The Sweet Service Award goes to the Cape Town CID and Iegshaan Jacobs of its parking operator Servest, who recently assisted me in getting my car out of the Riebeeck Square parking on Shortmarket Street. A truck reversed out of the entrance to the parking, which meant that I had to reverse to make space for it. I was then directed by the parking staff to enter via the exit, due to the time it took the truck. However I could not get a parking ticket from the machine without the car being at the ticket machine as well! The head staff member at the parking facility was unfriendly and unhelpful as to how to deal with the problem. I called the numbers on the shed, the Servest number just ringing (it no longer being valid, I was told Continue reading →
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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 2 October
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Babylonstoren is expanding its offering of fruit and vegetables, by now growing various varieties of mushrooms in its Mushroom Cellar.
* Eurostar is to introduce a London – Amsterdam route from 2016, a four hour journey.
* Xolani Mancotywa, Sommelier at the Saxon Hotel, has reached the Finals of the international 2013 Best Young Sommelier, having won the South African title. He is competing against eleven other such country winners in Washington on 18 October. The competition is sponsored by the Chaîne de Rôtisseurs, a global gastronomic society.
* An innovative way of attracting business into the city in the evening is First Thursdays, the 20 or so city centre art galleries staying open until 21h00 (some even later) on the first Thursday of each month, Continue reading →