It takes a killer line-up to get me to go to Zula (I reeeeally don’t like the place) and that just happened to be the case last Friday: Dead Alphabet, Red Huxley and Woodstock Mafia kicked off their ‘Dead Red Mafia Tour’ with a bang, and were joined by Josh Roxton.
I made a long weekend out of last Thursday’s public holiday, and spent Friday exploring the canola fields and farms around Malmesbury.
Oppikoppi boasted a pretty impressive line-up of artists this year, and luckily for those of us staying in Cape Town over the festival weekend, the organisers put together a day-long concert featuring some of them: Bullet for my Valentine, Seether, Enter Shikari, The Eagles of Death Metal, KONGOS and Van Coke Kartel at Grand West’s Grand Arena.
One reason that I love this time of year is that the magnolias are blooming everywhere, especially out in Stellenbosch.
We took the scenic route through Stellenbosch while heading home from Gordon’s Bay. It was a really beautiful afternoon, and the church in Kerk Str with it’s amazing garden looked particularly pretty.
The first and last time I visited Gordon’s Bay’s Bikini Beach Books – an old beachfront house overflowing with books – was around 2 years ago, so I figured a revisit was long overdue…
EDIT: I’ve been getting loads of random emails asking me about books…to clarify for anyone who’s uncertain: I’m not affiliated with this book shop in any way, I just like visiting it! Please stop mailing me about books you want me to send you…thanks!
