Lifestyle
Zenith – Elite Lady Moon Phase
In 2016, the Elite collection by Zenith appears in a distinctly feminine guise; yet elegance goes well beyond gender boundaries. While the recent Elite models can be admired on the wrists of men and women of discerning taste, the new Elite Lady Moon Phase embodies the...
Maserati Levante
The Maserati Levante is a turning point in Maserati’s history. The brand new model, which makes its World Premiere at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, is based on the evolution of the sedan platform, designed exclusively by Maserati. The car chassis has been specifically...
Aleksandra ‘Sasha’ Fabris
Born in 1973 in Johannesburg to a Catholic family of Croatian immigrants, Sasha Fabris is the middle child of five. She notes: ‘I’m always contending with being ‘left’ of 56 first cousins.’ Since the first time she lifted a crayon the desire to be an artist existed...
The Shortmarket Club
Luke Dale-Roberts of The Test Kitchen fame has partnered in a joint venture with his wife, Sandalene Dale-Roberts, his top chef Wesley Randles and manager Simon Widdison to open The Shortmarket Club in a heritage building just off Bree Street. The excitement around...
Lust Bistro & Bakery
A soft spoken gentleman, passionate and adventurous, Jean Pierre Smith – patron chef and baker extraordinaire at Lust Bistro & Bakery – strives to create dishes that are simple, fresh and without pretence. His food journey started after he finished a degree in...
Hermès – Slim D’Hermès
Slim D’Hermès inspires a cadence based on pure, restrained lines. From the design of the case to the outline of the numerals, the collection sets the pace for a return to the quintessence of the watchmaking art. The Manufacture collection now welcomes models paying...
Finely Guided Missile
review: Colin Sharp | images: Carla Nunes | price from: R1 554 500.00 Audi RS6? By definition a car interesting enough to set the petrol-head’s pulse racing. RS Audis are consistently so and have established an enviable reputation; the Avant format in particular....
Terroir
Since opening in 2004, the low-key winelands restaurant Terroir on Kleine Zalze (a family owned wine farm in Stellenbosch) has been honoured nine times with a Top 10 award in the annual Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. This achievement attests to chef Michael...
Myoga
Signature Myoga Restaurant is situated in a quiet garden setting of the Vineyard Hotel & Spa in Newlands and offers a 5-course lunch degustation menu. Chef proprietor is Mike Bassett: ‘The dining experience is supposed to be relaxed, which is why the kitchen at...
Jeremy Franklin
Jeremy Franklin was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa in 1968. He recalls, ‘My family liked to get out and visit friends and places of interest all over the country, including game reserves and farms in remote country districts.’ ‘As a child and...
Ragtop Rolls
For those who have everything, there is always a little something to be savoured – and perhaps acquired. Not so little in fact. Habitat was invited on the international launch of the Rolls Royce Dawn in the Cape Winelands, an event that the global press corps found...
Union in a Bottle
For this year’s Cape Wine Auction (held in February 2016), the House of Bisquit created a lot prize of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover the wonders of Le Château Bisquit. Ken and Jane Truter were the lucky couple and were the highest bidders on the day,...
Highly Evocative
review: Colin Sharp | photography: Carla Nunes Evoque (French) – Evoke: summon, to call up or reawaken: Some years ago I recall waiting – almost with bated breath – for the original Range Rover Evoque, a much-heralded and elegantly penned vehicle, which has since...
Restaurant Jan
Restaurant JAN, a South African restaurant in the South of France, was awarded its first One Michelin Star in the 2016 French Guide Michelin. This makes owner and proprietor Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen the first South African to ever receive this prestigious...
Susan Proctor Hume
Susan Proctor Hume is a South African artist whose works have been exhibited at the Louvre. She only began painting in February 2014, so this represented an impressive start for a promising artist. The exhibited artwork was sold to a London surgeon – the event was...