands is set to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange later this month, a restaurant group consisting of an eclectic collection of restaurants, a deli, and a catering company: Burger Perfect, ChickinTyme, Giovanni’s Deliworld, Green Catering, Slug & Lettuce, and more.

*   By the end of June, the City of Cape Town will be offering 61 free wifi hotspots in its public buildings, including the existing services in the Civic Centre, Hillstar, Plumstead, and Harare Library in Khayelitsha. A total of 69 exterior wifi spots are also available, including in Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain.

*     An evaluation of the ‘State of the Nation’ by ‘High Road Low Road’ Clem Sunter, Justice Malala, and Continue reading →

Cape Town to be connected via web of cycle and pedestrian lanes!

Cape Town Bicycle Lane City of Cape TownA R20 million project by the City of Cape Town will expand cycle and walking lanes in the Cape Town city centre to new lanes to be developed in suburbs outside the city centre, reports the Cape Times.

Cycle lanes will be developed in Athlone, Rondebosch, Mowbray, and Salt River, and will lead to the green cycling lanes already seen on city centre roads, such as Bree Street and Somerset Road.  In addition, walking paths and cycling lanes will be developed in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi, Steenberg, Atlantis, Delft, Kuils River, and Bonteheuwel.  The linkage between the city centre lanes and the Liesbeek Parkway cycle route, as well as from Observatory and Woodstock, will commence next week.

The Pedal Power Association has welcomed the planned additional cycle routes, stating that the Argus Continue reading →

Cape Times Sweet Service and Massimo’s Plumstead Sour Service Awards

The Sweet Service Award goes to the Cape Times, for its wonderful new service of creating a movie listing for all Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro cinemas in the Western Cape for the week ahead.  Previously these cinema chains ran (separate) daily ads in the entertainment pages of the two local Cape Town newspapers, but Ster Kinekor stopped advertising last year, and Nu Metro stopped its advertising last month, encouraging one to set up their website on one’s phone.  Not all avid movie-goers are so tech-savvy to do so, and therefore the Cape Times movie information listing is most welcome!

The Sour Service Award goes to Massimo’s in Plumstead, and is nominated by Massimo Orione, owner of Massimo’s Pizza Club in Hout Bay.  Massimo from Hout Bay wrote to complain that Massimo’s Plumstead ‘stole my name but also the logo from Pizza Express’, a UK pizza chain.  Matters came to a head when Massimo’s Plumstead ran a Groupon special, which damaged the image and reputation of Massimo’s Pizzaclub.

The WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards are presented every Friday on the WhaleTales blog.  Nominations for the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be sent to Chris von Ulmenstein at info@whalecottage.com.   Past winners of the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be read on the Friday posts of this blog, and in the WhaleTales newsletters on the www.whalecottage.com website.