Cape Town Vacation

Cape Town Vacation

Friday, August 18, 2006

Viognier finds home at Ladismith 



If last month's Cape Town Fashion Week and the South African Fashion week are an indication of what we are going to be wearing next season, the latest figures from SAWIS (the South African Wine Industry Information and Systems) are an indication that viognier is the current "flavour of the month" as far as wines go.
Source: www.wine.co.za

Cape officials- Friday's flood wasn't typical 
The drainage system worked, just not quickly enough to prevent water backing up, they said. Last Friday's downpour that flooded numerous local streets and Interstate 55 was an extraordinary event and not an indication that the city's drainage system is inadequate, Cape Girardeau officials say.
Source: www.semissourian.com

South Africa: Western Cape Now Hit By Gas Shortage 
Western Cape has been hit by its third energy crisis in a year -- this time by shortages of liquid petroleum gas (LPG), says the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Source: allafrica.com

British man in court for starting Cape fire 
The British man accused of starting a fire on Table Mountain that claimed a life of an elderly woman at the beginning of this year, has appeared again in the Cape Town Regional Court.
Source: www.sabcnews.com

Cape Town responds to shark attack 
The City of Cape Town will take new safety precautions after a shark attack on a 24-year-old lifeguard, a city councillor has said.
Source: www.iol.co.za

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Conservationists fight wetland development



Myrtle Beach Online - Conservationists worry that a plan to build 400 homes between Francis Marion National Forest and Cape Romaine National Wildlife Refuge will hurt the ecologically sensitive area about 68 miles south of Myrtle Beach. Lewis White, chairman of the town's
Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com

Catherine Rathert
Southeast Missourian - Rathert was employed for 35 years at the Famous Barr South Town and South County stores in the family and men's shoe departments, retiring at age 82 in 1992. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 2002 and resided at the Lutheran Home. Survivors include a
Source: www.semissourian.com

Travel freely: finding the budget in gay travel
Gay.com - In Asia, the Philippines, Bali and Thailand present a gayer culture than pricier (and more closeted) Hong Kong , Beijing and Tokyo. Montréal , Cape Town , Sydney , Melbourne and Auckland also have highly evolved gay (and English-speaking) scenes and
Source: www.gay.com

Bill Reynolds: Greer's career built on solid foundation
Providence Journal - That was long ago, of course, a different world, Westerly in the late '50s and early '60s, back in a small-town America that In the summer, he played in the prestigious Cape Cod League, where one year his teammate was Thurman Munson. One day Panciera
Source: www.projo.com