Eating Out
The impressive Adrian van der Vyve- designed Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront—home to Heatherwick Studio's reimagined Grain Silo building—is the latest Cape Town location for Spanish-inspired all-day eatery La Parada; boasting impressive views...
Hotels
Occupying a spot in the grain elevator portion of Cape Town’s historic Grain Silo building, The Silo Hotel is the latest project for renowned brand The Royal Portfolio; a singular property taking up residence in an even more singular architectural...
Eating Out
Luke Dale-Roberts of inventive restaurant (and currently 22nd best in the world) The Test Kitchen continues his domination of Cape Town's food and beverage scene with his latest endeavour, The Shortmarket Club. Teaming up with wife Sandalene...
Eating Out
Drawing inspiration from the sun-drenched shores of Ibiza, Miami and Cuba — La Parada del Mar is a seafront restaurant with a firm focus on sharing plates and honing a beach-chic, after-dark allure. The newest member of the Harbour...
Hotels
Turning onto a long gravel driveway, the bright white curves of an Elysian structure up ahead vies for attention with the imposing natural landscape it inhabits. Inspired by Psalm 36:7 — 'people take refuge in the shadow of your wings' — this is...
Eating Out
A new concept has arrived on the streets of Cape Town in the form of kitchen and bar Mulberry & Prince. Founded by foodie friends Cornel Mostert and Cynthia Rivera, the eatery offers an authentic American dining experience thanks, in-part, to the...
Eating Out
Sleek, sexy and guaranteed to get you going – that's the Cape Town concept store and café Tribe112, from Tribe Coffee Roasting. The selling point of this collaborative venture is two-fold. Firstly, you've got some serious coffee expertise...
Lifestyle
We get all our biker parlance from Sons of Anarchy, and as of season four, the differences between a café racer, a street tracker and a bobber have yet to be explained, but we do know that they all sound cool, and that La Macchina Speed Shop is the...
Shopping
Funny how the mind wanders. Our first thought when appraising Loom was of those old silent film shorts, where a man emerges from a beach chalet in comically high speed, posturing in an all-in-one bathing suit for the benefit of the coquettish ladies...
Eating Out
One of our favourite cafés in Cape Town, Superette is the brainchild of entrepreneurs Justin Rhodes and Cameron Munro. Having set up at the hugely popular Neighbourgoods Market back in 2006, the foods and goods mantra remained - now slap bang in...
Eating Out
As part of our design tour of Cape Town we were kindly invited for lunch at Babylonstoren. An hour or so drive into the Winelands, entering lush green vistas, we soon arrived at one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms in South Africa. With the sun...
Eating Out
With certain global high-street coffee chains proving themselves to be a bit ethically questionable recently *cough-taxdodgingbandits-cough*, you may assume that the Truth Coffee folk in Cape Town are, with that name, making a statement about their...
City Notes
Trailborn, the hospitality brand inspired by the great American outdoors, opens it latest hotel: Trailborn Highlands a 63-room property situated in Highlands, NC, and within driving distance to the Blue Ridge Parkway and The Great Smoky Mountains...
City Notes
Method Co. are the prolific Philadelphia-based hospitality and development brand behind We Heart-approved projects including ROOST, Wm. Mulherin's Sons, Charleston’s The Pinch Hotel and The Quoin Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware, and are back with the...
City Notes
From Nobu Barcelona to The Riviera Maya EDITION at Kanai, New York fried chicken cathedral COQODAQ to the 1 Hotel Toronto, New York-, Madrid- and Los Angeles-based design studio Rockwell Group have a considered knack for conjuring interiors that are...
The Edit
Having his lens focused on the world of Drag since 2012, UK-based portrait photographer Greg Bailey is perhaps one of the foremost visual artists attached to this glamorous corner of the LGBTQ+ community. A gleefully colourful ode to this passion,...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Thirteen: Sound Healing Revival. In the quest for health and wellness, people are rediscovering an ancient...
Dispatches
Creating compelling LinkedIn captions that engage your audience and showcase your professional tone can often feel like a daunting task. Whether you’re promoting a new project, sharing industry insights, or celebrating achievements, your caption...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Twelve: The Gut-Brain Axis. In recent years, scientists and wellness experts alike have highlighted a fascinating...
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