Cape Town's Southeaster

Bon Jovi opens new restaurant

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/soul-kitchen-jon-bon-jovi_n_1021600.html
This man is an inspiration and put shame to the socalled south african rich people

Top 10 Movies Filmed in Cape Town

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Cape Town is similar to Hollywood in many respects: both are close to the sea, located at the base of a mountain and full of beautiful people. But they also have one more thing in common – both are popular film locations.
Cape Town’s film industry is one that contributes greatly to the Mother city’s economy and international flavour, and it’s booming, with more and more productions being shot here every year. Hollywood blockbusters, such as Safe House expose the beautiful city to the world.
The recently built Cape Town Film Studios, which is the first Hollywood-style film studio complex to be built in Africa, with state-of-the-art support services. The building encompasses studio facilities, custom-built sets, a green room, sound stages, production offices and more, and being situated in Cape Town, its location is perfect for taking advantage of a moderate climate and a variety of stunning venues and outdoor locations.
So this week, we’re counting down our top 10 movies filmed in Cape Town.

1. Chronicle (2012)
   Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. Starring Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan.
2. Safe House (2012)
   A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge. Starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick.
3. Dark Tide (2012)
   A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 9 years, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking – more carnivorous and hungry than ever. Starring Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown
4. Invictus (2009)
   Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Directed by Clint Eastwood With: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge.
5. The Last House on the Left (2009)
   After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics. Starring Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn

Black Sails Movie in Cape Town

http://www.capetownfilmstudios.co.za/

Medieval Backlot

A permanent medieval back-lot set based on a 13th Century town in Europe has been built. The city set is situated on a hill. A circular service road allows for cranes and specialised equipment and parking. The set is flanked on one side with water elements and a small artificial lake. 
The set consists of two to three storey buildings, linked with narrow medieval style passages and opening up into three town squares. This is only the second permanent medieval set in the world. It can be transformed into an ancient setting, sci-fi or biblical set. 
Both workshops and all four stages are in walking distance from the set.

Black Sails Casts Off With Lead

Michael Bay's pirate series has found its captain.

Starz announced today that "Black Sails," the network's series said to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island," has cast Toby Stephens in the prime role of Captain Flint. The series takes place some 20 years before the events of the Stevenson novel, where Flint is the most feared captain during the golden age of pirates. With the crew threatened with extinction, Flint and his men fight for survival on New Providence Island, a hotbed filled with criminals from pirates to thieves to prostitutes. At New Providence, a young stranger named John Silver will join the Walrus crew and change the course of the ship's history.
Stephens is perhaps most well-known as the evil billionaire villain Gustav Graves in the underwhelming Pierce Brosnan 007 flick "Die Another Day." However, the British actor has appeared in numerous notable roles including the 2006 "Jane Eyre" mini-series and Clint Eastwood's aging astronaut odyssey "Space Cowboys."
Jon Steinberg, creator of the cult-favorite "Jericho," serves as showrunner and creator of the "Black Sails" series, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the backing studio. Filming is set to begin in Cape Town, South Africa later this year, with "The Descent" director Neil Marshall helming the pilot.

Top Bakeries in Cape Town

Top bakeries in Cape Town

The creamiest cream cakes, the puffiest pastry and the most delicious, rustic sour-dough bread
There’s nothing like a slice of freshly baked bread with a knob of melting butter, or a naughty nibble on a puff pastry filled with rich chocolate. Tempted? If that isn’t enough to tantalise your taste buds, then the aroma of baking dough wafting from Cape Town’s bakeries is sure to make you throw caution to the calorie count.

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Formerly known as Jardine Bakery, Bree Street’s hole-in-the-wall bakery serves the work lunch crowd their favourite sarmies - we swear by the chicken Caesar. Not only will the scent of freshly baked bread, pies and quiches beckon, but their New York cheesecake is one to be savored. Oh, and you haven’t lived until you try their famous bacon croissant.
185 Bree Street | Cape Town | +27 (0)21 424 5644
The Foodbarn Bakery & DeliThere is a real sense of “what you see is what you get” at this family-friendly, open plan kitchen. Bakers rise super early to bake fresh bread and prepare cakes, pies, biscuits, muffins and pastries. We loved breakfast at The Foodbarn.
Corner of Main Road and Village Lane | Noordhoek | +27 (0)21 789 2812
Caramello’sCaramello’s is, first and foremost, a bakery and their freshly baked, French baguettes go down a treat with gourmet cheeses and cold meats. The coffee shop spills out onto the verandah of the Lifestyle Centre; an ideal spot for people watching. A must-try is their fresh nougat—as soft as clouds.
Shop 16 | Lifestyle on Kloof | 50 Kloof Street | Gardens | +27 (0)21 424 8172

Arfica this is where I want to live

http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/funny-2/11-amazing-devices-that-could-only-have-been-invented-in-africa/

1. The hand-held sprinkler system.

2. Box ball

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Apocalypse Cape Town

30 days of shopping left before Mayan apocalypse

With just 30 shopping days left before the world ends in accordance with an ancient Mayan calendar, many holidaymakers are leaving Gauteng early to beat the pre-apocalypse rush to Cape Town. Meanwhile, the Education Department has announced it will “go out with a bang”, inflating Matric marks by 45,000%.
The discovery of the calendar, and that it stopped on December 21, 2012, prompted millions of people to assume that the world would end on that date, rather than that the Mayan astronomers had run out of space on their big circular rock, or had gone for a tea-break and had forgotten to finish.
However, South Africans are preparing for the worst, many saying that the Mayan apocalypse was foretold by Nostradamus, a prophecy which is clearly audible if you play ‘Sugar Man’ by Rodriguez backwards.
This morning, consumer advisor Zara Rippov urged shoppers to be on the lookout for pre-apocalypse bargains.
“Just because a giant demigod with the head of a snake and the feet of an eagle is going to rise up out of the sea and obliterate us all, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get the best deals,” she said, adding that sales of 2013 diaries were currently “sluggish”, and that shoppers should try to haggle prices down.
Cape Town residents say they are not particularly worried about the end of the world, as they experience an apocalypse every December when visitors from Gauteng start arriving.
“It’s pretty much straight out of a Mayan prophecy,” said resident K.P. Oake. “These creatures arrive and start stomping around your city: boiled red like lobsters, gigantically fat, with nasty pork-sausage toes bursting out of flip-flops, wearing Springbok jerseys and board-shorts instead of real clothes. Utter obliteration will be kind of a blessing, really.”
Meanwhile, the Education Department has confirmed that it will announce this year’s Matric marks on December 22, a day after the end of the world.
“We’re setting our Inflate-O-Marker to 11 this year,” said spokesman, Teechaz Pett. “It’s going to be so nice not having any whiny DA killjoys around to question why every single learner in the country has achieved 43 distinctions.”
The ANC has also confirmed that Jacob Zuma is looking forward to the apocalypse.
“He’s going to be riding it out in his bunker at Nkandla,” said an aide. “We’re under strict instructions to keep him limber and hydrated in case he needs to repopulate the planet afterwards. He’s been practising these last few years, and he’s pretty stoked.”

Rugby World Cup 2019

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Elephant overturns car in Kruger

http://blog.getaway.co.za/wildlife/elephant-overturns-car-kruger/

Good Luck Boks

CPi At StreetModz Velodrome

 Our good friend Werner from CPi Chiptuning with his 320kw Golf 6 GTi.

Zuma vs Followers