Voting with my fork
To eat meat, or not to eat meat - is that the question, or is there more to it than either or? In my view, we need to find a more balanced path to reducing our impact on the planet than overnight global vegetarianism, but there are those who disagree... more
Even organic veges couldn’t save me from being mowed down by RoadRunner Flu
Wow. There I was getting all smug in the certainty that I was immune. That I was not going to... more
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall: Getting A Reality Check At Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
I went, recently, to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens to see a set of photographs on display there that have been causing... more
International Buy Nothing Day: Could You Spend A Whole Day Buying Nothing?
I had the fantastic opportunity to backpack around Europe for several months of this year and came back having learnt... more
Cellphones And Bees And Global Famine
I read an article today that was rather chilling. It's about the unexplained disappearance of thousands of crop-pollinating bees... more
Fickle Fickle February
What the hell happened to summer? As anyone who's been in Cape Town over the last month will know, the weather... more
Get Your Apocalypse Now! Comet Hunting Can Be Addictive…
Well, it can definitely be said that Comet McNaught was not at all camera-shy. Unlike its hard-to-spot predecessor, Halley's Comet (back... more
Skeleton Gorge Attacks: My Own Close Encounter Of The Mugging Kind
Stories like this one on IOL are becoming more and more prevalent in the Mother City (never mind the rest... more
Summer In The Mother City: Has It Arrived, Or Is It Merely Taunting Us (As Usual)?
Barring last weekend's downpour, we've had some pretty good summer-like days in the Mother City. I say 'summer-like' because, as all... more
My (Failed) Attempt At Purchasing A Cape Town Wild Card Online
In one of my very first posts I wrote about my discovery regarding Wild Cards and dog-walking in the Table... more
On Buondi Coffee And A Severe Shortage Of Decent Cappuccino in Kenilworth
A friend of mine has moved away from coffee-shop-lined Kloof Street, to seemingly coffee-shop-free Kenilworth. And to say that... more
The Banks Always Win
Used to be when one visited an ATM to plunder one's stash of dosh (if one is lucky enough to... more
Will There Be Tree-Hugging on Table Mountain’s Slopes This Summer?
I've never really been much of a tree-hugger. Don't get me wrong, I do love trees, a lot, and think the... more
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