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I'll be vacationing in Cape Town for a few weeks during February and am looking for dining recommendations in and around the city. I'll be staying in the hills above de Waterkaant and will have a car. I made a similar trip in 2005 and tried a lot of the places that are listed in the guidebooks. I'm wondering what else is out there. Thanks!
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My brief, initial impressions of replacing Stuart with Noah: risky, but potentially brilliant. Risky, because the American audience - though it *thinks* it was hungering for intelligent, educated, well-informed, political satire, was possibly hungering merely for intelligent, educated, well-informed, political satire from an *American point-of-view*, and Noah's much-more-global perspective might be a little *too* educated for the American mass viewership. I'm pretty sure it's what *I* want (Hell, take Jon Stewart, and throw several languages and ethnicities into the mix, and blend it all with Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and POW! You have the perfect satire, if, if, if, Trevor Noah can pull this off with the fearless bravado that the great Jon Stewart so masterfully did for 16+ years - oh my goodness Stewart was excellent in this role!) I have two polar-opposite scenarios in my mind: 1) Trevor Noah raising American audiences up to his level. Viewership will sink at first, simply because there is nothing like this on television. If Comedy Central can withstand the pressure of declining ratings (and if Noah sticks to his guns, ratings *will* decline in the short-, perhaps medium-term), this could be looked upon as one of the most brilliant moves in the history of television, and The Educating Of America. 2) Trevor Noah dumbing down his routine to conform with the current level of American viewership, which may result in an *increased* audience at first, mainly due to curiosity, but will ultimately die a slow death because this will be going against Noah's grain, and he won't be able to pull it off. If this show is to be a long-term success with Noah as host, American viewers will need to raise their game - and you know what? It's the same way I feel about this website, because I refuse to dumb it down to pander to boneheads just so I can get a larger audience. *The audience can educate themselves and come up to our level*, or they can go read Eater and The Washington Post. We have the chance to become the world's leader in political satire; not just for American politics, but for World politics. Let's do it, Damn It! Why shouldn't we better ourselves? Stewart was awesome, but I have to think that even *he* would be in favor of this as a long-term strategy. I'm as excited about this visionary selection as I am the Nationals signing Max Scherzer. Yes, it's one hell of a gamble, but what truly great thing isn't? -
Quietly, suddenly, in the middle of the night, less than one year after gunning down his girlfriend in cold blood ... "Oscar Pistorius Released from Jail" by Laura Wagner on npr.org
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Hello, I would personally like to invite you to an exclusive South African wine dinner at Jack Rose Dining Saloon, featuring some of the flagship wines from Cape Classics Imports and a presentation by its founder, Andre Shearer. On Wednesday, April 18, Chef Michael Hartzer will prepare a four-course meal to complement some of South Africa’s top wines, and Mr. Shearer will provide a grounded introduction to the South African wine industry--now more than 350 years old and renowned for its balance of old-world elegance and new-world fruit. The dinner will feature wines by De Morgenzon, Ken Forrester, Glennelly, De Toren, Buitenverwachting, and Klein Constantia. (The latter, in the course of its existence, was famously enjoyed by Thomas Jefferson, Margret Thatcher, Jane Austin, and Napoleon, to name a few.) Andre Shearer founded Cape Classics in 1991 and is responsible for the availability of some of the premier South African producers in the US market. He will speak in detail about the wineries and the rich history of South African wine and culture. Date: Wednesday April 18 Time: 6:30pm – 10pm Location: Jack Rose 2007 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009 The cost is an all-inclusive $110 per person. For reservations, please call Sean Coetzee to RSVP at 402.617.5675 or email Sean@capeclassics.com. We only have 20 seats available and they will go very quickly so please email soonest if you would like to attend. I look forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Sean Sean Coetzee | Chesapeake Regional Manager Cape Classics Fine South African Wine T: 402.617.5675 capeclassics.com facebook.com/capeclassics twitter.com/capeclassics
