A night out at decoDance in Sea Point

@ decoDance in Sea Point

I love dress up themes and will gen­er­ally throw myself into a dress up party with gusto which some­times is to my own det­ri­ment. Case in point the “I can’t believe you wore that to my 21^st” theme where I drove from the Southern Suburbs to Muizenberg in a towel, with one wrapped around my head, only to dis­cover (to my hor­ror) that the birth­day girl and 90% of her friends were wear­ing pretty dresses. Lesson learnt always take a change of clothes in the car ...

That party firmly in the memory banks I do not shy away from the oppor­tun­ity to dress up and do some­thing a bit dif­fer­ently. So when it was sug­ges­ted we donned some 80’s out­fits and hit the new decoDance in Sea Point one Friday night I imme­di­ately said yes. Continued

I ♥ Sea Point because...

I ♥ Sea Point

Hi, I’m Candy. I’ve lived in Sea Point for the past 20 years and so know it very well.

SEA POINT IS BEST KNOWN FOR its bust­ling 24-hour cos­mo­pol­itan vibe and just about everything you need is found in this part of the city. Sea Point seems to hum with non-stop activ­ity. Sea Point is also known for the Sea Point Beachfront Promenade. This is a won­der­ful paved walk­way stretch­ing from the Lighthouse in Mouille Point / Green Point to the far end of Sea Point at Bantry Bay.

GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN on Signal Hill or jog­ging along the Sea Point Promenade. Continued

Pizza for lunch at Posticino — a highlight of Sea Point

Posticino in Sea Point

There's some­thing decidedly hodge podge about Posticino – the vir­tu­ally emer­ald green sign indic­at­ing the res­taur­ant, the rather glam­or­ous and trendy out­door ter­race that looks like some­thing out of Italy, the almost over­cum­ber­some arches, and then the quaint, this-is-a-family-style rather dimly lit tavern-style res­taur­ant that all some­how man­ages to co-exist in a way that has the place con­stantly buzzing.

Okay, per­haps 'hodge podge' is a little derog­at­ory a term for this suc­cess­ful eat­ery. Eclectic would prob­ably be more apt, since it's some­thing of an icon in Sea Point and I need to treat it with more respect (I do so nat­ur­ally when I later sample the piz­zas) ... Continued

La Perla in Sea Point — a review

La Perla

I’m a huge Springbok fan and there is noth­ing I enjoy more than a Saturday after­noon in front of the tele­vi­sion cheer­ing them on to vic­tory.  However, I’m also closer to 40 than I am to 30, so stand­ing in a heav­ing pub where you have to queue for a drink has def­in­itely lost its appeal!  Imagine my joy then when friends invited us to La Perla in Sea Point for the game on Saturday after­noon.  I must admit, I didn’t even know La Perla exis­ted but I’m impressed, very impressed!

Our friends were already at La Perla when we arrived and had booked front row seats; a couch and a few otto­mans placed around a table.  We were among the first to arrive but within thirty minutes or so the lounge was packed with not a spare seat to be found.  We had barely sat down when a waiter placed espresso cups of but­ter­nut soup on the table in front of us.  A little taster from the kit­chen; and a deli­cious taster it was too Continued

A walk on the Sea Point promenade and Dinner at Aris Souvlaki

Sea Point Walk

It was Sunday late after­noon and the weather was abso­lutely stun­ning in Cape Town and so my friends and I decided to catch up. Since we had all been all over the place with the recent activ­it­ies of the World Cup tak­ing over our lives and hearts we were all feel­ing a bit dis­join­ted. So we decided that the three of us from the “burbs” (Southern Suburbs) would head over to Sea Point for a walk on the prom­en­ade before an early sup­per with the rest of the gang.

We star­ted at the wrong end of the prom­en­ade to under­stand the story told through art, but the sculp­tures of the young girl were no less mag­ni­fi­cent. The prom­en­ade was buzz­ing with fam­il­ies, friends and young chil­dren all enjoy­ing the beau­ti­ful day. There were fam­ily pic­nics tak­ing place on the grass while young boys played a game of soc­cer, couples walked hand in hand, ath­letes donned in run­ning gear with iPod’s pump­ing tunes in their ears weaved their way through the crowds. While oth­ers were just friends enjoy­ing each other’s com­pany and the won­der­ful set­ting. Continued

Walking the road – art on the promenade

Art on the Promenade

She appears as if out of nowhere. This slip of a girl in her brightly striped swim­ming cos­tume. Her swim­ming cap and goggles subtly on head. Her back to me. For a moment her fig­ure blocks the sun, the rays fil­ter­ing from behind her head as from behind a cloud, her arms akimbo as if in bal­ance, or flight. Her com­plete lack of inhib­i­tion; indeed her riv­eted con­cen­tra­tion on another object — the dragon­fly — draws you to her. Makes you want her to notice you, if only for a moment. Her pos­tures so indefin­ably poignant and simple; a liv­ing picture.

It's quite a concept. This idea of pub­lic art. Art designed for the pub­lic, to tell a story, to engage those walk­ing by. I love it. And to erect a series of statues that tell an unfold­ing, beau­ti­ful story right at Sea Point prom­en­ade, as well as the many tales untold by indi­vidu­als who pass by and read into this a fur­ther mes­sage unshared, is noth­ing short of ingeni­ous. The air is filled with pos­sib­il­ity ... Continued

Dinner at The Duchess of Wisbeach in Sea Point

Duchess of Wisbeach

The Duchess of Wisbeach is a rel­at­ive new­comer to the Sea Point Restaurant Scene and she announces her­self with a London Double Decker Bus bright red front door and an ante­lope head of some kind above the bar (keep­ing a watch­ful eye over the entrance!)

We had a fairly large table with strag­glers arriv­ing way after the time the table was booked for.  Seeing as the group is quite a rowdy bunch and seemed to spend more time chat­ting and hav­ing a cigar­ette on the pave­ment, our wait­ress sug­ges­ted put­ting a few of their side­walk tables together and so we ended up din­ing, Parisian café style, on the pave­ment! Continued

Blackheath Lodge in Sea Point

Blackheath Lodge

Blackheath Lodge is, quite simply, an indul­gence. Set snug up against Signal Hill in Sea Point, Cape Town, this Victorian style, spa­cious home has been con­ver­ted into a guest house deluxe with first rate ser­vice and that some­thing ‘extra’ that comes from its gra­cious and down­right affable host, Antony.

Blackheath Lodge is a gor­geous Victorian renov­a­tion. Its wooden floors, high ceil­ings, spa­cious interi­ors and unob­trus­ive décor, with just a smat­ter­ing of African chic, gives it an eleg­ance that provides a charm­ing wel­come to weary trav­el­lers. Every large en-suite room, of which there are ten, has been styl­ishly dec­or­ated with no sign of com­prom­ise or eco­nom­ising. One or two win­dows afford one a view of the Atlantic Ocean, the advant­age of the home’s pos­i­tion up on High Level Road. Getting to and from the well-known Atlantic Seaboard beaches of Camps Bay and Clifton is a mat­ter of minutes, and you’re but a stone’s throw away from the city centre and the V&A Waterfront ... Continued